Tenured or Tenure-Track Professor – Business and Commercial Law

Mitchell Hamline School of Law•St Paul, MN

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Mitchell Hamline School of Law seeks qualified candidates for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position teaching and writing in the area of Business and Commercial Law. The successful candidate will help ensure sustained coverage of core business and commercial-law subjects, including bar-tested and transactional courses, while strengthening the law school's broader business-law curriculum. The anticipated start date is July 1, 2027. We welcome applications from candidates at all career stages and particularly encourage experienced teachers and scholars, including candidates who currently hold tenure at another institution or whose records may support appointment with tenure under Mitchell Hamline's standards. We seek candidates prepared to contribute to teaching, scholarship, faculty governance, curricular leadership, and the strategic development of the law school. The successful candidate will teach foundational and advanced courses in business and commercial law, including core and bar-tested commercial-law subjects and transactional offerings. The faculty member will also contribute to curricular planning and program development, mentor students pursuing the Law and Business Certificate, support the Center for Law and Business's experiential offerings, and participate actively in faculty governance and institutional service. We seek candidates who are available and enthusiastic about teaching across multiple modalities: in-person classes, synchronous online classes, and in our innovative blended learning program, which is the first and largest program of its kind in the country. Mitchell Hamline's Center for Law and Business reflects the school's long-standing commitment to preparing students for leadership at the intersection of law, business, and public life. The Center supports students interested not only in corporate practice, but also in small business law, compliance, entrepreneurship, management, policy, economic development, nonprofits, social enterprises, and related fields. Through the Law and Business Certificate, students complete foundational business-law coursework, electives, practical experiences, advising, and engagement activities designed to help them build a coherent path through the business-law curriculum and into professional practice. The Center is also in the process of reimagining its commitment to small and solo practice, with a particular emphasis on serving communities that have historically lacked meaningful access to legal representation due to geographic barriers or unmet legal needs. Many students affiliated with the Center for Law and Business are second-career professionals who bring substantial industry experience and entrepreneurial ambitions, including aspirations to establish and lead their own law firms or business ventures. The Center also supports study abroad programs focused on international economic development and the role of law in a global economy. Past offerings have included comparative courses on trade and treaties in Germany and transitional justice and economic development in Kosovo. Future programs may include an international sports law negotiation practicum. Candidates may also have opportunities to contribute to these initiatives and to help prepare students to understand cross-border transactions, investment, regulation, and dispute resolution. Mitchell Hamline is located in St. Paul, on the Indigenous homelands of the Dakota Oyate, at the center of a Twin Cities legal and business community that is especially attractive for faculty interested in business and commercial law. The region offers a deep and varied legal market, including corporate legal departments, financial institutions, major public and private companies, start-ups, small businesses, nonprofit organizations, public agencies, private firms, legal services providers, and a highly engaged bench and bar. Beyond its legal and business community, the Twin Cities offer a vibrant cultural and civic environment, with nationally recognized arts institutions, diverse neighborhoods, an active nonprofit sector, extensive parks and trails, and a strong tradition of public engagement. The region combines the professional opportunities of a major metropolitan area with a high quality of life, making it an appealing place to teach, write, mentor students, and collaborate with practitioners.

Requirements

Distinguished academic credentials, including a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.
At least five years of practice and/or clinical or externship teaching experience.
Experience with fostering or the ability to foster an inclusive and equity-centered teaching, learning, departmental, and research environment where all can thrive.

Nice To Haves

Candidates who currently hold tenure at another institution.
Candidates whose records may support appointment with tenure under Mitchell Hamline's standards.
Candidates who share Mitchell Hamline's commitment to creating a welcoming and inclusive community.
Candidates who can demonstrate contributions to equity and inclusion through legal practice, community service, scholarly approach, or teaching strategies.
Experience in teaching across multiple modalities: in-person classes, synchronous online classes, and blended learning.

Responsibilities

Teach foundational and advanced courses in business and commercial law, including core and bar-tested commercial-law subjects and transactional offerings.
Contribute to curricular planning and program development.
Mentor students pursuing the Law and Business Certificate.
Support the Center for Law and Business's experiential offerings.
Participate actively in faculty governance and institutional service.
Teach across multiple modalities: in-person classes, synchronous online classes, and in our innovative blended learning program.
Contribute to initiatives related to international economic development and the role of law in a global economy.
Prepare students to understand cross-border transactions, investment, regulation, and dispute resolution.