53 Faculty - Law and Legal Studies jobs

Description LAWYERING PROGRAM FACULTY, New York University School of Law, Academic Year 2023-2024. Seeking applicants for several full-time, non-tenure-track Acting Assistant Professor positions to teach a two-semester course. The Lawyering Program provides support for faculty scholarship and preparation for entering the law teaching market as well as opportunities for reflection on practice. The position offers an excellent opportunity to work with students in a cutting-edge simulation-based curriculum. Lawyering introduces first-year law students to legal analysis, fact development, legal research, legal writing, oral advocacy, and client counseling in litigation and transactional settings. Most Lawyering professors transition into tenure-track clinical or doctrinal teaching positions. Some choose to transition into new areas in the legal profession or other positions in academia. Qualifications Qualifications include a JD degree, excellent...

Law School Position Type:  Faculty Chicago, IL Description The University of Chicago Law School invites applications for the Earl B. Dickerson Fellowship, with an appointment at the rank of Instructor, for a one-year term to begin July 1, 2023. The Dickerson Fellowship is named after the first African-American J.D. graduate of the Law School, from the class of 1920. We encourage applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and perspectives who will enrich and improve the student experience and the Law School’s culture. The Dickerson Fellow will teach one or more courses per year and will be expected to publish high-quality scholarship and contribute to the intellectual life of the Law School. Qualifications The Law School seeks candidates who demonstrate the promise of distinguished legal scholarship and law teaching and ideally have relevant practice experience that will qualify them to act as teachers and mentors of students. A J.D. or...

Law School Position Type:  Other Academic Appointee Chicago, IL Description The University of Chicago Law School invites applications for part-time lecturer positions for the 2022-23 academic year. We seek excellent teachers and experienced practitioners to teach in a variety of law, law-practice, and law-related areas that enrich the Law School's already robust curriculum. (Candidates are invited to consult the Law School's current curricular offerings at: http://www.law.uchicago.edu/prospective/curriculum.) Candidates must have at least a tentative idea for a course or seminar to be offered, as well as expertise and experience directly relevant to the course or seminar being proposed.  Qualified candidates must have a graduate level degree; J.D. or appropriate terminal degree preferred. Candidates must have relevant or law-related experience; prior experience teaching law students is strongly preferred. Among other considerations, we value candidates with...

Description The Tax Law Center at the NYU School of Law is seeking one or more full-time Attorney Advisors to work closely with the Executive Director to contribute to rigorous, high-impact tax legal work in the public interest. You are an attorney with experience practicing US tax law or working in US federal government processes of crafting, interpreting, or administering tax law, and are excited to work closely with academics, legal practitioners, and policymakers to advance racial and economic equity in taxation. You are an excellent writer of rigorous technical tax materials, such as reports, memos, briefs, comments, or legislation and regulations. You are a highly-organized project manager and a clear communicator, able to manage production of high-quality, timely written work, and exercise judgement about where to focus time and resources to have robust input in fast-moving tax law and policy processes. Responsibilities The Attorney...

Description The Tax Law Center at the NYU School of Law is seeking one or more full-time Senior Attorney Advisors to work closely with the Executive Director to contribute to rigorous, high-impact tax legal work in the public interest. You are an attorney with significant experience in the federal tax policy making process and a deep commitment to advancing racial and economic equity through taxation. You are a clear, persuasive writer and communicator, and are excited to draft legislation, regulations, and comments in addition to briefs, technical reports, and less-technical white papers and blog posts. You have deep relationships in tax law and policymaking.   Responsibilities The Senior Attorney Advisor, who will report to the Executive Director, will be responsible for: Helping to set the agenda for the Tax Law Center, including helping to lead the design and implementation of a system for identifying and prioritizing opportunities for the...

NTU Main Campus, Singapore Full time R00012590 The Nanyang Business School (NBS) is recruiting a Research Scientist in the area of data protection law and data privacy. Job Responsibilities Assist in primary legal research on databases such as Lexis-Nexis, HeinOnline etc Collate research materials found, inclusive of preparing summaries of research materials which involves reading and drafting written summaries of regulatory materials, legal judgments, and secondary materials Formulation and development of data governance structures and frameworks Other research administrative tasks. Job Requirements Master in Law with extensive experience in research and/or in data protection law Strong communication and interpersonal skills Organised and meticulous Capable of following instructions meticulously We regret to inform that only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Ref Number B04-03546 Professional Expertise Academic Department UCL BEAMS (B04) Location London Working Pattern Part time Salary £48,614 - £57,041 Contract Type Permanent Working Type Hybrid (20% - 80% on site) Available For Secondment No Closing Date 16-Apr-2023 About us The Bartlett Faculty We are The Bartlett, UCL’s global faculty of the built environment. Individually, our schools and sections lead their fields. In partnership, they develop new responses to pressing world issues. As a whole, they represent a world-leading, multidisciplinary faculty, united by the radical spirit of UCL. Our vision is of a world where everything that’s built aims to add to the well-being of people and the environment. The Bartlett is unrivalled in its breadth and depth of disciplines, programmes and departments. It is made up 12 Schools, Centres and Institutes, providing teaching and research in a wide range of subject areas to over 4,000...

Penfield 740 Part time JR0000038823 Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at McGill University), do not apply through this Career Site. Login to your McGill Workday account and apply to this posting using the Find Jobs report (type Find Jobs in the search bar). Position Summary: Their tasks include, but are not limited to: Conducting literature reviews of legal, social and policy aspects of genomic research, precision medicine and open science (data sharing). Analyze and compare provincial, national and international legal documents on the above-mentioned topic. Assist in the development and drafting of policy for relevant stakeholders (public, professionals, health institutions, researchers, research ethics boards, etc.). Assist in the researching, drafting, copy-editing and...

Description The Columbia Law School/Columbia Business School Program in the Law and Economics of Capital Markets is seeking a full time Capital Markets Research Fellow. The incumbent would be appointed as a Postdoctoral Research Scholar or Associate Research Scholar, and title will be commensurate with experience. The appointment will run from July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2025. This position is intended for a person who expects to begin a law school teaching career in the 2025-26 academic year and who desires an interim position that will help the person prepare for such a career by offering the time and facilities needed to do serious research and to develop further expertise. Candidates must have a J.D. and an exceptional academic record from a major law school; have at least three years of legal practice (including any clerkship time) and/or post-graduate studies in economics or finance. Approximately half of the incumbent’s time will be devoted to research and other...

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law invites applications for entry-level, tenure-track faculty positions with an expected start date of September 1, 2023. Northwestern seeks applicants with distinguished academic credentials and a record of or potential for high scholarly achievement and excellence in teaching. We will consider applicants in all subject matter areas, but specialties of particular interest include: business law/commercial law, administrative law & regulatory subjects, law and health (joint search with the Feinberg School of Medicine), and law and engineering (joint search with McCormick School of Engineering). Northwestern welcomes applications from candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our faculty and community. Positions are full-time appointments on a tenure-track. Candidates must have a J.D., Ph.D., or equivalent degree, a distinguished academic record, and demonstrated potential to produce outstanding scholarship. Northwestern Pritzker...

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law invites applications for tenured or tenure-track faculty positions with an expected start date of September 1, 2023. This is part of a multi-year strategic hiring plan, and we will consider both junior and senior lateral candidates. Northwestern seeks applicants with distinguished academic credentials and a record of or potential for high scholarly achievement and excellence in teaching. We will consider applicants in all subject matter areas, but specialties of particular interest include: business law/commercial law, administrative law & regulatory subjects, law and health (joint search with the Feinberg School of Medicine), and law and engineering (joint search with McCormick School of Engineering). Northwestern welcomes applications from candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our faculty and community. Positions are full-time appointments with tenure or on a tenure-track. Candidates must have a J.D., Ph.D., or...

LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university LSE Law School LSE Fellow (up to two posts available) Salary from £39,313 to £47,148 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £50,614 pa inclusive This is a fixed term appointment for two years The Law School is seeking to appoint up to two fixed-term LSE Fellows. The fellowship is not restricted to any particular area of legal study.  The objective of the Fellowships is to provide a development opportunity for those who have exceptional potential in legal research and scholarship. During the two-year appointment, LSE Fellows will have the opportunity to develop their teaching experience, as well as their research trajectory. Fellows are expected to contribute to class teaching on the undergraduate degree programme and other teaching on the undergraduate or postgraduate programme as may be available.  While our class teaching needs can arise in...

This is an excellent opportunity for a dynamic and entrepreneurial early career researcher to join the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)-funded project: Reversing the Gaze, at Edinburgh Law School. You will be involved in developing approaches to, and executing, comparative theories of the administrative state, and/or of value, finance, and the state, grounded in empirical case studies. You should have a high-quality research profile commensurate with your career status, as well as a proven commitment to conducting and/or collaborating on interdisciplinary research projects. You will play a full part in the conduct of the project research at Edinburgh Law School, as both a team member and a research leader. You will also play a full part in the overall project, a consortium between Edinburgh, the University of Basel, and the University of Zurich. Finally, you will play a full part in the collegiate life of the Edinburgh Law School, and will be supported to develop...

The Opportunity: You should have a proven track record, or demonstrable potential, in teaching and research as well as a commitment to promoting the student experience.   You will contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate (on-campus and online) teaching and assessment including dissertation supervision; and work closely with colleagues in the Commercial Law Subject Area to promote the Law School as a centre of excellence for teaching and research in commercial law. You will join a committed and dynamic team of academics in the Commercial Law Subject Area.  The post will enable you to establish a strong teaching profile and to build on your existing research including developing professional contacts in the UK and beyond. The successful candidate will play a full part in the collegiate life of the Subject Area and Edinburgh Law School and will be expected to develop and implement an ambitious research plan including knowledge exchange activities with the...

This is an excellent opportunity for two dynamic and entrepreneurial individuals with a commitment to promoting excellence in legal education to join the School of Law as Lecturers or Senior Lecturers in Clinical Legal Education. You may have teaching experience in relation to the delivery of clinical and experiential legal education or demonstrable interest in developing such experience as well as, for appointment to a Senior Lecturer, proven leadership experience in this domain. You will have a proven commitment to promoting the student experience or will be able to evidence your capacity to develop this commitment. You will make a significant contribution to delivering existing activities such as the award-winning Free Legal Advice Centre, Edinburgh Law School’s flagship pro bono activity, the Virtual Law Clinic and other experiential and practice-led activities aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate taught students, as well as developing new activities....

(Full-time, Fixed term, 1 year) Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession, Stanford Law School Remote candidates with particularly relevant education and/or experience will be considered. About the Center : Founded in 2008, the Deborah L. Rhode Center on the Legal Profession advances the profession through research, policy advocacy, teaching, and public programs.  It focuses on issues critical to the profession, including access to justice, regulation of legal services, diversity and inclusion, attorney accountability, equity and transparency in civil justice, and the expansion and modernization of legal services.  The Center seeks to connect theory with practice and translate cutting-edge scholarly research into real-world impact.  The Civil Justice and Innovation fellowship provides an exceptional opportunity for those who are interested in gaining exposure to policy-oriented research, original scholarship, and the...

Description This position will collaborate with the Director and Research Staff of the Law School's Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment (CCSI) and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law (Sabin Center) to execute the Centers’ applied research agenda on the role of law and finance in addressing climate change and accelerating the energy transition. The incumbent will work collaboratively with CCSI's and the Sabin Center’s Leadership and Research Staff to analyze the interrelated legal, finance, and policy pathways critical to achieving global climate goals and facilitating the energy transition, and the corresponding implications for public, private, and institutional financial sector actors, regulators, and alliances. The incumbent will contribute a profound understanding of how to leverage research findings into concrete outcomes and impact on the global stage. Qualifications Minimum Qualifications Masters Degree in Finance...

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law invites applications for the position of Writing Lab Director and Clinical Assistant Professor of Law, Clinical Associate Professor of Law, or Clinical Professor of Law. This position is part of the Communication and Legal Reasoning (CLR) program. Northwestern Law is an innovative, top-ranked institution that teaches students to meet the challenges of the complex, competitive, and changing legal and business worlds. Our students are academically exceptional and have strong interpersonal skills. Many students have substantial work experience. The Writing Lab is a new initiative that the Writing Lab Director will develop and manage, in coordination with numerous other groups at the law school. We anticipate the Director will be responsible for 1) hiring, training, and supervising student Writing Fellows, who can assist all students with various writing projects; 2) planning and staffing writing-related programming in coordination with the other...

This is an excellent opportunity for two dynamic and entrepreneurial individuals with a commitment to promoting excellence in legal education to join the School of Law as Lecturers or Senior Lecturers in Clinical Legal Education. You may have teaching experience in relation to the delivery of clinical and experiential legal education or demonstrable interest in developing such experience as well as, for appointment to a Senior Lecturer, proven leadership experience in this domain. You will have a proven commitment to promoting the student experience or will be able to evidence your capacity to develop this commitment. You will make a significant contribution to delivering existing activities such as the award-winning Free Legal Advice Centre, Edinburgh Law School’s flagship pro bono activity, the Virtual Law Clinic and other experiential and practice-led activities aimed at undergraduate and postgraduate taught students, as well as developing new activities....

This is an excellent opportunity for a committed and enthusiastic individual to join the School of Law as a Lecturer in Corporate Law.  The Opportunity: You should have a proven track record, or demonstrable potential, in teaching and research as well as a commitment to promoting the student experience.   You will contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate (on-campus and online) teaching and assessment including dissertation supervision; and work closely with colleagues in the Commercial Law Subject Area to promote the Law School as a centre of excellence for teaching and research in commercial law. You will join a committed and dynamic team of academics in the Commercial Law Subject Area.  The post will enable you to establish a strong teaching profile and to build on your existing research including developing professional contacts in the UK and beyond. The successful candidate will play a full part in the collegiate life of the Subject Area...