Interesting blogpost on Dress from a law professor at the University of Mississippi School of Law who answers the pressing question of what to wear the first day of classes. His answer? "Dress what you are." He goes on to explain that when teaching labor law, he dresses like a Teamster during the negotiation process (hmmm....) and when teaching employee benefits law, he goes with the nerdy look. The comments to his post are interesting too. Orly Lobel states that she was given the advice that as a new female prof, she should wear a suit. I agree with Bruce Boyden who sees "students as like clients, and I always wore a suit for clients."
So...what do you wear the first day of class to set the impression you want?
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