Assistant Professor of Legal Writing

St. Thomas University Benjamin L. Crump College of Law is seeking several attorneys to join its legal writing faculty beginning in the 2024-2025 academic year. Professors in St. Thomas’ Legal Writing Program teach two sections of the required Legal Research & Writing (analysis and objective writing) and Advanced Legal Research & Writing (persuasive writing) in the 1L year (approximately 20 students per section). In addition to teaching the weekly classes, professors evaluate students’ writing assignments, provide detailed written feedback, and meet with students during office hours. Although the syllabus and main assignments are uniform among sections, Legal Writing Professors have the freedom to develop their own additional assignments to teach the required skills. Teaching Appellate Advocacy (the third required course of the legal writing program) during the summer semester as an overload is encouraged, but optional.  

St. Thomas Legal Writing Professors are not required to engage in scholarship, but they do serve on law school committees and in leadership positions, and have partial voting rights. Professors are offered a one-year contract, subject to renewal. Upon successful completion of two one-year terms, Legal Writing Professors may apply for a longer-term contract. The College of Law has a uniform tenure system for those Legal Writing Professors who may choose to apply for tenure.

St. Thomas University is an urban, student-centered, Catholic university with rich cultural and international diversity, dedicated to developing leaders who contribute to the economic and cultural vitality of the regions they serve. To this end, the College of Law remains committed in teaching, scholarship, and service to fostering a public order of human dignity, to training lawyers sensitive to the needs of the region’s underrepresented communities, and to expanding access to professional opportunities which includes active partnerships with business, government, and the South Florida community. Sponsored by the Archdiocese of Miami, the University is committed to academic and professional success guided by its Catholic identity. Except for the maintenance of Catholic values in the operation of the University and a preference for Catholic faculty in recruitment and hiring, discrimination on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, or military status, marital or familial status, or any other category that is or becomes protected by law, is strictly prohibited.   

Minimum Qualifications

Juris Doctor is required.

At least two years of post-law school experience demonstrating the potential for excellence in teaching legal writing, e.g., prior teaching or clerking experience, or law practice involving extensive legal writing.

Excellent oral and written communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience mentoring and working with students from diverse backgrounds.

Application Process

Please email cover letter and resume to Professor Susan Warheit, Director of the Legal Writing Program, at swarheit@stu.edu with the subject line “Legal Writing Position.”