The University of New Hampshire School of Law, a national leader in intellectual property and public interest with a commitment to inclusion, diversity, and quality engagement for all, seeks to hire a Lecturer to serve as Director of the Patent Practice and Procedure Program to begin in August 2019.
The Director of the Patent Practice and Procedure Program is a full-time member of the law school faculty who oversees the most successful patent-practice-focused law school program in the country. The Director must be a strategic, innovative, and adaptive thinker who can successfully develop, update, and manage UNH’s world-class curriculum in patent practice, and ensure that it is attentive to modern trends in the practice, for both residential and online students. Specifically, the Director teaches courses centering on patent practice and/or related IP topics; oversees adjunct professors teaching and serving as section leaders for patent-practice courses; works with practicing attorneys and alumni to determine current needs in patent law and practice, including in international markets; strategizes potential marketing and development initiatives related to the program; represents the law school in the patent-law community; and participates in faculty governance. UNH Law actively creates and nurtures a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences and cultural backgrounds pursue goals with mutual respect and a shared spirit of inquiry. Entry-level and lateral candidates are encouraged to apply. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications.
To be considered, applicants must:
- Have a J.D. or equivalent foreign law degree, with excellent academic performance;
- Have at least five years of full-time patent practice experience in law firms, in house, and/or for the USPTO;
- Have experience in patent prosecution along with one or more of patent litigation, post-grant proceedings before the USPTO, licensing, and portfolio management and development
- Have effective teaching skills, a commitment to excellence in teaching, and a demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with diverse communities;
- Have ongoing connections and networks in the patent-law community to keep current on trends and best practices in patent practice; and
- Be familiar with innovation in legal education, including in seeking opportunities for the law school to pursue new academic programs and extend its brand to prospective students and donors.
Preferred qualifications include:
- Having experience with residential and/or online teaching (preference will be given to candidates who demonstrate an interest in, and willingness to, teach in both environments);
- Being licensed to practice law before the USPTO;
- Having training and significant experience in a scientific, engineering, or technical field; and
- Having an interest in producing and/or engaging with legal scholarship.
For complete details and to apply for this position, visit: https://jobs.usnh.edu/ and search for posting number PF0198FY19. While all candidates are required to submit their applications via this centralized system, please feel free to direct any inquiries to Professor Ryan Vacca, Chair of the Appointments Committee, at ryan.vacca@law.unh.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately.
UNH Law is situated in Concord, the capital of New Hampshire. Concord is approximately an hour’s drive from Boston, the beautiful New Hampshire seacoast, and the White Mountains. It is part of the University of New Hampshire - a major research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate programs and graduate programs of distinction. UNH’s main campus is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast. UNH has a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with more than 600 full-time faculty, and offers 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs.
The University of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action institution. The University seeks excellence through diversity among its administrators, faculty, staff, and students. The university prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status, or marital status. Application by members of all underrepresented groups is encouraged.
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