To encourage scholars committed to entering a career in legal academia, the Editorial Board of Volume 155 of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review established the first Sharswood Fellowship in 2007. Penn Law has since expanded the program so that each year the School awards two fellowships that each fund two years of research, writing, and teaching. Sharswood Fellows enjoy faculty access to Penn Law services and events, holding academic standing comparable to that of visiting assistant professors.

Recent Sharswood Fellows have gone on to tenure-track legal academic posts at law schools including Stanford, The University of California at Berkeley and the University of Pennsylvania.

FELLOWSHIP REQUIREMENTS:
Writing & Research: The Sharswood Fellow will be expected to produce at least one legal academic work of publishable quality during each year of funding. The work is expected to be of a length akin to a standard law review article.

Teaching: Academic Year 1
Spring - Fellows teach a seminar based on the subject of their research.

Teaching: Academic Year 2
Fall - Fellows teach the same seminar that they taught the previous spring.
Spring - Fellows teach a course to be determined in consultation with the dean.

QUALIFICATIONS: Sharswood Fellow applicants must have earned a law degree or PhD or equivalent in a related field and should not yet have held a full-time tenure track legal academic appointment. The Sharswood Fellows Program provides excellent opportunities for predoctoral research for candidates who have completed a JD or for postdoctoral research. One of the Fellowships every two years is designated for Penn Law graduates.

APPLICATION MATERIALS: Applicants must submit the following materials:
1. Detailed research proposal
2. Teaching statement (course abstract and plan for class or seminar)
3. Writing sample(s)
4. Curriculum vitae
5. Law school and/or graduate school transcript(s)
6. Three references, minimum (at least one must be an academic reference)

(For each reference, please give name, title, mailing address, email address and telephone number.) Letters of recommendation from references are not required.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Applicants should apply using our online application at: https://www.law.upenn.edu/faculty/fellowships.php and are encouraged to submit their materials in the summer or early fall a year before the start of the fellowship. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

FURTHER INFORMATION: Questions about this program should be to sharswoodapp@law.upenn.edu