Assistant/Associate
Professor of Academic Support
HOFSTRA
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
Hofstra University School of
Law invites applicants for the position of Assistant/Associate Professor of
Academic Support. This is a full-time,
renewable contract faculty position.
The Law School’s Academic
Support professors have primary responsibility for teaching and counseling
students to help them make adjustments to the
academic demands of law school and to develop skills to reach their full
academic potential for performance in law school, on the bar exam, and in the
legal profession. Included within these
responsibilities are the following:
1) Administering
and teaching of first-year and upper-level classes and workshops for students
in need of academic support;
2) Assisting
in the planning and implementation of first-year orientation programs;
3) Working
with students in individual and small group sessions;
4) Identifying
and assisting students who need additional academic support;
5) Designing
and implementing innovative academic support programs;
6) Assisting
with facilitation of the law school’s bar exam preparation programs and
bar-exam related events.
Applicants must have a J.D.,
strong academic record, and background demonstrating a potential for excellence
in academic support and an understanding of developments in legal pedagogy.
Experience in law school academic support programs or other relevant teaching
experience is strongly preferred. The successful candidate must possess strong
organizational and interpersonal skills, the ability to work collaboratively
with all members of the law school community, and excellent writing and
speaking skills. Salary is commensurate
with experience.
Hofstra University is an equal
opportunity employer, committed to fostering diversity in its faculty,
administrative staff and student body, and encourages applications from the
entire spectrum of a diverse community.
Send a resume and writing
sample to:
Professor
Roy Simon
C/o
Rachel Muganda
Hofstra
University School of Law
121
Hofstra University
Hempstead,
NY 11549-1210
AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL
OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
