Executive Director of the Tribal Sovereignty Institute and Professor of Law
Executive Director of the Tribal Sovereignty Institute and Professor of Law
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VP Area: Law School
Department: Law School
FLSA Status:Exempt
Benefit Eligibility: Yes
Position Summary:
OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW (OCU Law) invites applications to fill a tenured or tenuretrack 12month position in American Indian Law. The successful applicant in addition to being a faculty member will also be the inaugural Executive Director of the Oklahoma City University Tribal Sovereignty Institute (the Institute) which will be housed at OCU Law. We welcome candidates whose approaches in research will add to the scope and depth of our faculty scholarship.
Applicants should have a lengthy history of scholarship in the area of American Indian Law and/or Tribal Law. The successful applicant will teach classes at OCU Law and produce scholarship commensurate with the expectations for a tenured professor. The Executive Director will help build a vital new institution serving tribal communities in Oklahoma and throughout the United States. The Institute will provide support for academic research teaching and advocacy education training and cultural preservation. The Executive Director will be expected to share the Institutes scholarship on a state and national level support fundraising efforts to expand the Institutes mission guide the planning and implementation of the Institute as it grows supervise future staff additions to the Institute and oversee existing activities at the University related to Native and Indigenous communities including the American Indian Wills Clinic the Sovereignty Symposium and efforts in language revitalization cultural preservation and economic development.
The Executive Director will work closely with the Dean of OCU Law the University President and other senior leaders in the institution. The salary for the position will be that of a law professor of appropriate rank supplemented with the salary associated with the Executive Director.
Candidates should have an excellent academic background demonstrated ability as a productive and innovative scholar a strong commitment to the practice of inclusion and a strong commitment to engaged classroom teaching. In addition candidates should have administrative experience as well as experience in leadership roles and in public outreach including outreach through communications directed at both the legal community and lay people. Candidates must have either 1 a J.D. degree from an ABAaccredited law school or 2 the combination of a foreign law degree and either a U.S. LL.M. or S.J.D. degree.
OCU Law is located in downtown Oklahoma City and is deeply engaged with the legal business and governmental communities. Oklahoma City has been named Americans Most Livable Community and is consistently ranked among the most affordable and prosperous cities among the top cities for entrepreneurs and small businesses and among the bestrun large cities.
Oklahoma City University is an equal opportunity employer and affirms the values and goals of diversity. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds particularly members of groups underrepresented in the teaching or practice of law. For the universitys complete nondiscrimination policy please see: apply please submit a cover letter curriculum vitae and a scholarly writing sample to the Chair of the OCU Law Faculty Appointments Committee Associate Dean Lee Peoples Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
