This just in:
The University of Florida Levin College of Law seeks applicants for Lecturer positions in the Legal Drafting Program and to teach courses in which the skills of interviewing, counseling, negotiation, mediation, and mediation advocacy are taught. . The Legal Drafting course is a required course at the College of Law. It is taught to second year law students and focuses on the drafting of litigation documents, contracts, and legislation.
These are nine-month, non-tenured faculty positions, which offer the opportunity for the award of long-term contracts. Successful Drafting applicants should hold a J.D. degree from an accredited law school and have legal practice experience, preferably experience that includes extensive legal drafting. Successful ICN (etc.) applicants with legal practice experience involving those skills are strongly preferred.
The start date will be the fall 2015 semester which begins on August 16, 2015. Salary will be $50,000 - $53,000, commensurate with qualifications and experience. The application deadline is March 15, 2015. Members of groups of under-represented in the legal profession, including persons of color and women, are particularly encouraged to apply.
Applications must be submitted online. For Drafting, go to https://jobs.ufl.edu, requisition number 0907670. For ICN etc., go to https://jobs.ufl.edu, requisition number 0907671.
A cover letter, resume, transcript(s) and three references must be included with your online application.
(Edited by me for brevity.)
That's a really narrow salary range for there to then be the addendum "commensurate with qualifications and experience." So if you're less qualified or experienced, $50,000, but if you're very qualified or experienced, perhaps $53,000? Strange.
Posted by: Anonprof | March 17, 2015 at 10:30 PM