Hiring Announcement: Belmont University College of Law

From an email message that I received earlier today:

Belmont University College of Law, in vibrant Nashville, Tennessee, invites applications from entry-level and experienced candidates for one or more tenure-track faculty positions to begin in 2019-2020.  Particular areas of interest include, Business Law, Trial Advocacy, Health Law, Entertainment Law, and Legal Writing. 

Applicants should demonstrate outstanding achievement or potential in teaching, service, and scholarship, and share the University’s values and support its mission.  Our goal is to recruit highly motivated individuals.  Practice experience is preferred, and teaching experience is desirable.  Belmont, an EOE/AA employer, is committed to creating an inclusive environment. The College of Law is particularly interested in receiving applications from candidates who may bring greater diversity to the school and reflect the wide diversity of our student body.  If interested, please submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae to [email protected].

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’s student body of over 8,000 includes students from every state, more than 25 countries, and all faiths.  The College of Law is ABA accredited with approximately 300 students.  The Belmont faculty is dedicated to teaching, service, and active engagement in scholarship with professors having published in top academic journals, written scholarly books and treatises, and addressed academic conferences around the globe. The median LSAT/GPA for the 112 students who entered the law school in August 2017 were 155 and 3.47 (75^th percentile: 158 and 3.70; 25^th percentile: 152 and 3.16), placing the school well within the top 100 U.S. law schools for quality of applicants.  Belmont’s three-year average first-time bar passage rate (all states) is 91%, one of the highest pass rates in the country, and its employment rate for the 2017 class is 90%.