Michigan State University College of Law seeks a full-time professor to teach in our legal writing program.
Applicants must have distinguished academic credentials, excellent analytical skills and writing mechanics, and at least two years of experience in practice. Applicants with teaching experience are preferred.
Our legal writing program includes a mix of full-time and adjunct professors. Our legal writing professors are highly collaborative and teach from a common syllabus. Our department also benefits from a full-time writing specialist with a Ph.D. in English. In addition, in the fall semester the Law College’s research librarians teach beginning research skills.
Legal writing professors teach two courses per semester to either first-year J.D. students or foreign-educated lawyers in the College’s LL.M. program. Class size is approximately 18-20 in J.D. classes and 8-12 in LL.M. classes. On a rotating basis, legal writing professors may teach courses outside the writing program.
Legal writing professors are eligible for teaching and research assistants, expenses for conference attendance, and summer research stipends. Legal writing professors attend faculty meetings and participate in Law College committees. The appointment is a nine month academic year appointment.
MSU is committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity. The University actively encourages applications from and nominations of women, persons of color, veterans and persons with disabilities.
Please send a letter of interest, résumé, writing sample of at least ten pages, and law school transcript no later than March 7, 2011. The College of Law encourages electronic submission. Please send materials to Matthew Fletcher, Chair of the Faculty Appointments Committee at: matthew.fletcher@law.msu.edu. Alternatively, mail materials to:
Matthew Fletcher
Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee
405B Law College Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
MSU College of Law is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
For further information, please contact Prof. Daphne O’Regan (517) 432-6914, email: oreganda@law.msu.edu; Prof. Deanne Lawrence (517) 432-6917, email: lawre108@law.msu.edu; or Jennifer Qureshi (517) 432-6931.
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