Hiring Announcement: University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, William S. Richardson School of Law

From a recent email message:

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, William S. Richardson School of Law seeks to fill up to seven tenured or tenure-track positions. For doctrinal faculty, we are seeking to fill positions in Constitutional Law (tenured or tenure-track) and Property/Land Use (tenured). We welcome candidates who, in addition to one of those two fields, have expertise in Administrative Law, Business and Commercial Law, Environmental Law, Family Law, Health Law, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment Law, Native Hawaiian Law, and Pacific-Asian Legal Studies.  

We also seek to hire two Legal Writing faculty, one tenure-track and one tenured who could also be appointed to serve as the Director of Legal Writing; a tenured professor with experiential learning expertise who could also be appointed to serve as the Director of Experiential Learning; a tenure-track professor to direct the Immigration Law Clinic; and a tenure-track Reference and Instructional Services Librarian.  

We encourage candidates who are members of groups underrepresented in the legal academy to apply. Rank and salary commensurate with experience. The application process for the doctrinal positions is explained below. Please see our separate hiring notices for more detailed descriptions of the Legal Writing, Experiential Learning, Clinical, and Librarian positions.  

The Law School is located in Mānoa on the flagship campus of the University of Hawai‘i system. It reflects and embraces Hawai‘i’s diversity, location, and values, and recognizes its special responsibility to Hawai‘i and the Pacific region. The successful candidates will be expected to contribute to furthering UH Mānoa’s mission as a community-serving university grounded in a Native Hawaiian place of learning. The successful candidates should also be willing to contribute to and support the Law School’s new online JD program. 

 

Minimum Qualifications: 

An outstanding record of academic and/or professional achievement, a Juris Doctor degree or equivalent, and a potential for or demonstrated excellence in teaching, scholarship, and public service. 

Desirable Qualifications: 

Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with diverse groups of students, staff, faculty, alumni, government officials, community members, and members of the bar, and to thrive in multicultural and multidisciplinary contexts. 

Demonstrated interest in teaching, scholarship, and/or service that benefits the diverse, multicultural communities of Hawaiʻi and the Pacific region. 

Experience in and commitment to teaching law effectively in a variety of modalities, including in-person, online, and hybrid.  

Interested candidates should submit the following to the Appointments Committee Chair, Professor Richard Chen, at [email protected]:  

1. Cover letter showing how they satisfy the minimum and desirable qualifications; 

1. Resume; 

1. Contact information for three academic and/or professional references; 

1. Research agenda; 

1. Statement describing their teaching philosophy and ideal course package; 

1. Job talk paper and up to two additional scholarly articles or equivalent; and 

1.  Statement explaining how they would contribute to furthering the mission and values of the Law School and UH Mānoa. 

The Appointments Committee will begin reviewing applications on August 21, 2023, and continue until the positions are filled. 

The University of Hawaiʻi is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution and is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of race, sex, gender identity and expression, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, marital status, arrest and court record, sexual orientation, or status as a covered veteran.