"Assistant Professor of Family Law"

The School of Government is seeking a tenure track assistant professor of public law and government to specialize in family law. The faculty member will be the School's point person on family law issues for the State's district court judges. This faculty member will advise and teach district court judges as well as magistrates, clerks of superior court, and other judicial personnel. The person's areas of expertise will include child custody and child support, divorce, alimony, equitable distribution, contracts between spouses, contempt, civil domestic violence protective orders, and civil no-contact orders of protection. Working in collaboration with colleagues, this faculty member will create, administer, and provide instruction in courses offered through the North Carolina Judicial College, as well as in orientation programs and conferences offered through the School's partnership with the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts.

This faculty member will engage in research and writing in the substantive areas mentioned above and will be responsible for the regular update and revision of The North Carolina Trial Judges' Bench Book, Family Law Edition.