Endowed Professorship and Director, Miller Center for Democracy and the Law
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- University of Maryland Baltimore
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The University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law invites applications for a newly endowed professorship (tenured or tenure-track faculty position) to direct the new Miller Center for Democracy and the Law honoring the life and work of the late President of the Maryland Senate, Thomas V. Mike Miller Jr. The position will begin July 1, 2023. For this position, we will consider junior- and senior-lateral candidates with demonstrated potential for outstanding clinical teaching and original scholarship. The successful candidate will direct the new Miller Center for Democracy and the Law, develop and teach a new government and legislative clinic, and oversee other experiential learning, student fellowship, and research initiatives of the Center.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have knowledge of and experience with the theory and practice of democratic institutions and public policy issues at state and local levels, including legislative processes, voting rights, election law and other issues central to democracy and the law. The work of the Center and new clinic will build on and expand Maryland Carey Law’s nationally-recognized clinical law program. The University of Maryland has a strong commitment to diversity. We welcome applications from persons of color, people with disabilities, veterans, women, and other members of historically disadvantaged groups. Contact: Co-Chairs of the Appointments Committee, Professors Richard Boldt and Michael Pinard, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, 500 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, MD 21201. Email: rboldt@law.umaryland.edu; mpinard@law.umaryland.edu.
Job: Faculty
Organization: Francis King Carey School of Law - Instruction
Job Posting: Aug 1, 2022
Organization
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Under the leadership of President Jay A. Perman, MD, the University is a leading partner in the redevelopment of the west side of Baltimore. The University of Maryland BioPark, which opened in October 2005, promotes collaborative research opportunities and bioscience innovation.
Sponsored research totaled $567.1 million in Fiscal Year 2010. With 6,349 students and 6,717 faculty members and staff, the University is an economic engine that returns more than $15 in economic activity for every $1 of state general funds appropriation. The University community gives more than 2 million hours a year in service to the public.
Mission
The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) is the State¹s public health, law and human services university devoted to excellence in professional and graduate education, research, patient care, and public service. As a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff and students, and using state-of-the-art technological support, we educate leaders in health care delivery, biomedical science, global health, social work and the law. We emphasize interdisciplinary education and research in an atmosphere that explicitly values civility, diversity, collaboration, teamwork and accountability. By conducting internationally recognized research to cure disease and to improve the health, social functioning and just treatment of the people we serve, we foster economic development in the City, State, and nation. We are committed to ensuring that the knowledge we generate provides maximum benefit to society and directly enhances our various communities.
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