Associate Professor (School of Law)

Position Title: Associate Professor (School of Law)

Department: School of Law

Campus Location:Washburn University

Application Deadline:Application review will begin as applications are received and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants can be assured of full consideration if submitted by: September 1 2025.

Position Summary: Washburn University School of Law invites applicants for one tenure/tenure-track position beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year. We are especially interested in candidates who would teach debtor/creditor real estate transactions property. Washburn Law has a unitary tenure track with scholarship support including summer writing stipends year-round research assistants and funding for travel to conferences. The appointment is subject to budgetary approval.

We seek engaging candidates whose performance to date has demonstrated effectiveness in teaching scholarship and service or the potential for achievement in each of these job functions. Each selected candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to pursuing teaching excellence at Washburn University including a dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.

The School of Law moved into its new state-of-the-art building in July 2023. The building features classrooms equipped with up-to-date recording technology including closed captioning; a green room recording studio; and beautiful trial and appellate courtrooms.

The Washburn campus is located blocks from the historic state capitol. Topeka features affordable housing; beautiful historic neighborhoods with well-maintained parks; and a nationally recognized public library. It is also the home of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Site.

Washburn University is a teaching-focused student-centered public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of over 5500 undergraduate graduate and law students a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty staff and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages an excellent benefits program and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion modernization partnership achievement community and transformation. In 2024 Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for according to Great Colleges to Work For program.

Essential Functions:
The appointed hire will be responsible for fulfilling teaching expectations associated with a tenured/tenure-track professor appointment.
The appointed hire will be responsible for fulfilling scholarship expectations associated with a tenured/tenure-track professor appointment.
The appointed hire will be responsible for fulfilling service expectations associated with a tenured/tenure-track professor appointment.
Perform additional job-related duties as appropriately assigned.

Required Qualifications:
JD degree from an ABA-approved law school or international equivalent.
Dedication to developing teaching practices that engage all learners.
Demonstrated commitment to institutional service whether university or practice related.
Demonstrated potential for scholarship.
Demonstrated dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage all learners.
Official educational transcripts required at the time of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:
Record of practice teaching and/or scholarship in the areas of debtor/creditor real estate transactions property.

Special Instructions to Applicants:Questions pertaining to this position may be directed to Professor Emily Grant at

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