What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor of Legal Writing position at Vets Hired?
Job Summary:
The School of Law is seeking a full-time non-tenure track Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis Professor for the upcoming academic year. The position is eligible for renewable terms based on the School's promotion policy. The faculty member will guide first-year law students through their first foray into legal writing, research, analysis, and oral advocacy. The professor will teach two sections each semester with approximately 20 students per class. The fall semester will focus on predictive writing and legal analysis, while the spring semester will cover persuasive writing, legal research, and oral advocacy, culminating in a moot court event. The small class size allows for personalized instruction and feedback. Housing assistance may be available for visiting professors.
Full Job Description:
Job Responsibilities:
- Effective teaching and classroom instruction, including delivering lectures and facilitating class discussions and exercises on legal analysis, writing, and legal research.
- Use formative assessment techniques to provide extensive feedback on students' writing, research, analysis, citations, oral presentations, and understanding of course material.
- Observe regular office hours and be available to students during office hours and by appointment.
- Prepare course syllabi, practice assignments, handouts, midterms, final exams, and relevant course materials.
- Grade and evaluate students coursework and submit grades promptly by established deadlines.
- Advise students and provide mentorship on legal writing, professionalism, and academic, bar prep, and curricula issues.
- Supervise upper-level students in developing the spring moot court topic.
- Collaborate with other Legal Research, Writing, and Analysis faculty on best practices, shared learning outcomes, research and writing assignments, curriculum development, events, meetings, and orientations.
- Additional duties as assigned by the Dean or Associate Dean.
Minimum Requirements:
- Understanding and commitment to the institution's mission, vision, and values.
- JD obtained from an ABA-accredited law school.
Additional Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:
- 2-5 years of teaching experience preferred.
- Practice experience preferred.
- Background in litigation, moot court, or other oral advocacy programs.
- Excellent legal writing, editing, and research skills.
- Experience with or the ability to work with a diverse student body, faculty, and staff.
- Demonstrated ability to provide clear, constructive feedback to students with differing educational and social backgrounds.
- Member of the California Bar preferred.
Work Environment and Physical Requirements:
- The professor will provide lectures in a classroom or mock courtroom setting and counsel students in an office or by telephone or electronic communication. These duties may require standing or sitting for long periods, transporting class materials, and working at a computer or desk.
Application Requirements:
- Cover letter indicating the reasons for your interest in the position.
- A current curriculum vitae, clearly stating your teaching experience.
- Course evaluations.
- Applicants must include a Diversity Statement with their application, which may include evidence of:
- Experience working with or commitment to multicultural, underrepresented, underserved, and diverse communities.
- Experience working with or commitment to people of color; first-generation scholars; transgender and non-binary people; people living with disabilities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and queer people.
- Experience with or commitment to engaging students, staff, and faculty from diverse backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, religious affiliations, and sexual orientations.
- Knowledge of or sensitivity to the specific concerns and issues of underrepresented populations.
