Professor of Law or Associate Professor of Law

Department: Antonin Scalia Law School

Classification: 9-month Instructional Faculty

Job Category: Instructional Faculty

Job Type: Full-Time

Location: Arlington, VA

Workplace Type: On Site Required

Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience

Criminal Background Check: Yes

About the Department:

Scalia Law recently achieved its highest ranking in U.S. News. We are ranked #28 among all law schools, #2 among law schools in the D.C. area, and #2 among law schools in Virginia. This achievement follows two remarkable fundraising successes: gifts totaling $30 million, which named the law school in honor of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and a bequest of more than $50 million from the late Judge Allison M. Rouse and Mrs. Dorothy B. Rouse.

About the Position:

George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School invites applications for lateral faculty positions to begin August 2025. Tenured positions will need to follow normal tenured faculty hiring processes at the Law School and the University.

We seek applications from the very best candidates in all fields of law who will excel as scholars and teachers and who will participate with vigor in our intellectual and scholarly community. We are committed to freedom of academic inquiry, respectful debate, and the exchange of ideas. We have published our Statement of Faculty Principles regarding our Commitment to Open Dialogue and Debate: https://www.law.gmu.edu/about/commitment_to_open_dialogue/

We seek exceptional faculty candidates whose backgrounds and perspectives will enhance the law school’s intellectual culture and the education of our students. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The primary purpose of law faculty is to provide effective teaching to Juris Doctor students, produce original scholarly works for publication, and provide service, including leadership, through participation in governance, and operational or development activities in the Law School, the University, and/or the legal profession. Additionally, in accordance with ABA law school accreditation standards, law faculty share with the dean the primary responsibility and authority for planning, implementing, and administering the program of legal education; selection, retention, promotion and tenure of faculty; and determining educational policy.

Responsibilities:

• Teaching: Prepares for classes, is available for consultation about those classes, assesses student performance in those classes, and remains current in subjects begin taught in accordance with ABA law school accreditation standards. Effective teaching requires a combination of course and curricular materials, developed learning outcomes, and thoughtful assignments and assessments designed to promote student learning;
• Scholarship: Engages in research and scholarship through original contributions that advance the Law School’s disciplines, or to the integration of the Law School’s disciplines with other fields, or by the application of the Law School’s disciplines to legal policy and/or the legal profession. Examples include, but are not limited to, publications, including journal articles, books, and book chapters, etc.; sponsored research activity and grant and contract awards; conference and other scholarly presentations; and other activities that enhance the Law School’s, and the University’s, scholarly recognition and reputation; and
• Service: Engages in service to the Law School and University community, including participating in the governance of the law school, curricular development, and other institutional responsibilities as required by the ABA law school accreditation standards; provides service to the profession, including working with judges and practicing lawyers to improve the profession; and provides service to the public, including participation in pro bono activities. Examples include, but are not limited to, activity such as attendance at faculty meetings and faculty workshops; participation in faculty personnel matters; curricular development; support for co-curricular student experiences; mentoring colleagues; chairing and co-chairing committees; leading or actively participating in university-wide initiatives; leading invited or peer-reviewed workshops; leadership in related professional organization, etc. 

Required Qualifications:

• Terminal degree in a related field: Applicants must hold at least one of the following degrees: J.D., LL.M., J.S.D., S.J.D., Ph.D., or D.Phil;
• Significant teaching, scholarship, and service experience sufficient to be awarded tenure (for candidates seeking tenure at George Mason University); 
• Demonstrated experience producing scholarly works;
• Experience teaching university courses;
• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge and interest in one or more areas of law;
• Exceptional research and writing abilities;
• Highly developed analytical skills; and
• Excellent verbal and presentation skills. 

Preferred Qualifications:

• Applicants should have a record of, or the promise of, outstanding achievement in legal scholarship and teaching and outstanding contributions to a law school’s intellectual and scholarly community;
• Prior experience with interdisciplinary scholarship;
• Prior clerkship and/or law practice experience;
• Prior policy work;
• Some knowledge of economics or application of economic principles to law; and
• Licensed to practice law in one or more jurisdictions.

Instructions to Applicants: 

For full consideration, applicants must apply for Professor of Law or Associate Professor of Law at https://jobs.gmu.edu/. Complete and submit the online application to include three professional references with contact information, and provide a CV.

Informal expressions of interest may be directed to the chair of the Faculty Selection Committee, Professor Thomas Gallanis, at tgallani@gmu.edu.

The Committee will start reviewing applications on July 3, 2024, and will continue reviewing applications until all positions are filled.

Posting Open Date: June 17, 2024

For Full Consideration, Apply by: July 2, 2024

Open Until Filled?: Yes