Turtle Talk

Michigan State University College of Law is hiring in Indigenous law. Entry-level and lateral tenure-system faculty members are invited to apply. Our announcement is below:

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW

Michigan State University College of Law seeks to fill several tenure-system and fixed-term faculty positions for the 2024-2025 academic year.  We welcome applications from candidates across all areas of law, but are particularly interested in hiring: (1) a tenured faculty member with exceptional teaching and scholarship credentials to fill our John F. Schaefer Chair in Matrimonial Law; (2) an entry-level or lateral tenure-system faculty member to join the Indigenous Law and Policy Center; (3) an entry-level or lateral tenure-system faculty member to fill the Inaugural 1855 Professorship in the Law of Democracy, which will focus on legal inequities in the democratic process and election law; (4) several entry-level or lateral tenure system faculty members to teach in one or more of the following subject areas: Trusts and Estates, Civil Procedure, Family Law, Commercial Law, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Torts, International Law, Constitutional Law, and Professional Responsibility; (5) an entry-level or lateral tenure-system or fixed-term faculty member to direct the Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic; and (6) a fixed-term faculty member to teach in our Legal Research, Writing, and Advocacy program.  Michigan State University is the nation’s premier land grant university, established in 1855. MSU Law’s history dates to 1891. More information about the Law College can be found at www.law.msu.edu. MSU is committed to achieving excellence through diversity. The University actively encourages applications from and nominations of people from diverse backgrounds including women, persons of color, people with diverse gender identities and sexual orientations, veterans, and persons with disabilities. Please submit application materials to MSU College of Law Faculty Appointments Committee Co-Chairs, Professor David Blankfein-Tabachnick dbt@law.msu.edu and Professor Brian Kalt kalt@law.msu.edu.