In this article, the author shares his thoughts on being a "scholarly" teacher. He points out that engaging in scholarly activity, which includes publishing as well as other ways to engage with relevant research, like reviewing and editing for journals, can lead to better teaching. This sort of scholarly commitment allows an instructor to maintain his/her status as an informed expert and, thereby, to open new and exciting ways to introduce content in the classroom. There is both a horizontal and vertical character to the benefit of engaging oneself in the research literature. It broadens and deepens the expertise one brings to the classroom. Each is important in its own way to a business law and legal studies professor. (Contains 17 footnotes.)