TENURE-TRACK PROFESSOR OF LAW
- Employer
- Stetson University
- Location
- Gulfport, Saint Petersburg
- Salary
- Salary is competitive
- Date posted
- Aug 10, 2022
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- Position Type
- Faculty Positions, Education, Other Education
- Employment Level
- Tenured/Tenured Track
- Employment Type
- Full Time
Job Details
STETSON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW seeks to fill up to two entry-level tenure-track positions, with a possibility of a third visiting position. While our needs are flexible, we have a particular focus for entry-level positions relating to our newly-created Business Law Concentration, especially in areas of Business Entities, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Securities Regulation, as well as in the areas of Intellectual Property (emphasis on Patent Law) and Professional Responsibility. We may also have a need for a visitor in Constitutional Law or Legal Writing. Other doctrinal areas may be considered depending on our developing institutional needs.
Located in Florida’s Tampa Bay area, the nation’s nineteenth largest metro area, Stetson was established in 1900 and is Florida’s oldest law school. Our main campus is in Gulfport, just outside St. Petersburg. We also have a part-time program with classes on both the main campus and our satellite campus in downtown Tampa. Stetson has earned a national reputation for its advocacy, elder law, legal writing, and higher education programs, and has Centers for Excellence in Advocacy, Elder Law, and Higher Education Law and Policy. Stetson nurtures a vibrant intellectual community, situated on a beautiful campus. We encourage potential applicants to visit our website at https://www.stetson.edu/portal/law/ to learn more about our school, our community and our programs. The law school is a part of Stetson University, with a College of Arts and Sciences, School of Business Administration, and a School of Music in DeLand.
SALARY: Salary is competitive
STARTING DATE: August 2022
APPLICATION:
Applicants should send a cover letter indicating teaching and scholarly interests, a current curriculum vita, and contact information for at least three professional references to Professors Ellen Podgor and James Fox at facultyappointments@law.stetson.edu or by standard mail to Professors Podgor and Fox at Stetson University College of Law, 1401 61st Street South, Gulfport, FL 33707. The Faculty Appointments Committee will continue to review applications until positions are filled.
Stetson University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and affirms cultural diversity and inclusion as a core value of academic excellence at Stetson University. Stetson University does not discriminate on the basis of sex, disability, race, age, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical characteristics, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. We are committed to achieving equal access in education, employment, and participation through the recruitment and retention of outstanding faculty, staff, and students from diverse backgrounds, and to meaningful academic and intellectual transformation in curriculum, research and service. We are dedicated to actions and policies that foster a community in which individuals with various identities, cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints work together to create opportunities for engagement through rewarding and fulfilling careers and personal experiences in a culturally and racially diverse society and a globalized world. We strongly encourage members of historically under-represented and economically disadvantaged groups and women to apply for employment. Stetson University is an EEO, ADA, ADEA, and GINA employer.
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Our mission at Stetson University is to provide an excellent education in a creative community where learning and values meet, and to foster in students the qualities of mind and heart that will prepare them to reach their full potential as informed citizens of local communities and the world.
At Stetson, the art of teaching is practiced through programs solidly grounded in a tradition of liberal learning that stimulates critical thinking, imaginative inquiry, creative expression, and lively intellectual debate. The art of learning is enhanced through small interactive classes, close student-faculty alliances, and collaborative approaches that provide the foundation for rewarding careers and advanced study in selective graduate and professional programs. We embrace diverse methodologies to foster effective communication, information and technological literacy, and aesthetic appreciation. We encourage the development of informed convictions, independent judgment, and lifelong commitments to learning that are characteristic features of the enlightened citizen. In bringing together learning and values, the University encourages all of its members to demonstrate personal integrity; to develop an appreciation for the spiritual dimension of life; to embrace leadership in an increasingly complex, interdependent, and technological world; and to commit to active forms of social responsibility.
- Website
- http://www.stetson.edu/
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