Brooklyn Law School
Assistant Professor, Academic Success Program
Brooklyn Law School seeks candidates for an Assistant Professor of its Academic Success Program. We anticipate this individual starting employment no later than July 2021 but are willing to entertain earlier start dates. Reporting to the Director, the Assistant Professor will
• Oversee and teach skills and intervention courses and programs for both first-year and upper-division students;
• Teach pre-orientation programs for entering students, including the Summer Legal Process Program;
• Serve a student population composed of traditional 3-year and extended 4-year JD students as well as internationally-trained LLM students;
• Assess the efficacy of academic support efforts and inform the faculty and greater law school community on initiatives to promote better learning outcomes, including bar exam success;
• Assist the Director and Assistant Director in overall management of the Academic Success Program.
Applicants must articulate a clear vision for Brooklyn Law School’s efforts to build foundational skills in students that will serve them throughout law school and on the bar exam. The Assistant Professor must stay abreast of developments in the national academic support field and have a critical eye for selecting strategic partners and personnel to contribute to the Academic Success Program’s initiatives. Applicants must meaningfully contribute to a supportive, innovative, and thoughtfully structured team environment in Academic Success. The Assistant Professor also advises the faculty and administration as to student engagement and skills development and is expected to create and to participate in collaborative initiatives across all parts of the faculty to create better learning environments. Most notably, the Assistant Professor must have a keen understanding of the academic engagement challenges within the current generation of law students and a viable, thoughtful strategy for addressing them. Moreover, the Assistant Professor must demonstrate genuine enthusiasm for working with students who seek or require academic enhancement. Accordingly, the Assistant Professor must possess the ability to build meaningful learning relationships with all students.
The salary of the Assistant Professor of the Academic Success Program will be commensurate with experience. At a minimum, candidates must possess a J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school and admission to a state bar. We prefer at least one year of law teaching experience, preferably in an in-school bar preparation or academic success program (as academic success faculty, staff, and/or as peer educator). We are especially interested in candidates who will enhance the diversity of our faculty and who reflect our school’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in legal education. This is a one-year or two-year faculty appointment, commensurate with experience.
Following the initial appointment, this individual may be eligible for the long-term contract track currently being designed for academic success faculty. On that track, scholarship is a requirement for retention. To support our academic success faculty, this position is immediately eligible for generous summer research stipend support as well as full participation in the Law School’s robust and vibrant scholarship development programming. The Assistant Professor’s yearly course and programming load will be balanced to ensure adequate downtime to develop scholarship.
The deadline for applications is February 28, 2021. However, we encourage applicants to forward their materials as early as possible to ensure full consideration by the hiring committee. We will conduct initial screening interviews for qualified candidates on a rolling basis. Applications should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and list of at least three (3) professional references who can attest to an applicant’s teaching ability and potential for future teaching excellence. Please send applications to Shane Dizon, Associate Professor of Academic Success, at shane.dizon@brooklaw.edu.
