Hiring Announcement: Belmont University College of Law Tenure-Track Faculty Position

Hiring Announcement: Belmont University College of Law Tenure-Track Faculty Position

Belmont University College of Law, in Nashville, Tennessee, invites applications from entry level and experienced candidates to fill a tenure-track faculty position.  We are seeking candidates across a broad range of teaching and research areas, starting with the 2021-2022 academic year, with the successful candidate's teaching load including Evidence.  

A successful applicant must have a J.D., strong academic background, and record that indicates the promise of both teaching excellence and high scholarly achievement.  Belmont is an EOE/AA employer and welcomes applications from candidates who may add to the diversity at Belmont College of Law.  Belmont College of Law reserves the right to exercise a preference for those candidates who support the goals and missions of the University. 

If interested, please submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae to the Chair of the Faculty Recruitment Committee Professor Loren Mulraine at [email protected] or [email protected]

Belmont University is a private, Christian university focusing on academic excellence and is located in the heart of Nashville, one of the fastest growing and most culturally rich cities in the country.  Belmont’s student body of over 8,400 includes students from every state, more than 35 countries, and all faiths.  The Belmont faculty is dedicated to teaching, service, and active engagement in scholarship.  The median LSAT/GPA for the 142 students who entered the law school in August 2019 were 156 and 3.63 (75th percentile: 158 and 3.84; 25th percentile: 153 and 3.28), placing the school well within the top 100 U.S. law schools for quality of applicants.  Belmont’s first-time bar passage rate for the July 2018 and 2019 Tennessee bar exams was 95.8%, one of the highest pass rates in the country, and its employment rate for the 2018 & 2019 classes was 95%.