Additional information from email to the ASP listserv from Professor Herb Ramy:
Suffolk University Law School will be hiring a Visiting Assistant Professor of Academic Support for the coming year, and we hope to have our hire in place no later than July of 2019.
Our hope is to begin a search in September for a permanent ASP hire, and the visitor would be eligible to apply for that position.
The visitor will be working predominantly in the area of bar prep support.
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT
SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL in Boston invites applications for a full-time position
as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Academic Support. The successful candidate will be required
to provide students with academic support, including support related to bar examination
preparation and the development of the study and analytical skills necessary for academic
success. Responsibilities include meeting individually with students, teaching academic support
classes, and teaching a second-year legal analysis class and/or an upper-level bar preparation
class. Academic Support Faculty must be available to work with both day and evening-division
students, including during the summer months. This is a one-year, non-tenure-track, visiting
position commencing no later than July 2019, with the possibility of an option for an earlier start
date.
Applicants should submit a résumé or curriculum vitae, a list of references, and a cover letter
addressed to Professor Stephen McJohn and Professor Sabrina DeFabritiis, Co-Chairs of the
Academic Success Committee, Suffolk University Law School. All materials must be uploaded
to the Suffolk University job posting website, at http://jobs.jobvite.com/suffolkuniversity/job/ontI9fwr.
The Committee will begin reviewing submitted materials immediately and will continue until the
position is filled.
Suffolk Law is an equal opportunity employer and will give careful consideration to all qualified
applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual
orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other
characteristic protected by law. Suffolk Law is committed to a diverse faculty and strongly
encourages applicants from historically under-represented groups. For more information on
Suffolk Law’s commitment to diversity, please see https://www.suffolk.edu/about/missionhistory/
diversity-inclusion.
- The position advertised:
_X__ a. is a full-time appointment.
___ b. is a part-time appointment.
Other, please specify:
- The position advertised:
___ a. is a tenure-track appointment.
___ b. may lead to successive long-term contracts of five or more years.
___ c. may lead 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 an adjunct appointment.
___ g. is a year-to-year appointment.
_X__ h. is a one-year visitorship.
___ i. is for at will employment.
Other, please specify:
Additional information, question 2:
- The person hired:
___ a. will be permitted to vote on all matters at faculty meetings.
___ b. will be permitted to vote in faculty meetings on matters except those pertaining to hiring, tenure, and promotion.
__X_ c. will not be permitted to vote in faculty meetings.
Other, please specify:
Additional information, question 3:
- The school anticipates paying an annual academic year base compensation in the range checked below. (A base compensation does not include stipends for coaching moot court teams, teaching other courses, or teaching in summer school; a base compensation does not include conference travel or other professional development funds.)
___ a. over $120,000
___ b. $110,000 – $119,999
___ c. $100,000 – $109,999
___ d. $90,000 – $99,999
___ e. $80,000 – $89,999
_X__ f. $70,000 – $79,999
___ g. $60,000 – $69,999
___ h. $50,000 – $59,999
___ i. $40, 000-49,999
___ j. $10,000 – $39,000.
___ k. less than $10,000.Other, please specify:
Additional information, question 4:
- The person hired will have the title of:
___ a. Associate Dean (including Dean of Students).
___ b. Assistant Dean.
___ c. Director.
___ d. Associate Director.
___ e. Assistant Director.
___ f. Professor – Full, Associate, or Assistant (tenure track).
___ g. Professor – Full, Associate, or Assistant (clinical tenure track or its equivalent).
__X_ h. Professor – Full, Associate, or Assistant (neither tenure track nor clinical tenure track).
___ i. no title.
Other, please specify: The position will be a Visiting Assistant professor of ASP
Additional information, question 5:
- Job responsibilities include (please check all that apply):
_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.
___ c. working with diverse students.
___ d. managing orientation.
___ e. teaching ASP-related classes (case briefing, synthesis, analysis, etc.).
__X_ f. teaching bar-exam related classes.
_X__ g. working with students on an individual basis.
___ h. teaching other law school courses.
Other, please specify:
Additional information, question 6:
- The person hired will be present in the office:
___ a. 9-10 month appointment.
_X__ b. Year round appointment (works regularly in the summer months).
Additional information, question 7:
- The person hired is required to publish, in some form, in order to maintain employment.
___ a. Yes.
_X__ b. No.
Additional information, question 8:
- The person hired will report to:
___ a. the Dean of the Law School.
___ b. an Associate Dean.
__X_ c. the Director of the Academic Support Department.
___ d. a Faculty Committee.
Other, please specify:
