Retired U.S. Sen. Harry Reid has landed a new gig: distinguished fellow in law and policy at the William S. Boyd School of Law at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

The school announced this month that Reid, a former Senate majority leader who retired in December after 30 years from his Washington post as a lawmaker from Nevada, will lecture in law courses and work directly with students and alumni while also pursuing writing projects in his new campus role.

Reid, 77, credited the law school's 1997 creation with bolstering Nevada's legal industry. It's still the only law school in the state. “As a longtime supporter of the law school, I am looking forward to joining the UNLV Boyd community and to working with the state's future lawyers and leaders,” Reid said in written statement.