Tenure-track or Tenured Professor Legal Writing

at  Mitchell Hamline School of Law

TENURE-TRACK OR TENURED PROFESSOR LEGAL WRITING

Mitchell Hamline School of Law-a leader in pedagogical innovation dedicated to expanding access to high-quality legal education-seeks candidates for two tenured or tenure-track faculty positions in our legal writing program.
For these positions, we seek candidates with an interest in developing or maintaining a presence in our nationally ranked legal writing program. Our legal writing program includes a year-long Legal Analysis, Research, and Communication course, which is required of all first-year students. Candidates are eligible to teach additional upper-division legal writing, skills, or doctrinal classes.

In addition, we are looking for:

• Candidates who are available and excited about teaching across multiple teaching modalities: in-person classes, synchronous online classes, and in our innovative blended learning program (https://mitchellhamline.edu/academics/j-d-enrollment-options/blended-learning-at-mitchell-hamline/).
• Candidates whose work or interests connect with our other existing centers and institutes, including the Center for Law and Business, the Dispute Resolution Institute, the Health Law Institute, the Institute to Transform Child Protection, the Intellectual Property Institute, and the Native American Law and Sovereignty Institute.

Candidates must have a J.D. or foreign equivalent degree.
We seek to recruit and retain faculty members with a demonstrated commitment to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service who will further our mission to provide high-quality legal education and pedagogical innovation.
Our faculty has committed to help Mitchell Hamline become an anti-racist law school. We serve a diverse range of students across our enrollment options. Our students are diverse in terms of location, age, cultural background, religion, socioeconomic status, gender, learning style, familial status, military service, veteran status, professional background, and much more. We are also deeply committed to the advancement of underserved communities. Therefore, candidates must have a demonstrated commitment to the goals of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Candidates can demonstrate this by (1) their legal practice or community service experience; (2) a scholarly approach that contributes to the legal system’s impact on diverse groups; and/or (3) teaching that incorporates effective strategies for the educational advancement of diverse students.

We strongly encourage those who attended or taught at institutions that serve diverse student bodies to apply, including the following categories of institutions

• Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Law Schools (HBCUs) or Predominantly Black Institutions (PBIs)
• Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs), Native American Serving Non-Tribal Institutions (NASNTIs), or Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions (ANNHs)
• Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs)
• Asian-American & Native Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)

Our law school is in an historic area of Saint Paul on the Indigenous homelands of the Dakota Oyate. It is home to the Penumbra and Fitzgerald theaters, a diverse array of restaurants, and one of the finest chamber orchestras in the world. Just across the river, Minneapolis is the home to the Walker Art Center, First Avenue, the Guthrie Theater, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and one of the nation’s liveliest performing arts scenes. Minnesota was an early leader in incorporating forms of alternative dispute resolution into its civil procedure court rules and statutes and was on the forefront of restorative justice efforts such as victim offender conferencing. Minneapolis and Saint Paul are among the top cities for the arts and entertainment, active lifestyles, non-profit organizations, and exceptional levels of volunteer engagement.
Candidates must submit: (1) a resume; and (2) a 2-3 page cover letter that discusses their interest in and qualifications for the position and how their law practice, teaching, research, or community service experience have prepared them to contribute to our commitment to excellence and diversity.
The committee will consider applications on a rolling basis until all positions are filled. To be considered for our first set of interviews, submit your application by August 23, 2024.
For questions about the application process, contact Professor Kate Kruse, Appointments Committee Chair, at kate.kruse@mitchellhamline.edu.
Mitchell Hamline School of Law is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. We are dedicated to building a diverse employee base that is committed to teaching and working in an environment focused on equity and inclusion. Each employee is responsible for ensuring equity and inclusion is rooted into their day-to-day work. Employees must strive to promote equity through continuous learning and improvement, the positive development of our community, and the identification and removal of barriers

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