The UNC School of Law seeks to hire two full-time clinical faculty members to start in summer 2016. The person hired will teach two sections—each with about 17 students—of Research, Reasoning, Writing, and Advocacy (RRWA), a core first-year, two-semester, six-credit course. Other teaching opportunities may occasionally arise too.
The person hired will join the School of Law’s Writing and Learning Resources Center (WLRC) (http://www.law.unc.edu/academics/wlrc), which also operates an Academic Excellence Program. Our experienced team—Kaci Bishop, Alexa Chew, Luke Everett, Rachel Gurvich, Jon McClanahan (Assistant Dean for Academic Excellence), Wyatt Orsbon, O.J. Salinas, Craig Smith (Assistant Dean for the WLRC), and Sara Warf—is collaborative and creative. For example, we are using an innovative textbook written by Alexa Chew and our former colleague (now turned professional writer) Katie Rose Guest Pryal: The Complete Legal Writer (Carolina Academic Press, forthcoming January 2016). In addition to guiding students with clear explanations and closely related sets of examples, the book uses a genre-discovery approach that promotes student autonomy by teaching a process for learning to write unfamiliar legal documents.
Position Announcement:
Clinical Faculty Appointment for
Research, Reasoning, Writing, and Advocacy
Plus Academic Excellence
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law invites applications for two full‑time clinical faculty appointments to teach first‑year legal research and writing and to serve in the Writing and Learning Resources Center. The Center houses the law school’s rigorous, six-credit Research, Reasoning, Writing, and Advocacy (“RRWA”) Program and its comprehensive Academic Excellence Program. Starting in the 2016-2017 academic year, the individuals selected for these positions will teach two seminar‑sized sections of RRWA per semester and occasionally offer academic‑excellence workshops or provide educational counseling or tutoring. Required duties do not include teaching additional courses; nonetheless, the Center’s faculty have occasionally taught such courses.
Candidates must have a J.D., bar admission, and practice or clerkship experience. Candidates also should have an outstanding academic record, the ability and desire to work collaboratively on an established team, and experience or demonstrated potential in teaching. A strong plus would be additional experience or degrees in education, counseling, or academic‑excellence work. The individuals hired will receive an initial three‑year, nine‑month appointment subject to long‑term contract renewal.
Applications will be accepted until the positions are filled. Applications must be submitted electronically at http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/80875. Click on the preceding direct-link URL from any browser to apply. Applications should include a resume or curriculum vitae, a letter of application, and contact information for four references. Confidential inquiries are welcome; they can be made to Professor Craig Smith, Assistant Dean for the Writing and Learning Resources Center, at 919.962.7059 or crgsmith@email.unc.edu. For more information about the UNC‑CH School of Law, please visit our website: www.law.unc.edu.
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and welcomes all to apply regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We also encourage protected veterans and individuals with disabilities to apply.
ALWD/LWI Disclosure Form:
1. The position advertised:
_X_ b. may lead to successive long-term contracts of five or more years.
Additional information about job security or terms of employment, any applicable
term limits, and whether the position complies with ABA Standard 405(c):
An initial three-year contract will be renewable in five-year increments, and the position complies with ABA Standard 405(c).
2. The professor hired:
_X_ a. will be permitted to vote in faculty meetings.
Additional information about the extent of the professor’s voting rights:
The vote will not extend to personnel matters.
3. The school anticipates paying an annual academic year base salary in the range checked below. (A base salary does not include stipends for coaching moot court teams, teaching other courses, or teaching in summer school; a base salary does not include conference travel or other professional development funds.)
_X__ $70,000 - $79,999
Additional information about base salary or other compensation:
The listed salary is for a nine-month appointment. In addition, a professional development fund accompanies the position.
4. The number of students enrolled in each semester of the courses taught by the legal research & writing professor will be:
__ a. 30 or fewer
_X_ b. 31 – 35
Additional information about teaching load, including required or permitted teaching outside of the legal research and writing program:
No teaching is required outside of our Writing and Learning Resources Center, which houses our Research, Reasoning, Writing, and Advocacy Program and our Academic Excellence Program. Teaching outside those programs occurs too, and we anticipate a gradual increase in such teaching.
hat tip:
Craig T. Smith