Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe is one of several high-profile legal scholars who have taken outside jobs with law firms. "It's a useful umbrella for some of the work I want to do," he says. The positions provide professors with some cash as well as provide cachet to law firms, which can tout the scholar's expertise as a mark of distinction. But law schools want to make sure they're getting their money's worth from faculty members. And too much faculty consulting can raise red flags for the ABA.
February 09, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
When Laurence Tribe recently decided to take an ongoing consulting gig with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, he saw it as a way to consolidate his work life, which he said was “pulled in a thousand different directions.”
Writing two books, teaching full time and juggling numerous pro bono projects, the Harvard Law School professor wanted the resources that a big law firm could provide and the consistency of working with the same players on key projects.
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