OPEN RANK PROFESSOR OF LAW TO SERVE AS DIRECTOR OF JD LEGAL WRITING

Summary of Position

The University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law (UNH Law), a national leader in legal education with a commitment to inclusion, diversity, and quality engagement for all, seeks to hire an Open Rank Professor to serve as the Director of the JD Legal Writing Program to begin August 2021.

The Director will be a secure, or secure track full-time faculty member involved in teaching, administration, and faculty governance.

Essential Job Functions:

The Director will be responsible for managing both the law school’s residential and hybrid legal writing programs including:

• Developing and managing the first-year JD writing curriculum including a 2 credit course in the Fall semester and a 3 credit course in the Spring semester.
• Teaching legal writing courses to first-year JD students.
• Managing, mentoring, and leading legal writing faculty in the residential and hybrid JD programs.
• Hiring, managing, and mentoring teaching assistants.
• Engaging with national legal writing community.
• Assuring that the program is providing up-to-date high-quality education by maintaining connections with national professional organizations and attending and presenting at national and regional conferences.
• Depending on institutional needs, teaching other courses within the Director’s expertise and interest.
• Participating in faculty governance such as serving on law school committees.
• Assisting in law school objectives, such as through recruitment of students and engagement with alumni.
• Contributing to the larger legal community through service.
• Working well with faculty, staff and students as well as community groups of diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, sexual orientation, sexual identity, disability, and ethnic backgrounds.

Additional Job Information

In your cover letter, please describe why you are interested in this position and what makes you a strong candidate in light of the required and preferred qualifications described above. This position is open until filled. Review of applications will begin immediately.

Acceptable Minimum Qualifications 

• Applicants should have a J.D. and strong academic credentials, as well as substantial experience in practicing law and in teaching legal writing and professional skills.
• Demonstrated skill at working collaboratively.
• Demonstrated administrative leadership skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong interest in all aspects of legal practice and the profession, and in mentoring students.
• Strong interest in engaging with the national legal writing communities.
• Interest in engaging and growing the JD hybrid legal writing program.
• A commitment to promoting inclusive excellence and diversity.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to use CANVAS, D2L, or other technology for delivery of online education.
• Admission to a bar and legal practice.
• Demonstrated professionalism in the bar, including state and national involvement.

To view description and apply, visit https://jobs.usnh.edu/postings/38317

This position is responsible for the supervision of

Professional, Administrative, and Technical , Operating Staff , Adjunct Staff , Students

Special Requirements

A background check will be required as a condition of employment.

Departmental Information

UNH Law is situated in Concord, the capital of New Hampshire. Concord is approximately an hour’s drive from Boston, the beautiful New Hampshire seacoast, and the White Mountains. It is part of the University of New Hampshire, a major research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate programs and graduate programs of distinction. UNH’s main campus is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast. UNH has a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with more than 600 full-time faculty, and offers 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs.

The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, or marital status, genetic information, and political orientation. Application by members of all underrepresented groups is encouraged. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the U.S.