Legal Writing Faculty (Open Rank, Multiple Positions)

Emory • Atlanta, GA

12d • $85,000 - $100,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Emory University School of Law invites applications for multiple full-time faculty positions teaching legal writing course. The primary responsibility of this faculty position is teaching a year-long legal writing course to a group of approximately 35 first-year law students. During the fall semester, faculty introduce legal analysis, research, and citation skills through objective legal writing assignments. During the spring semester, the focus of the course shifts to persuasive writing and oral advocacy skills. Legal writing faculty also spend a significant portion of their time conducting individualized assessments of student work and meeting with students in one-on-one conferences. Emory Law School legal writing faculty work independently but collaboratively. There is no director, although one legal writing faculty member serves as administrative coordinator. Legal writing faculty have substantial autonomy to plan their own syllabi, assignments, and lessons, but they work together on key aspects of the first-year writing curriculum, including developing and implementing core learning objectives for the course. Legal writing faculty are encouraged and expected to be active participants in the Emory Law School community. Legal writing faculty serve on faculty committees and vote on all issues except those related to tenure or tenure-track hiring. They also engage in community activities such as faculty colloquia; alumni and student events; and meetings of the legal writing faculty, faculty committees, and the full law school faculty. In addition, legal writing faculty are encouraged to teach upper-level writing and skills courses, to the extent that faculty interests and the needs of the law school intersect. This is a non-tenure-track, contract position that begins on July 1, 2026. Depending on qualifications, initial legal writing faculty appointments may be for a one-year or three-year renewable contract. After renewal procedures set out in faculty rules, legal writing faculty become eligible for presumptively renewable five-year appointments. Salary will be $85,000-$100,000 per year commensurate with experience.

Requirements

• Applicants must have a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school
• Excellent academic credentials
• A demonstrated interest in teaching legal writing
• An applicant’s employment background must reflect a mix of practice and teaching experience in the U.S. legal system that reflects strong and varied legal writing experiences.

Responsibilities

• Teaching a year-long legal writing course to a group of approximately 35 first-year law students.
• Introducing legal analysis, research, and citation skills through objective legal writing assignments during the fall semester.
• Shifting the focus of the course to persuasive writing and oral advocacy skills during the spring semester.
• Conducting individualized assessments of student work and meeting with students in one-on-one conferences.
• Planning syllabi, assignments, and lessons.
• Developing and implementing core learning objectives for the course.
• Serving on faculty committees and voting on all issues except those related to tenure or tenure-track hiring.
• Engaging in community activities such as faculty colloquia; alumni and student events; and meetings of the legal writing faculty, faculty committees, and the full law school faculty.
• Teaching upper-level writing and skills courses, to the extent that faculty interests and the needs of the law school intersect.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees