Associate Professor
Legal Writing:
The Belmont University College of Law invites applications for entry-level and junior lateral candidates in the area of legal writing for a tenure-track, faculty position to begin fall 2023.
The Belmont College of Law encourages applications from people of color, women, individuals with disabilities, LGBTQ+ candidates, individuals of various faith groups, veterans, and others whose background, life experiences, and scholarly approaches would contribute to the diversity of our faculty, curriculum, and programs.
Applicants must possess a J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school and must demonstrate strong scholarly potential and a commitment to excellence in
teaching. Belmont is an EOE/AA employer. Belmont College of Law reserves the right to exercise a preference for those candidates who support the goals and missions of the University.
If interested, please submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae to the Chair of the Faculty Recruitment Committee, Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Deborah Farringer, using the recruitment committee's email address
- lawfacultu.recn..Litrnent@belmont.edu. If you have questions about the position or Belmont University, please contact Dean Farringer at deborah.fa,·1·i11ge1·@belm01lt.edu.
Belmont University is a private, Christian university focusing on academic excellence and is located in the heart of Nashville, one of the fastest growing and most culturally rich cities in the country. Belmont is the second largest private university in Tennessee with over 8,500 students. Belmont students come from every state, more than 35 countries, and all faiths. The Belmont faculty is dedicated to teaching, service, and active engagement in scholarship. The median LSAT/GPA for the 125 students who entered the law school in August 2022 were 159 and 3.69 (75th percentile: 162 and 3.88; 25th percentile: 156 and 3.47), placing the school well within the top 100 U.S. law schools for quality of enrollees. Belmont's ultimate bar passage rate for 2018 and 2019 was 100%, one of only a few law schools in the country to have achieved a perfect pass rate in those years.