AssistantAssociateFull Professor of Practice of Law in Legal Research and Writing

St. Marys University School of Law invites applications for multiple full-time Assistant Associate or Full Professors of Practice to teach in St. Marys Legal Research and Writing Program. All positions are nine-month full-time non-tenure track positions. At a minimum Professors of Practice will be hired for a term of two or more years with the opportunity for promotion and renewal for good performance at the end of the initial contract term. Salary for a nine-month contract will range from $80000 to $105000 commensurate with experience and dependent on rank. Opportunities may be available for additionally compensated teaching or writing. While scholarship is not a requirement of the position research grants may be available.

Successful Legal Research and Writing Professors of Practice are team-oriented and collaborative committed to excellence in teaching and demonstrate passionate dedication to their students. Successful candidates will be joining a dynamic diverse and collegial team of faculty actively engaged in redeveloping the Law Schools Legal Research and Writing Program to position both the Program and its students for national success.

These positions are student-facing and require a campus presence except when teaching online classes. The School of Laws Legal Research and Writing Program combines the skills of traditional legal research and writing with oral advocacy. The program includes two 3-credit graded courses in the first year a Legal Writing Center and upper-level writing instruction. The sections for the first-year courses in this program are kept small and average between 13-18 students. A full teaching load for a full-time Legal Research and Writing Professor of Practice consists of two small sections of first-year Legal Research and Writing per semester totaling approximately 28-36 students per semester.

Professors of Practice will among other things participate on committees attend faculty meetings teach classes regularly meet with individual students and provide extensive feedback on written work. Professors of Practice also assist with academic workshops orientation planning and execution and course planning and materials for the future academic year. The School of Law has a full-time day and online part-time evening program and select Professors of Practice will teach in the online program based on the needs of the office and the law school.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• D. degree from an accredited law school and admission to at least one state bar;
• Strong academic record and excellent writing skills; and
• At least two years of legal work experience post-JD graduation.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior teaching experience in legal research and writing; and
• Experience on a law journal and/or judicial clerkship experience.

Applications can be found at Along with the employment application please submit: (1) a cover letter addressing your interest in the position and how your experience would contribute to student success; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) a graduate transcript confirming the Juris Doctor degree and (4) a list of three references. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Any offer of employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a clear background check.

St. Marys University as a Catholic Marianist University fosters the formation of people in faith and educates leaders for the common good through community integrated liberal arts and professional education and academic excellence: St. Marys is the oldest Catholic university in the Southwest and continues to advocate the Marianist mission. St. Marys enrolls approximately 3500 students in a diverse university with four schools more than 40 academic programs including Ph.D. and J.D. programs and numerous pre-professional programs. The successful candidate is expected to support and contribute to the Universitys Marianist educational mission.

St. Marys University is a Hispanic-Serving Institution and an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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