AssistantAssociateProfessor of Law (Legal Writing)
AssistantAssociateProfessor of Law (Legal Writing)
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Job Description
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law seeks one outstanding lawyer-educator to join its legal writing faculty beginning in the 2026-2027 academic year. We seek applicants interested in teaching in our first-year legal writing and second-year legal writing courses. This is a continuing non-tenure track position. Villanovas Legal Writing Program includes required courses in both the first and second years of law school. Legal writing faculty are responsible for teaching two sections per semester. Faculty teaching in the 1L program are responsible for teaching approximately twenty students per section and faculty teaching in the 2L program are responsible for teaching approximately twenty-four students per addition to two-hour weekly class meetings professors evaluate weekly written assignments and meet with students on a regular basis. Legal writing faculty are a vital part of the Villanova Law community; they have partial voting rights and serve on law school committees and in leadership positions. Legal writing faculty are not required to engage in scholarship but those who do receive support. The first-year fall legal writing course focuses on analysis and objective writing including formal and informal communication with an emphasis on professionalism. The spring course is devoted to persuasive writing includes several shorter assignments and culminates in the drafting of one or more trial briefs and oral argument. Throughout the first-year writing courses students are expected to develop facts draft formal and informal memoranda to an assigning attorney make oral presentations prepare court documents and work collaboratively in small groups. During the second year the required legal writing course is divided between two tracks: a litigation track and a legal track. Students have the option to take their one-semester second-year requirement in either the fall or spring the litigation track students write and argue an appellate the legal track students develop skills to enable them to represent clients who want to accomplish a goal other than winning a dispute in court. Villanova is a Catholic university sponsored by the Augustinian Order. The University is an equal opportunity employer and seeks candidates who understand respect and can contribute to the Universitys mission and values.
Duties And Responsibilities
Teach courses in the legal writing program subject to the needs of the Law School. Provide service to the Law School University profession and community.
Minimum Qualifications
Juris Doctor is required. Post law school experience demonstrating the potential for excellence in teaching legal writing is required. Excellent oral and written communication skills are required.
Work Schedule
full-time/10-months
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full Time
