Wake Forest University School of Law in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, seeks an individual who will fill one tenure-track position as a Legal Analysis, Writing, and Research (LAWR) Professor and also be the Director of Outreach, beginning in the 2017-2018 academic year.

This person will teach one section of LAWR I in the fall semester and one section of LAWR II in the spring semester. As the Director of Outreach, this person will have administrative responsibility over the student-led Pro Bono Project and Public Interest Law Organization (PILO).

In administering the Pro Bono Project, this person will be responsible for enhancing and promoting pro bono opportunities for students and serving as the licensed attorney who reviews student work. In administering PILO, this person will be responsible for promoting public interest employment options and raising funds to support PILO summer fellowship grants, and will serve as a supervising attorney where required. The person will need to cultivate networks with legal organizations, businesses, non-profits, governmental agencies, and law firms nationwide to create pro-bono partnerships for Wake Forest law students. The person will also ensure that students who participate in pro bono projects meet all requirements of bar licensing associations regarding client confidentiality and client conflicts. 

The Faculty Appointments Committee seeks applications from candidates with outstanding academic credentials, including demonstrated or potential teaching and administrative ability and the potential for or a record of distinguished scholarship. In addition to teaching in the LAWR program and performing the various administrative duties as Director of Outreach, there is an expectation of scholarship. This person will be provided the same opportunities and support for research, scholarship, and other professional development as doctrinal faculty, including summer research stipends and research assistants.

Applicants must have a law degree; a long-term commitment to the LAWR and Outreach programs; an interest in teaching and scholarship; excellent legal research, analysis, reasoning, writing, and communication skills; and the ability to work both independently and cooperatively. Prior teaching experience is preferred, and at least three years of legal practice (preferably public interest law) experience is required. The candidate must be licensed to practice law in North Carolina or be willing to sit for the North Carolina bar no later than July 2017. 

Wake Forest seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce to maintain the excellence of the University, and to offer students richly varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning. We are strongly dedicated to the pursuit of excellence by including and integrating individuals who represent different groups as defined by race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, age, disability, national origin, religion, and veteran status.  

Interested applicants should submit an application—including a cover letter, resume, research agenda, and list of references—through the Wake Forest website.

The application deadline is Friday, September 30, 2016 and all materials must be received by this date. Confidential inquiries are welcome.  

The position is a tenure-track appointment and the professor hired will be permitted to vote in faculty meetings. The school anticipates paying an annual salary in the range of $80,000 to $89,999. The number of students enrolled in each semester of the courses taught by the legal research and writing professor will be 30 or fewer.

Hat tip to Professor Laura Graham at Wake Forest University School of Law.

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