Vanderbilt University Law School seeks applicants for a full-time, non-tenure-track faculty position as Director of Legal Research & Writing Program, with appropriate professorial title. Candidates should have substantial experience teaching in such a program and preferably would have experience directing such a program.
The Director supervises 8 part-time legal writing instructors in a year-long writing curriculum for first-year J.D. students. The class is taught in 8 sections to 190 1Ls, with small sections of about 24 students each. The director works closely with the Law Library Director, as professional librarians contribute to the teaching of the research portion of the class, and with the faculty who teach other first-year courses.
The Director is also responsible for a required course in the School’s LL.M. program for attorneys from foreign countries: Introduction to Research and Legal Writing in the United States. Currently, approximately 30 students are enrolled each year in this program. The director teaches one section of this course, and supervises a part-time instructor who teaches a second section.
Applicants should be able to demonstrate strong teaching, administrative, and leadership skills. The Law School is committed to diversity; women and minority applicants are encouraged to apply. Vanderbilt University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
Review of applications will begin upon receipt and continue until October 1st or until the position is filled. Please send a cover letter and resume, to the Legal Writing Director Appointments Coordinator, Vanderbilt University Law School, 131 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203-1181, preferably by email.
ALWD-LWI Disclosure Form summary:
The position advertised may lead to successive long-term contracts of five or more years. The professor hired will be permitted to vote in faculty meetings. The law school has not disclosed its base salary range, but states that it is a "competitive salary, negotiable based on experience." The number of students enrolled in each semester of the courses taught by the legal research & writing professor will be 30 or fewer. Additional teaching outside the legal research and writing program may be permitted, depending on faculty member’s preferences.
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