Assistant /Associate Professor of Law – Tax Law & Energy Transition - (492548 )

Department: Dean, Law

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Description:

The University of Houston Law Center (UHLC) invites applications for a Presidential Frontier Faculty (PFF) tenure-track assistant or associate professor (tenured or tenure track) position to begin academic year 2025-26. The PFF program is a university wide integrated interdisciplinary hiring campaign that is overseen by central university leadership and encompasses hiring a large cohort of convergent research faculty to work on health, energy, sustainability, security and other topics. The PFF program envisions a candidate with specific expertise in legal areas related to tax law generally and its specific applicability to the energy transition and the environment, such as tax credits as a policy tool for the energy transition.

Applicants for the position must hold a J.D. degree (or the equivalent) and should demonstrate the potential for success as scholars, teachers, and future members of the UH and the Law Center’s broader community. Appointment at the rank of associate with tenure may be possible based on the experience, credentials, and expertise of the applicant.

The successful candidate will teach a section of the Law Center’s baseline course in federal income tax, teach the partnership tax course, and teach a course related to tax and the energy transition. The candidate’s tenure and/or promotion pathway is at the Law Center. The successful candidate will also be affiliated with the Law Center’s Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Center and the Law Center’s Tax Program.

Other criteria relevant to this hire include: grant acquisition experience; government service or private practice relevant to the energy transition; and other work on the energy transition in a legal, technological, or policy capacity. The position will teach three courses each academic year during the pre-tenure period. Post‑tenure Law Center teaching workload is an average of ten credits per year for productive scholars. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to collaborate with faculty at other UH colleges who specialize in the energy transition.

Further information about the Law Center and its programs is available at: http://www.law.uh.edu

An attorney appointed to the position must, at a minimum, hold a J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school. Applicants for the position must hold a J.D. degree (or the equivalent) and should demonstrate the potential for success as scholars, teachers, and future members of the UH and the Law Center’s broader community. Appointment at the rank of associate with tenure may be possible based on the experience, credentials, and expertise of the applicant.

This position is part of the Presidential Frontier Faculty (PFF) initiative. Please visit https://uh.edu/provost/faculty/faculty-resources/prospective-faculty/ to apply and search for FAC003525. Please attach your CV and cover letter to the application.

This search is coordinated by Professor Meredith Duncan, the chair of UHLC’s faculty appointments committee. Interested applicants can send questions to Prof. Duncan at mjduncan@central.uh.edu.

The University of Houston Law Center boasts an accomplished, collegial, and diverse faculty, of which over 20 are members of the American Law Institute. The Law Center has the highest student entering credentials in the school’s history as well as one of the most diverse student bodies in the country The Law Center has almost 45% of its students from underrepresented backgrounds (African American, Latinx, and Asian American), 53% women students, almost 20% are first generation college students, over 80% first generation law school students, and almost 15% identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community. Since Fall 2022, the Law Center occupies a brand-new, world class facility designed by award-winning architects.

The University of Houston is a Carnegie-designated Tier One public research university. UH serves the globally competitive Houston and Gulf Coast Region by providing world-class faculty, experiential learning, and strategic industry partnerships. Located in the nation’s fourth-largest city and one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse regions in the country, UH is a federally designated Hispanic and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving institution with an enrollment of more than 47,000 students. The University of Houston is responsive to the needs of dual career couples.

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The policy of the University of Houston-System and its universities is to ensure equal opportunity in all its educational programs and activities, and all terms and conditions of employment without regard to age, race, color, disability, religion, national origin, ethnicity, military status, genetic information, sex (including gender and pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or status, or gender expression, except where such a distinction is required by law.

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