Full-time Faculty (Tenure/Tenure-Track, Assistant, Associate, or Professor of Law)

About the Role

Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center is seeking outstanding applicants for several tenure/tenure-track full-time faculty appointments starting in August 2027. The law school welcomes applications from candidates interested in teaching in the following areas: Business Organizations, Torts, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, First Amendment, and Health Law.

Ideal candidates will demonstrate a commitment to teaching in an environment dedicated to excellence in teaching and mentoring of students, with a preference for both practice and teaching experience. Applicants must also show a commitment to service in legal education and the wider community, as well as engagement in the intellectual life of the Law Center.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and teach graduate-level law student courses in a physical classroom and/or a virtual classroom as assigned and scheduled by the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.
• Prepare course materials such as syllabi, assessments, final examinations, assignments, and handouts.
• Timely grade student assessments, exams, and assignments, and provide meaningful feedback to students.
• Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
• Meet regularly with assigned student advisees.
• Maintain accurate student records.
• Maintain a regular physical presence at the Law Center campus.
• Stay current in and continually improve teaching skills and expertise in the subjects taught.
• Stay informed of changes in the law, including recent statutory changes and case law developments.
• Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
• Engage in legal research and produce innovative legal scholarship.
• Engage in service to legal education and the wider community.
• Participate in the intellectual life of the Law Center.
• Serve on faculty and University committees.
• Attend faculty meetings and Law Center and student events.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an ABA accredited law school.
• Preference for both legal practice and teaching experience.
• Willingness and capability to teach in-person and remotely, with familiarity in best practices for both modalities.
• An established record or promise of legal scholarship.

Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills in communications with supervisors, peers, subordinates, and students.
• Ability to resolve conflicts and negotiate with others.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Proficiency in teaching and managing a virtual classroom.
• Proficiency in or ability to become proficient in utilizing advanced technology tools in in-person and virtual classrooms.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Proficiency in Zoom and Canvas or similar Learning Management Systems (LMS).

Working Conditions

• Ability to sit at a computer and stand in front of a classroom for long periods of time.
• Travel as needed.

Pay

Salary range: USD $145,000.00 – $200,000.00 per year.