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| Contact's full name: | Jonathan A. Marcantel |
| Title: | Assistant Professor of Law |
| Organization: | Lincoln Memorial University---Duncan School of Law |
| | 601 West Summit Hill Drive |
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| | Knoxville TN 37902 |
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| | Phone: | 423-869-6678 |
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| Email: | jonathan.marcantel@lmunet.edu |
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| Description: | LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY'S DUNCAN SCHOOL OF LAW is seeking applications for a Director of Legal Skills beginning in fall 2010.
Program Model: The Duncan School of Law's Legal Skills Program is an adjunct model.
Responsibilities: The Duncan School of Law anticipates the successful candidate will be responsible for: teaching one section of Legal Skills each semester; hiring adjuncts; monitoring adjuncts; training adjuncts; creating a curriculum; and other duties associated with being a member of the faculty, including but not limited to participating in faculty governance and producing scholarship. The Director of Legal Skills shall report directly to the Associate Dean and Director of the Law Library.
Qualifications: Applicants should have a distinguished academic record, excellent legal writing skills, and a record of or potential for significant achievement as scholars and teachers.
The Law School: The Duncan School of Law is a new law school that is approved by the Tennessee Board of Law Examiners, and Lincoln Memorial University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). While the Duncan School of Law has begun the process of seeking accreditation by the American Bar Association (ABA), the Duncan School of Law is not currently accredited by that body. The Duncan School of Law is part of a university system that was chartered by the State of Tennessee in 1897.
To Apply: Applicants should submit a cover letter and resume to Jonathan A. Marcantel, Chair, Director of Legal Skills Search Committee, Duncan School of Law -- Lincoln Memorial University, 601 West Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902 or by e-mail to jonathan.marcantel@lmunet.edu. The Duncan School of Law will accept applications for this position until it is filled.
1. The position advertised:
__ a. is a tenure-track appointment.
X b. may lead to successive long-term contracts of five or more years.
__ c. may lead only to successive short-term contracts of one to four years.
__ d. has an upper-limit on the number of years a teacher may be appointed.
__ e. is part of a fellowship program for one or two years.
__ f. is a part-time appointment, or a year-to-year adjunct appointment.
Additional information about job security or terms of employment: This position complies with 405(c). This position shall have the rights and responsibilities of regular, doctrinal faculty members. That notwithstanding, dependant on the successful applicant's rank, the applicant may be prohibited from voting on retention and promotion.
2. The professor hired:
X a. will be permitted to vote in faculty meetings.
__ b. will not be permitted to vote in faculty meetings.
Additional information about the extent of the professor's voting rights: The successful applicant shall have full voting rights on all matters including hiring. That notwithstanding, dependent on the successful applicant's rank, the applicant may be prohibited from voting on retention and promotion.
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; nor does a base salary include conference travel or other professional development funds.)
X a. $90,000 or more
X b. $80,000 to $89,999
__ c. $70,000 to $79,999
__ d. $60,000 to $69,999
__ e. $50,000 to $59,999
__ f. $40,000 to $49,999
__ g. $30,000 to $39,999
__ h. this is a part-time appointment paying less than $30,000
__ i. this is an adjunct appointment paying less than $10,000
Additional information about base salary or other compensation: Salary shall be dependent on experience.
4. The number of students enrolled in each semester of the courses taught by the Director of Legal Skills will be:
__ a. 30 or fewer
X b. 31 - 35
X c. 36 - 40
__ d. 41 - 45
__ e. 46 - 50
__ f. 51 - 55
__ g. 56 - 60
__ h. more than 60
Additional information about teaching load, including required or permitted teaching outside of the legal research and writing program: Class size is dependent on a number of factors. The successful applicant is permitted to teach doctrinal classes dependent upon curricular need as assessed by the Dean.
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| Position Type: | long-term |
| Faculty Vote: | No |
| Salary: | 80-89k |
Students
Per Semester: | 36-40 |
| Submission Deadline: | 2010-12-01 |
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| Contact's full name: | Rosario Lozada Schrier |
| Title: | Chair, Legal Communication Search Committee |
| Organization: | University of Miami School of Law |
| | P.O. Box 248087 |
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| | Coral Gables FL 33124-8087 |
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| | Phone: | 305-284-6007 |
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| Email: | rschrier@law.miami.edu |
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| Description: | The University of Miami School of Law invites applications for full-time legal writing faculty for the 2010-2011 academic year, beginning on July 1, 2010. Legal writing faculty will join a team comprised of a director and other full-time faculty, all of whom work collaboratively to offer students the best possible instruction and training in legal communication and research skills.
Legal writing faculty will assist in developing course materials and will teach two sections of approximately 20 students (40 students total) each semester. The course requires intensive student contact and evaluation of students' written work.
Candidates must have a J.D. degree, strong academic credentials, excellent analytical, writing, and research skills, superior interpersonal skills, and a minimum of two years of legal practice or equivalent experience. Candidates must also have experience in working collaboratively with a team. A commitment to teaching in the legal research and writing field as a discipline is required.
The position offers an initial one-year contract, after which, with a favorable review, the faculty member is eligible for successive renewable contracts. The salary is $75,000, with full University employee benefits and additional funds for professional development activities and dues.
Applicants should send a cover letter, resume, and three references to Rosario Lozada Schrier at rschrier@law.miami.edu. The application deadline is April 30, 2010.
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| Position Type: | 1-4 years |
| Faculty Vote: | No |
| Salary: | 70-79k |
Students
Per Semester: | 36-40 |
| Submission Deadline: | 2012-04-30 |
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