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Was Obama a full professor of law?

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13y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

No, he was what some schools would call an adjunct professor (the University of Chicago calls it a Senior Lecturer, and administrators there have said in writing that the Senior Lecturers are considered professors). Mr. Obama taught courses at the University of Chicago Law School part-time for about twelve years, but he was not a full-time employee. The university did ask him to accept a full-time position; but he turned it down to enter politics.

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