Fellow in Networks, Platforms, and Utilities

Join Our Team

The Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator (VPA) seeks applications for a fellow in the field of networks, platforms, and utilities (NPUs). The two-year NPU fellowship is designed to support individuals who are interested in becoming law professors in the field of networks, platforms, and utilities, defined broadly as including transportation, communications, energy, banking, and tech platforms, and cross-cutting issues and themes across these sectors. The NPU fellow is expected to write academic articles for publication in legal journals, participate in the NPU workshop and annual NPU conference, and go on the academic job market in the second year of the fellowship. The NPU fellow will receive mentoring and guidance from Vanderbilt law faculty.

Criteria: Fellows must, by the time of the start of the fellowship, be a graduate of an accredited law school.

Salary and Benefits: Fellows receive a salary and benefits.

Location: Relocation to Nashville is preferred and encouraged, but remote work with occasional travel may be possible.

Interested?

An official application is forthcoming. Prospective applicants should express their interest in the position by emailing Grace May (Executive Director, grace.m.may@vanderbilt.edu) with a cover letter, CV (including references), law school transcript, and a research agenda.