Assistant Professor of Academic Success– POSITION SUMMARY
The University of Dayton School of Law is accepting applications for
two Assistant Professors of Academic Success. The Academic Success Program at the School of
Law is designed to help students develop the skills necessary for law school success and firsttime
bar passage. The Academic Success Program impacts every stage of the academic program,
providing support to students from orientation until graduation. The Assistant Professor of
Academic Success position is non-tenure track with an initial one-year appointment. There is a
possibility for renewal long-term (three or five-year) appointments after three years of
satisfactory service. The Assistant Professor of Academic Success will be charged with teaching
academic success courses, advising students on issues related to their coursework and
professional development, supervising and evaluating the Learning Communities program and
upper-class Dean’s Fellows, and participating in the greater academic success professional
community.
Applicants must have a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school and excellent written
communication skills. They must also have passed a bar examination and been admitted to
practice law in a U.S. state
We prefer candidates with:
• An outstanding academic record;
• Successful and recent experience in legal education or law teaching, particularly in
designing and teaching academic success courses or those related to legal reasoning,
critical reading, exam-writing and bar examination preparation;
• Experience providing effective academic advising and professional development
counseling for students;
• Recent successful experience developing and administering structured intervention and
counseling programs for at-risk students;
• Successful experience developing course materials and supervising and evaluating
others’ teaching, especially that of graduate or law students;
• Recent successful program administration, including delivering and assessing all aspects
of a program, especially if the experience relates to academic support or bar examination
preparation;
• Excellent oral communication skills, including effective presentation skills;
• Previous participation in the larger community for academic success professionals,
including attending or presenting at conferences or other endeavors to support
professional development;
• Effective interpersonal skills with various constituencies, including the ability to work
collaboratively with colleagues;
• Experience mentoring and working with students from diverse backgrounds;
• Demonstrated commitment to socially and culturally diverse communities; and,
• Expressed willingness to engage with Catholic and Marianist educational values.
Applications will be accepted until November 18, 2016. To be considered as a candidate for this
position, you must apply online at: http://jobs.udayton.edu/postings/21430 Cover letter and CV
should be submitted electronically on the website at the time of application. The cover letter
should address the applicant’s ability to meet the minimum and preferred qualifications. For more
information about the School of Law or the Academic Support Program, please visit our website
at http://www.udayton.edu/law or contact the chair of the hiring committee, Professor Susan
Wawrose, University of Dayton School of Law, 300 College Park, Dayton, Ohio 45469-2772.
The University of Dayton, founded in 1850 by the Society of Mary, is a top ten Catholic research
university. The University seeks outstanding, diverse faculty and staff who value its mission and
share its commitment to academic excellence in teaching, research and artistic creativity, the
development of the whole person, and leadership and service in the local and global community.
To attain its Catholic and Marianist mission, the University is committed to the principles of
diversity, inclusion and affirmative action and to equal opportunity policies and practices. As an
Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, we will not discriminate against
minorities, females, protected veterans, individuals with disabilities, or on the basis of
sexual orientation or gender identity.
Posting – ASP Job Opportunity
Where appropriate, more than one option may be checked when responding to the below listed
questions. Checking all options, for example in regard to salary, in an effort to avoid specifying
a legitimate range is discouraged. You may provide additional textual explanations after each
item. The completed form must appear within the body of an E-mail posting about a posting,
and the completed form must be included within the text of any file attachment.
1. The position advertised:
___ a. is a tenure-track appointment.
X b. may lead to successive long-term contracts of five or more years.
___ c. may lead only to successive short-term contracts of one to four years. (Full Time
Position)
___ d. has an upper-limit on the number of years a teacher may be appointed.
___ e. is part of a fellowship program for one or two years.
___ f. is a part-time appointment, or a year-to-year adjunct appointment. (One-Year
Visitorship only)
___ g. is for at will employment.
2. The professor hired:
___ a. will be permitted to vote on all matters at faculty meetings.
X b. will be permitted to vote in faculty meetings on matters except those pertaining to hiring,
tenure, and promotion.
___ c. will not be permitted to vote in faculty meetings.
3. The school anticipates paying an annual academic year base salary in the range checked
below. (A base salary does not include stipends for coaching moot court teams, teaching other
courses, or teaching in summer school; a base salary does not include conference travel or other
professional development funds.)
___ over $120,000
___ $110,000 – $119,999
___ $100,000 – $109,999
___ $90,000 – $99,999
X $80,000 – $89,999
X $70,000 – $79,999
X $60,000 – $69,999
___ $50,000 – $59,999
___ $40, 000-49,999
___ this is a part-time appointment paying less than $30,000
___ this is an adjunct appointment paying less than $10,000
4. The person hired will have the title of:
___ a. Associate Dean (including Dean of Students).
___ b. Director.
___ c. Professor (tenure track).
___ d. Professor (clinical tenure track or its equivalent).
X e. Professor (neither tenure track nor clinical tenure track).
___ f. no title.
5. Job responsibilities include:
X a. working with students whose predicators (LSAT and University GPA) suggest they will
struggle to excel in law school.
X b. working with students who performed relatively poorly on their law school examinations
or other assessments.
X c. working with diverse students.
___ d. managing orientation.
X e. teaching ASP-related classes (case briefing, synthesis, analysis, etc.).
___ f. teaching bar-exam related classes.
X g. working with students on an individual basis.
X h. teaching other law school courses.
6. The person hired will be present in the office and work regularly during the summer months
(June – August).
X a. Yes.
X b. No.
We are hiring two ASP faculty members. Both will not be required to work full-time during
the summer.
7. The person hired is required to publish, in some form, in order to maintain employment.
___ a. Yes.
X b. No.
Note: The Association of Academic Support Educators strongly recommends that this disclosure
form accompany all E-mail postings for academic support positions sent to subscribers of the
ASP listserv (asp-l@chicagokent.kentlaw.edu).
