tenure-track LRW job in North Dakota

The University of North Dakota School of Law is accepting applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor of Law in the field of Legal Writing or Lawyering Skills for the academic year beginning August 2013.

Candidates must have a J.D. degree, a distinguished academic record, and demonstrated excellence in their professional work. Candidates also should have a record of, or show promise for, achievement as a teacher, scholar, and colleague with a commitment to academic and professional service.

Applications are being reviewed on a rolling basis. The School of Law especially welcomes candidates who will enhance faculty diversity. Postal address: Professor James Grijalva, Chair, Faculty Selection Committee, University of North Dakota School of Law, 215 Centennial Drive Stop 9003, Grand Forks, ND  58202-9003. Electronic address: facultyselection@law.und.edu. Electronic submissions preferred. 

Questions regarding this position can be directed to Kirsten Dauphinais, Law School Builders of the Profession Professor of Law, Director of Lawyering Skills, and Vice Chair of the Faculty Selection Committee at (701) 777-6396 or dauphinais@law.und.edu.

1. The position is tenure-track. 
2. The professor hired will be permitted to vote in faculty meetings.
3. The school anticipates paying an annual academic year base salary in the range $80,000 to $89,000.
4. The person hired will teach legal writing, each semester, to 30 or fewer students or 56-60 students.

(Professors who teach Lawyering Skills at UND traditionally alternate teaching loads: one year teaching two sections of first year Lawyering Skills of 25-30 students each and the next year teaching one section of Lawyering Skills, plus one additional course each semester. These additional courses can be either upperlevel skills or casebook and are selected in consultation with the Dean on the basis of the professor's interest and background, as well as the needs of the law school.)

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