"Assistant Teaching Professor, Faculty of Law"

Job Type: Faculty (Tenure, Tenure Track, LTC), Posting In effect from 10/9/2025

Closing Application Date: 3/10/2025. Applications will be reviewed commencing the closing application date and may continue until the position is filled.

Instructional Type: Academic/Career (max 24 credits)

Faculty Type: Tenure Track

Anticipated Start Date: 1/7/2026

Duties: The Faculty of Law at Thompson Rivers University (TRU Law) invites applications from candidates with a strong commitment to excellence in teaching and collegial governance. We are seeking to fill one tenure-track position, subject to budgetary approval, at the rank of Assistant Teaching Professor. This role focuses on clinical instruction within a legal clinic setting, alongside teaching responsibilities in the core JD curriculum. The appointment is expected to commence on July 1, 2026.

Candidates are required to submit the following as part of their application package: A letter of application identifying teaching interests, A detailed curriculum vitae, Transcripts of all legal studies (undergraduate and graduate), The names of three academic referees, Course evaluation reports, if available. Application Packages are due by midnight on October 3, 2025.

Questions about this posting can be addressed in confidence to the Chair of the Appointments Committee, Professor Krish Maharaj: kmaharaj@tru.ca.

Qualifications: Applicants must have a JD (or equivalent) and over 10 years of experience teaching in or supervising a law clinic setting. Applicants should also have experience teaching courses in the core JD curriculum or courses similar to the upper-year offerings at TRU Law. Additionally, they should have the ability and willingness to contribute to the intellectual and scholarly life of the Faculty, and the University more generally.

Salary: Assistant Teaching Professor: TS-1 to TS-12 ($73,666 – $114,124). Note: subject to qualifications and experience, our preferred candidate would meet the criteria for an appointment at TS-10 ($106,067) or above. Candidates will also be awarded an annual $20,000 market supplement in addition to base salary, per LOU #15 (Market Supplements – Establishment of the TRU Faculty of Law) of the TRU/TRUFA Collective Agreement. Pay Band: $73,665.93 - $187,352.80 (According to TRUFA Salary Schedule (Range TS01 - TS35)).

Location: Kamloops, BC CA (Primary)

# of Hires Needed: 1

Organizational Unit: Thompson Rivers University -> Faculty of Law -> Faculty of Law

More information about TRU Law can be found at www.tru.ca/law.html.