"Faculty--Department of Lawyering Skills, School of Law"

The University of St. Thomas School of Law (Minnesota) is pleased to invite applications for a full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty position in its Department of Lawyering Skills, beginning in Fall 2026. Our Lawyering Skills professors typically teach two sections of Lawyering Skills I (3 credits) in the fall and two sections of Lawyering Skills II (2 credits) in the spring. Each professor also teaches an additional course (usually in the spring) at least once every other year.

We seek candidates who are or have the potential to become, excellent teachers and scholars and who will also contribute to our distinctive mission as a Catholic law school. The School of Law offers an innovative curriculum that emphasizes professional formation and the education of the whole person. The school has earned numerous recognitions for excellence in practical training, scholarly engagement, teaching, and community building, including:

• #3 in the nation for best practical training (National Jurist, 2025, top 3 every year since 2014)
• #6 in new Social Science Research Network (SSRN) downloads, #19 in total downloads per paper (as of June 22, 2025)
• #8 in the nation for best value private law school (National Jurist, 2023)
• #8 in the nation for quality of student life (Princeton Review, 2021, top 10 nearly every year since 2008)

(See: https://www.stthomas.edu/law/about/rankings/)

The School of Law’s commitments to teaching, scholarly engagement, and service are inspired by our distinctive mission: The University of St. Thomas School of Law, as a Catholic law school, is dedicated to integrating faith and reason in the search for truth through a focus on morality and social justice. Our mission also commits us to respecting and advancing the inherent dignity of all people; to equal opportunity policies and practices; and to an environment that is inclusive and welcoming to all. We actively seek to attract, retain, and develop faculty from all backgrounds to enhance our learning community and to offer our students varied perspectives. Learn more about life as a faculty member at St. Thomas.

The University of St. Thomas embraces belonging and equal opportunity for all. Our convictions of dignity, diversity and personal attention call us to embody and champion an inclusive environment. The University is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer (EEO). All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, status as a protected veteran, or other protected characteristic. These commitments are consistent with the mission of the University: Inspired by Catholic intellectual tradition, the University of St. Thomas educates students to be morally responsible leaders who think critically, act wisely, and work skillfully to advance the common good. A successful candidate will share our commitment to these ideals.

QUALIFICATIONS Applicants must possess a J.D. or equivalent academic degree. Candidates should have strong academic credentials and experience as a lawyer (or judicial law clerk) as well as teaching aptitude or experience, preferably in a law-school setting. Candidates must demonstrate strong scholarly potential, including through a job talk and job talk paper, and a commitment to excellence in teaching. If hired, this person will be expected to maintain an active scholarly agenda (as professional engagement through research is one of the requirements for tenure), and to engage in both internal and external service, in addition to teaching duties. As described above, a Lawyering Skills professor typically teaches two sections of Lawyering Skills in the fall and two sections of Lawyering Skills II in the spring, for a total of around forty students each semester. Both are first-year courses. (In the second year, students take Lawyering Skills III, which focuses on appellate advocacy and is taught by adjunct professors supervised by the director of lawyering skills.) Each full-time Lawyering Skills professor also teaches an additional course at least once every other year (usually in the spring), which may be another Lawyering Skills course but need not be: Recent examples include Comparative Constitutional Law; (In)famous American Criminal Trials; Privacy Law; Election Law; and Serving Clients Well.