Tenure Track Faculty - Cornell Law School

Tenure Track Faculty - Cornell Law School

Founded in 1887, Cornell Law School is a top-tier law school. We offer a 3-year JD program for about 200 students per class, a one-year LLM program for about 90 students from countries throughout the world, and a doctoral (JSD) program for about 2-3 new students per year. Cornell Law School has 41 tenured and tenure-track faculty, including 20 with chaired faculty positions; and 15 clinical professors in the legal research and writing program and in clinics at the local, national, and international level. Our faculty is consistently ranked among the top in the country for scholarly productivity and influence, and has pre-eminence in many areas, including quantitative and qualitative empirical legal studies, international and comparative law, and robust doctrinal scholarship in core fields. Our school is committed to being recognized as the leader among law schools at combining inspiring theoretical, doctrinal, and experiential teaching with cutting-edge scholarship in a supportive, intellectually rich community, so that our graduates can achieve excellence in all facets of the legal profession.

Cornell Law School invites applications from entry-level candidates for one or more tenure-track faculty positions commencing in the 2026-2027 academic year. Responsibilities of the position include research in area(s) of expertise, teaching a normal cohort of three courses per academic year, and service to the school. Salary and benefits are competitive and include a budget for research and travel. Faculty may also apply to the Dean for summer research stipends to work on individual and collective projects.

Qualifications: Applicants must have completed their JD degree or be at the dissertation stage of a doctorate program leading to a degree with strong interdisciplinary connections to law.

To Apply: Interested candidates can apply via https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30273. Please submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, research statement and teaching statements, your law school transcript, the names of at least three references, a writing sample, and other significant supporting materials. Please note that references will be asked to submit their letters via the application portal.

To ensure maximum consideration, please submit all application materials by September 30, 2025.

Questions may be referred to Liz Flint, Director of Human Resources: liz.flint@cornell.edu.

Exceptional candidates may qualify for additional compensation above the noted pay range listed below.

Pay Range

$83,200-$226,200

Pay Range:Refer to Posting LanguagePay Ranges:The hiring rate of pay for the successful candidate will be determined considering the following criteria:

• Prior relevant work or industry experience.
• Education level to the extent education is relevant to the position.
• Academic Discipline
• Unique applicable skills.