Professor of Law /Associate Professor of Law, School of Law

Tracking Code22599931111123Job Description

BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, a top-tier law school with an international reputation, is a community of leading legal scholars, teachers, students, and alumni, dedicated to providing one of the finest legal educations in the world. Since our doors opened in 1872, we have admitted qualified people without regard to race, gender, or religion. The breadth and depth of our curriculum and scholarship as well as our innovative spirit are distinctive in American legal education.

Required Skills

Boston University School of Law invites applications from both entry-level and experienced candidates for a number of positions with a projected start date of July 1, 2023. The search is broad and not limited to particular subjects, but we have especially strong teaching needs in Civil Procedure, Tax, Labor Law, Employment Law & Employment Discrimination, International Private Law, International Business Transactions, International Arbitration, Intellectual Property (particularly Patent Law), and Criminal Law. Experienced candidates should have a distinguished record of scholarly achievement, effective teaching, active service, and a record of inclusion. Junior lateral and entry-level, tenure-track candidates should have demonstrated potential for high scholarly achievement, teaching excellence, service, and a record of inclusion.

We are dedicated to building a just, inclusive, and engaged community of faculty, staff, and students. We recognize we have more work to do to achieve this. Boston University School of Law is committed not only to the ideals of faculty diversity and inclusion but also to the work of creating and implementing practices that combat exclusion and inequity by race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, religion, and other identities subject to historical subordination. We also strive to foster a more inclusive intellectual culture that represents and encourages a broad range of intellectual traditions and approaches to the law. We welcome expressions of interest from applicants of all identities, intellectual traditions, and perspectives.

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Applicants should send a letter of interest and a C.V. before December 1, 2022, to the Faculty Appointments Committee at Boston University School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215. Email applications are encouraged and should be sent to lawappts@bu.edu. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

To learn more about the law school, visit our website at www.bu.edu/law.

Please note all newly hired staff and faculty will need to be in compliance with Boston University’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Booster Requirement within 30 days of date of hire. You must upload your vaccine documentation or request a medical or religious exemption (instructions). For further information on the University’s response to COVID-19, please visit the COVID-19 Resources site.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Job LocationBoston, United StatesPosition TypeFull-Time/Regular