From an email message I received earlier today:
Texas
Tech University School of Law invites applications from exceptional individuals
for two positions, a tenured or tenure-track position teaching Water Law, and a
full-time Legal Practice lecturer.
For the
first position (Requisition Number 88012),
we are seeking a professor who, if a tenured candidate, also will serve as
Director for the Law School’s Center for Water Law and Policy and the George W.
McCleskey Professor of Water Law (a tenure-track candidate would be able to
serve as Acting Director). The
Center's mission is to contribute to the understanding, development, teaching,
and study of water law and policy. The
Center is part of the Texas Tech University’s interdisciplinary water
initiative, which involves faculty and students representing the disciplines of
law, public policy, economics, agriculture, geosciences, engineering,
biological sciences, and health sciences.
In addition to serving as the Center’s Director, responsibilities would
include teaching Water Rights and related courses.
Applicants
must possess a J.D. degree and have relevant experience such as teaching, legal
practice, or a judicial clerkship.
Entry-level candidates must show scholarly promise, as evidenced by
publications in scholarly journals, scholarly works in progress, or a scholarly
agenda. For any lateral applicant with
tenure, a distinguished record of teaching and scholarship is required. Once
hired, faculty members are evaluated and advancement is determined by contributions
in teaching, research, and service.
The
second position (Requisition Number 89239) is for an individual to teach in our
exceptional Legal Practice Program (which includes legal writing and various
other skills). Applicants must possess a
J.D. degree and have relevant experience such as teaching, legal practice, or a
judicial clerkship. Legal Practice Faculty Members are appointed under one-year
contracts subject to reappointment annually based upon annual reviews,
programmatic and budgetary needs.
Appointment beyond the fifth year must be approved by a majority vote of
the tenured faculty, the Law School Dean and the University Provost/Senior Vice
President for Academic Affairs. Under
Texas Tech University policy, those in the Legal Practice program do not
acquire tenure but enjoy academic freedom, have significant governance rights
and if reappointed after six years can only be dismissed for adequate
cause. University OP 32.34.
Texas
Tech University, located in Lubbock, Texas, is a state-supported National
Research University with an enrollment that exceeds 32,000 students. The law school has approximately 660 students
and 40 full-time faculty members. The
law school is an integral part of the University and offers 12 dual-degree
programs with other Texas Tech schools and colleges. The Lubbock metropolitan area is home to
250,000 people, enjoys affordable housing, abundant sunshine, friendly people,
and offers easy access to other parts of the country. For more information, visit our website at
http://www.law.ttu.edu/.
As an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative
Action employer, Texas Tech University is dedicated to the goal of building a
culturally diverse faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural
environment. We actively encourage applications from all those who can
contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity
and excellence of the academic community at Texas Tech University. The
university welcomes applications from minorities, women, veterans, persons with
disabilities, and dual-career couples. Please submit your cover letter,
resume, and contact information for three professional references
electronically to the attention of Professor John L. Watts, Chair, Personnel
Committee, at the Texas Tech
Jobs website https://jobs.texastech.edu or www.workattexastech.com. You can contact
Professor Watts at john.watts@ttu.edu.
Resume review will begin immediately and continue until the
positions are filled.