Faculty Hiring Announcement: McGill University

McGill University's Faculty of Law anticipates making one or more entry-level tenure-track hires. One area of emphasis is civil procedure. Below is the full announcement:

McGill University’s Faculty of Law invites applications from candidates with a strong commitment to innovation and excellence in teaching and research, and who will make a creative contribution to the governance of the Faculty and the University.

The Faculty of Law anticipates offering one or more entry-level tenure-track positions, starting on January 1, 2011 or July 1, 2011.

The Faculty’s research programs, pedagogical initiatives, and academic priorities all reflect a central commitment to legal traditions, comparative law and internationalization of law. In conjunction with this central theme, the Faculty has identified four overall areas of academic priorities:

• Transsystemic Legal Education;
• Trade, Mobility and Enterprise;
• Public Policy and Private Resources;
• Human Rights and Legal Pluralism.

For this recruitment cycle, we seek applications from candidates with demonstrated expertise in fundamental private law, international trade law, or civil procedure and dispute resolution.

Candidates must envisage teaching and research in several substantive fields of law and we encourage diverse approaches to law, legal research and legal education. Given the bilingual environment of our Faculty, successful candidates will be required to evaluate written and oral work presented in both English and French.

Our undergraduate curriculum represents an international benchmark for contemporary legal education and leads to the joint award of the Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.) and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degrees. The core of the undergraduate curriculum is taught transsystemically, across borders shaped by legal traditions and systems, notably those of the common and civil law. Our graduate programme is comprised of research degrees at the Master’s and Doctoral levels as well as a non-thesis LL.M.

The Faculty maintains a research environment marked by a strong sense of collegiality through which ongoing intellectual and professional development of all professors is encouraged. In addition, the Faculty is home to a vibrant trans-disciplinary research community of Institutes and Centres.

McGill University is committed to equity in employment and diversity. It welcomes applications from indigenous peoples, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, women, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities and others who may contribute to further diversification. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada.

How to apply

Applications, including a detailed cover letter, a curriculum vitae, up to three samples of published research and the names and addresses of three referees, are now being accepted for this competition and must be submitted no later than September 15, 2010.

Applications should be addressed to Professor Geneviève Saumier, Chair, Staff Appointments Committee, Faculty of Law, McGill University. Applications should be sent by electronic mail to Linda Coughlin [mailto:linda.coughlin@mcgill.ca].

Alternatively, applications may be sent by mail to:

Faculty of Law
Staff Appointments Committee
3644 Peel Street
Montreal, QC H3A 1W9

(Hat Tip: SSRN's Legal Scholarship Network)

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