Hiring Announcement: Samford

From an email message which I received earlier today.  Please note that the announcement includes information for two positions.

Professor and Director of Trial Advocacy

SAMFORD UNIVERSITY’S CUMBERLAND SCHOOL OF LAW is seeking applicants to fill the position of Professor and Director of Trial Advocacy.   The Director will oversee the law school’s Trial Advocacy program beginning in the 2017-2018 academic year.  Ranked 14^th in the nation by the U.S. News & World Report, Cumberland’s Trial Advocacy program demands a strong commitment to excellence from students seeking to develop exceptional advocacy skills.   This faculty member will teach courses in Trial Advocacy and others subject to the candidate’s areas of interest and curricular needs.  This is a tenure-track position.  Applicants should have superior academic credentials and a demonstrated record of, or the potential for, excellence in teaching, legal scholarship and service.    Prior teaching experience is advantageous but not required. The committee is particularly interested in candidates with significant trial and litigation experience, including the use of technology in the courtroom.   Salary and rank are commensurate with the candidate’s experience and skills.   Samford University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national or ethnic origin, disability or age in its hiring. In furtherance of our strong institutional commitment to a diverse faculty, we particularly welcome applications from minorities, women, and others who enrich and diversify our faculty.  Please forward a letter of interest, a resume or Curriculum Vitae, and a list of three references to: Professor Jill E. Evans, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham AL 35229 or via email to jeevans@samford.edu.

Director of Lawyering and Legal Reasoning

SAMFORD UNIVERSITY’S CUMBERLAND SCHOOL OF LAW is seeking applicants to fill the position of Director of Lawyering and Legal Reasoning beginning in the 2017-2018 academic year.  The Lawyering and Legal Reasoning program is a first-year required course offering designed to ensure students possess outstanding legal reasoning, research and writing skills. The program forms the cornerstone of the first-year curriculum.   In addition to teaching core aspects of the legal writing curriculum, the Director of the Lawyering and Legal Reasoning program is responsible for the training and supervision of legal writing instructors and student teaching fellows.  The position requires strong leadership and collaborative skills as well as the ability to adapt the legal writing curriculum to meet the changing needs of the legal profession.  This is a tenure-track position and applicants should have superior academic credentials and a demonstrated record of, or the potential for, of excellence in teaching, legal scholarship and service.  Prior teaching experience is advantageous but not required.  The committee is particularly interested in candidates with relevant experience in private practice, government or public service.   Salary and rank are commensurate with the candidate’s experience and skills.   Samford University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, national or ethnic origin, disability or age in its hiring.  In furtherance of our strong institutional commitment to a diverse faculty, we particularly welcome applications from minorities, women, and others who enrich and diversify our faculty.  Please forward a letter of interest, a resume or Curriculum Vitae, and a list of three references to: Professor Jill E. Evans, Cumberland School of Law, Samford University, 800 Lakeshore Drive, Birmingham AL 35229 or via email to jeevans@samford.edu.