The Rosenberg College of Law at the University of Kentucky seeks to hire a full-time, nine-month, visiting faculty member to teach in our legal research and writing program during the 2022-2023 academic year. The law school expects to engage in a national search for a full-time, nine-month, legal writing faculty member during the 2022-23 academic year, and the incumbent visiting faculty member will be eligible to apply for that position. The successful candidate will teach two sections of the first-year Legal Research and Writing course, which is a year-long, four-credit course that covers the fundamentals of legal analysis, legal writing, legal research, and legal citation. Typical section size ranges from 18 to 22 students. The visiting faculty member will work collaboratively with other full-time faculty involved in the legal research and writing program, including a library faculty liaison who teaches the legal research component of the course. In addition to teaching, the visitor faculty member will maintain regular office hours, evaluate student assignments, and hold individual conferences.
Interested candidates must have a J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school, strong analytical and rhetorical skills, and legal-practice experience that demonstrates the potential for excellence in teaching legal writing and other lawyering skills. Previous experience teaching legal writing is strongly preferred. Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Lexington is in the center of the Bluegrass, an internationally acclaimed cultural landscape, and in close proximity to Louisville and Cincinnati. It is a community of 300,000 and is distinguished by its rating as one of the top 10 most educated cities in the nation (according to the U.S. Census), top 5 cities for young professionals (Kiplinger), top 3 mid-sized cities for lowest cost of living (KPMG LLP), and top 5 cities to raise a family (Forbes). More information on Lexington is available at http://www.visitlex.com and http://www.aceweekly.com.
The University of Kentucky is an Equal Opportunity University that values diversity and inclusion. Individuals with disabilities, individuals from minoritized populations, veterans, and members of other underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.
A complete application should be submitted to https://ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/382060, and must include a cover letter detailing the applicant’s desire and qualifications to teach legal writing, a curriculum vitae or resume, a writing sample that reflects either recent work in practice or teaching materials the applicant has prepared, and at least three professional references. Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled, with priority given to those received by March 1. For further information, please contact Professor Melissa Henke, Director of Legal Research and Writing, by email at [email protected] or by phone (859) 257-0481.
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