Compensation

Salary Raise Incentives
Faculty are compensated on a 12-month basis (currently September 1 through the following August 31) and the annual base salaries are reviewed every year. In determining raises, the major factors are scholarly productivity and teaching. While the Law School normally reserves a pool of funds for salary increases each year, the range of raises distributed to faculty members is fairly broad and designed to provide the appropriate incentives to encourage a faculty member to contribute effectively to our research and teaching mission.

Research Bonus
Full-time research faculty members who meet or exceed the Minimum Productivity Level are eligible for research bonuses. Research bonuses are currently paid during the summer of the academic year, typically on or before the last day of July. Such sums are discretionary additions to compensation for excellence in research and scholarship. In each case, the bonus is based upon the faculty member's research productivity, work quality, and record of and promise to produce published work of significant impact within the scholarly community. More weight is given to the quality and impact of the work than to the quantity. In some cases, a research bonus will be conditioned on the successful completion of specified projects.

A research bonus will not be paid in a fiscal year if the faculty member resigns his or her appointment on or before the end of that fiscal year or does not commit to retaining his or her appointment in the following fiscal year.

Faculty members receiving research bonuses are obligated if requested to do so to make a presentation on their research to the faculty at least once for each time they receive a research bonus.

The Law School reserves the right to revise and alter these policies at any time.