"Business Law Affiliate Instructor"

Business Law Affiliate Instructor

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Department: Management

The Department of Management at MSU Denver invites applications for part-time affiliate faculty teaching positions. Areas of teaching include Business Law PT MGT-LAW.

For more information about the Department of Management in our AACSB-accredited College of Business, please visit: https://www.msudenver.edu/management/.

Responsibilities

• Teach 3 - 9 credit hours of business law
• Will work and interact with diverse groups of students, faculty, and staff

An affiliate faculty member's duties include but are not limited to: teaching assigned classes in person or online by delivering course content to students, preparing course materials and lesson plans, grading student work, providing students with robust feedback in a timely manner, addressing student questions consistent with university, college/school, and department policies, and providing online or in person academic support to students as needed and appropriate for the teaching assignment; providing instruction in assigned classes consistent with the content and learning objectives of the regular course syllabus and, if required, with department course coordination policies; maintaining office hours; and complying with university-wide student evaluation of instruction policies and peer observation policies.

Required Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate and licensed in one or more states
• Must meet the College of Business Faculty Qualification Policy criteria to be classified as either SP or IP. For more information see: https://www.msudenver.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/College-of-Business-Faculty-Qualifications-Policy.pdf

Preferred Qualifications

• Work experience in the teaching field

Terms of Employment

Affiliate faculty are part-time, at-will employees hired to teach on a per credit hour basis for specific classes, usually on a semester-by-semester basis. Affiliate faculty are not eligible for benefit coverage under the University's benefit program. All such teaching assignments are dependent on budget and enrollment.

Qualified candidates will be expected to teach in person/on campus upon hire.

Salary for Announcement

The final salary is based on the number of credit hours assigned at a rate determined by university policy.

For more information, please view pay rates under the College of Business (CBUS): https://www.msudenver.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Affiliate-Rates-AY-25-26.pdf

How to Apply

Candidates must apply online through MSU Denver's career site, https://www.msudenver.edu/careers, and submit the following required materials:

Required Documents: Curriculum Vitae. Optional Documents: Cover Letter, Copies of all unofficial transcripts, A list of three professional references and their contact information.

Please submit questions to Dr. Debbie Gilliard, Chair of the Department of Management at gilliard@msudenver.edu.

Official transcripts will be required of the candidate selected for hire.