Visiting Professor â Introduction to Lawyering
Visiting Professor â Introduction to Lawyering
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Albany Law School seeks a fulltime or visiting professor to teach Introduction to Lawyering a sixcredit firstyear course for the fall 2025 and spring 2026 semesters. Visiting faculty will be eligible to apply for a permanent tenuretrack or a longterm contract position to begin in theacademic year. Appointments will be at the rank of assistant associate or full professor and may be appointed on a tenuretrack or longterm contract depending on experience. The professor will be expected to teach one or two sections of Introduction to Lawyering each semester. Each section of Lawyering averages 20 students. In this course students represent a client throughout two semesters and learn basic lawyering skills including client interviewing and counseling negotiation analytical skills oral advocacy and research and writing skills by producing legal documents needed to represent the client.
We are committed to the diversity of our law school community and we seek candidates with experience in teaching and mentoring students from groups historically excluded from higher education and the legal profession and whose work advances critical thinking on questions of importance to society. Albany Law School is committed to ensuring equal opportunity and nondiscrimination in all of its employment practices without regard to race color sex pregnancy religion creed national origin (including ancestry) citizenship status physical or mental disability age marital status sexual orientation gender identity and expression status as transgender or gender transitioning veteran or military status (including special disabled veteran Vietnamera veteran or recently separated veteran) predisposing genetic characteristics domestic violence victim status or any other protected category under applicable local state or federal law. This position is offered subject to this commitment and candidates will be considered on the basis of merit ability and valid job qualifications without regard to the aforementioned characteristics.
As part of our unitary tenure system tenuretrack opportunities are available across all long term positions. In addition Albany Law School is poised to begin new programming that will increase online opportunities for our students and our faculty. Applicants should express their potential interest in teaching in an online format although an applicants preference with respect to teaching format will not impact their candidacy.
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have a JD from an ABAaccredited institution. A record of or potential for high quality teaching and a commitment to student mentoring and professional development are should have a superior academic record and at least three years of professional experience either in practice or in teaching legal research and writing or the equivalent.
Compensation
The estimated salary range for this position is $90000$120000 per year plus comprehensive benefits package. Salary will be based on the successful candidates relevant experience knowledge skills and abilities and in consideration of internal equity.
Application Instructions
To apply please submit cover letter curriculum vitae and the contact information for three references through Albany Law Schools Employment Opportunities Site. Questions about our visiting faculty positions should be directed to Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Rosemary Queenan at
ABOUT ALBANY LAW SCHOOL: Established in 1851 Albany Law School is the oldest independent law school in the nation and the oldest law school in New York State. Our faculty are productive collaborative and growth oriented. We are committed to admitting and retaining a student body that represents the diversity of the society in which we live. Our students enter the law school from undergraduate institutions other graduate studies industry and often as part of a career progression or change. Our graduates consistently secure employment and career advancement across several areas of practice including government service Big Law and public interest. Our most recent graduating class performed over 52176 hours of pro bono and public service work during their law school careers.
Albany Law Schools commitment to diversity equity and inclusion means that our community does not discriminate on the basis of gender gender identity or expression race creed color national origin ethnicity religion disability sexual orientation marital status familial status pregnancy domestic violence victim status military or veteran status genetic predisposition status age or any other protected characteristic under applicable local state or federal law in its programs and activities. We are committed to building and sustaining a more diverse equitable and inclusive community to address specific forms of discrimination that have historically affected the legal profession in particular. To that end we take active steps to support this goal including but not limited to: promoting AntiRacism working to actively oppose racism by advocating for changes in political economic and social life where necessary to overcome racial inequality; promoting Gender Justice advocating changes necessary to ensure that everyone is treated equally and with respect and enjoys full rights and equal dignity regardless of their gender transgender or nonbinary identity or expression or lesbian gay bisexual and queer existence; and promoting Disability Equity committing to ensuring the profession values access selfdetermination and an expectation and valuing of difference in terms of disability identity and culture.
ABOUT NEW YORKS CAPITAL DISTRICT: As the home of the state capital of New York the Capital District is a vibrant and diverse area with significant political impact both at the state and national levels. Albany Troy Schenectady and Saratoga Springs are the four cities around which New Yorks Capital Districta metro region with over one million in populationis centered. Boasting some of the best schools in New York access to mountain ranges and lakes and the robust artistic life of the Hudson Valley the region is especially attractive for its worklife balance. In addition the Capital District is a short drive to major metropolitan regions including Boston New York City and Montreal.
We are committed to the diversity of our law school community and we seek candidates with experience in teaching and mentoring students from groups historically excluded from higher education and the legal profession and whose work advances critical thinking on questions of importance to society. Albany Law School is committed to ensuring equal opportunity and nondiscrimination in all of its employment practices without regard to race color sex pregnancy religion creed national origin (including ancestry) citizenship status physical or mental disability age marital status sexual orientation gender identity and expression status as transgender or gender transitioning veteran or military status (including special disabled veteran Vietnamera veteran or recently separated veteran) predisposing genetic characteristics domestic violence victim status or any other protected category under applicable local state or federal law. This position is offered subject to this commitment and candidates will be considered on the basis of merit ability and valid job qualifications without regard to the aforementioned characteristics.
As part of our unitary tenure system tenuretrack opportunities are available across all long term positions. In addition Albany Law School is poised to begin new programming that will increase online opportunities for our students and our faculty. Applicants should express their potential interest in teaching in an online format although an applicants preference with respect to teaching format will not impact their candidacy.
Qualifications
Candidates are required to have a JD from an ABAaccredited institution. A record of or potential for high quality teaching and a commitment to student mentoring and professional development are should have a superior academic record and at least three years of professional experience either in practice or in teaching legal research and writing or the equivalent.
Compensation
The estimated salary range for this position is $90000$120000 per year plus comprehensive benefits package. Salary will be based on the successful candidates relevant experience knowledge skills and abilities and in consideration of internal equity.
Application Instructions
To apply please submit cover letter curriculum vitae and the contact information for three references through Albany Law Schools Employment Opportunities Site. Questions about our visiting faculty positions should be directed to Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Rosemary Queenan at
ABOUT ALBANY LAW SCHOOL: Established in 1851 Albany Law School is the oldest independent law school in the nation and the oldest law school in New York State. Our faculty are productive collaborative and growth oriented. We are committed to admitting and retaining a student body that represents the diversity of the society in which we live. Our students enter the law school from undergraduate institutions other graduate studies industry and often as part of a career progression or change. Our graduates consistently secure employment and career advancement across several areas of practice including government service Big Law and public interest. Our most recent graduating class performed over 52176 hours of pro bono and public service work during their law school careers.
Albany Law Schools commitment to diversity equity and inclusion means that our community does not discriminate on the basis of gender gender identity or expression race creed color national origin ethnicity religion disability sexual orientation marital status familial status pregnancy domestic violence victim status military or veteran status genetic predisposition status age or any other protected characteristic under applicable local state or federal law in its programs and activities. We are committed to building and sustaining a more diverse equitable and inclusive community to address specific forms of discrimination that have historically affected the legal profession in particular. To that end we take active steps to support this goal including but not limited to: promoting AntiRacism working to actively oppose racism by advocating for changes in political economic and social life where necessary to overcome racial inequality; promoting Gender Justice advocating changes necessary to ensure that everyone is treated equally and with respect and enjoys full rights and equal dignity regardless of their gender transgender or nonbinary identity or expression or lesbian gay bisexual and queer existence; and promoting Disability Equity committing to ensuring the profession values access selfdetermination and an expectation and valuing of difference in terms of disability identity and culture.
ABOUT NEW YORKS CAPITAL DISTRICT: As the home of the state capital of New York the Capital District is a vibrant and diverse area with significant political impact both at the state and national levels. Albany Troy Schenectady and Saratoga Springs are the four cities around which New Yorks Capital Districta metro region with over one million in populationis centered. Boasting some of the best schools in New York access to mountain ranges and lakes and the robust artistic life of the Hudson Valley the region is especially attractive for its worklife balance. In addition the Capital District is a short drive to major metropolitan regions including Boston New York City and Montreal.
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