Assistant or Associate Professor of Academic Success

University of Dayton • Dayton, OH

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About The Position

The University of Dayton School of Law seeks one Assistant or Associate Professor of Academic Success. This is a ten-month, non-tenure-track faculty position expected to begin July 16, 2027. The initial appointment is one year at the assistant professor rank or three years at the associate professor rank. Following three years of satisfactory service, assistant-level faculty may be considered for renewable three-year appointments, and associate-level faculty for longer-term five-year appointments.

The professor will teach and support students in the School of Law’s hybrid and residential J.D. programs. The School emphasizes legal education that blends theory, practice, and service, and has developed innovative academic-success programming and curricular reforms aimed at improving student and alumni outcomes, including bar passage and academic performance. Academic Success faculty are integrated members of the law school faculty and have faculty voting rights except on tenure-related matters.

Requirements

• J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school.
• Professional teaching, tutoring, mentoring, or other instructional experience.
• Effective written communication skills.
• For appointment as Associate Professor of Academic Success: at least three years of teaching demonstrating sound knowledge of academic support or bar passage pedagogy.

Nice To Haves

• Law school achievements such as high academic achievement, law review, or moot court.
• Effective interpersonal communication skills.
• Effective oral communication skills.
• Effective presentation communication skills.
• Effective classroom management skills.
• Commitment to educating the whole person in the Marianist tradition and to social justice and service to the community, university, and profession.
• Experience with academic support, including implementation of effective practices for student success and use of recent developments in U.S. law school pedagogy.
• Experience providing academic advising and professional-development counseling to students.
• Law teaching experience, particularly designing or teaching courses in academic success, legal reasoning, critical reading, exam writing, or bar examination preparation in a U.S. law school.
• Experience compiling and analyzing data for statistical analysis, including familiarity with commonly used statistical software.
• Experience mentoring and working with students from diverse backgrounds.
• Commitment to the success of socially and culturally diverse communities.
• Recent experience developing and administering structured intervention and counseling programs for at-risk students.
• Recent program administration experience, including delivering and assessing all aspects of a program, especially academic support.

Responsibilities

• Teach academic success and bar preparation courses covering topics such as legal reasoning, critical reading, legal analysis, exam writing, and bar examination skills.
• Provide individualized and group academic advising, coaching, and professional-development counseling to students.
• Design, deliver, and assess a comprehensive academic support program for students from orientation through graduation and bar preparation.
• Support students and collaborate with faculty and administrators in the residential and hybrid J.D. programs.
• Contribute to the academic success profession through conference participation, presentations, scholarship, and other professional-development and field-advancement activities.
• Participate in the life and governance of the School of Law, including service on committees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree