University of Dayton School of Law -Legal Profession Program-Assistant Professor of Lawyering Skills
Assistant Professor of Lawyering Skills
Non-tenure track position with initial appointment of one year and possibility of renewal for long-term (three or five-year) appointments after three years of satisfactory service.
The faculty member would join a team of experienced full-time faculty members making up the School of Law’s nationally recognized Legal Profession Program. The focus of the Legal Profession Program at the University of Dayton School of Law is to help students develop essential lawyering skills. The Program is a broad two-semester six-credit-hour sequence during a student’s first year at the School of Law. These courses, called Legal Profession I and Legal Profession II, are devoted to building legal research, analysis, and writing skills used in today's law practice. The courses also emphasize development of cultural humility and competency, professionalism, and ethics. Classes meet in small groups led by experienced full-time faculty at the forefront of trends in legal writing and research. Responsibilities of the Assistant Professor of Lawyering Skills will include:
● Teaching Legal Profession I and II, and other legal research and writing courses related to legal reasoning and critical reading;
● Providing service to the School of Law and University, and
● Participating in larger community for legal research and writing professionals through regular attendance or presentations at conferences and other relevant endeavors to support faculty member’s professional development.
Minimum Qualifications:
• J.D. degree from ABA-accredited law school;
• Articulable commitment to field of legal research and writing, including implementing best models and practices available to teach legal research and writing and utilizing recent developments in pedagogy in law schools in United States;
• Prior legal practice experience in United States; and
• Excellent written communication skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Recent successful experience in legal research and writing teaching, including implementing best models and practices available to teach legal research and writing and utilizing recent developments in pedagogy in law schools in United States;
• Successful experience in any or all of the following:
o participating and teaching in online education;
o working independently and collaboratively;
o effectively engaging, teaching, and mentoring students of socially and culturally diverse backgrounds
• Demonstrable commitment to socially and culturally diverse communities;
• Expressed willingness to engage with Catholic and Marianist educational values including educating whole person and commitment of service to community, university and profession
• Law school achievements and accomplishments, such as high academic achievement, law review, moot court, and/or mock trial;
• Effective presentation skills;
• Effective interpersonal communication skills;
• Effective oral communication skills; and
• Effective classroom management skills
Required Documents:
• Cover Letter addressing all minimum and any preferred qualifications met
• Curriculum Vitae
• Document describing commitment to legal research and writing, including implementing best models and practices available to teach legal research and writing and utilizing recent developments in pedagogy in law schools in United States.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in United States on a full-time basis. The University does not provide work visa sponsorship for this position.
Apply directly here: https://employment.udayton.edu/en-us/job/502951/assistant-professor-of-lawyering-skills