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UCF’s Department of Legal Studies seeks applications for multiple one-year Visiting Lecturer positions to begin on or about August 8, 2023. We are looking for collegial candidates with strong academic backgrounds, a commitment to innovative instruction, and a demonstrated record or potential to offer premier law-centered research, teaching, and service to students and the community. (For more information visit https://ccie.ucf.edu/legalstudies/.)
Current hiring needs exist in a variety of areas, including core class such as law and the legal system (i.e., a foundational course offering a broad understanding of basic principles of the law as well as the role and function of the legal system); civil practice and procedure; criminal law; evidence; professionalism; and trial advocacy. The successful candidate will teach the equivalent of four courses per semester (both face-to-face and by web-delivery). We also are especially interested in identifying candidates keen to innovate our curriculum with courses that connect with the broad STEM-based competencies of the university as well as other areas of importance to our local, state, and national community, including law and technology, health care, hospitality management, and sports and entertainment.
The Department of Legal Studies is situated in the College of Community Innovation and Education and the primary assignment will be located at our Downtown Campus. UCF Downtown brings more than 7,000 students to live, learn and work in downtown Orlando. Opened in August 2019, UCF Downtown is a 15-acre campus located in Orlando’s Creative Village. Made up of several buildings, the new campus incorporates innovative technology to create a 21st-century learning environment that places students within walking distance of job and internship opportunities, and makes it easy for faculty to invite guest speakers to campus or collaborate with professionals in their field of study.
Qualifications: To be considered for the position, applicants must possess, at a minimum, a J.D. from an accredited institution and an ABA approved law school, and must have been a member in good standing of a state bar association for at least five years with a minimum of five years practicing law (private or governmental). Application Process: Applicants must submit: (1) a letter of application indicating qualifications for the position; (2) a current curriculum vitae; (3) copy of law school transcripts (official transcripts required within thirty days of hire); (4) and contact information for three professional references. For further questions about this position, please contact Timothy M. Ravich, Chair (Interim), Legal Studies Department at timothy.ravich@ucf.edu or 407.823.1670.
UCF is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer, seeking candidates who will enhance our representational diversity and whose professional efforts contribute to diverse, equitable, and inclusive learning and working environments for our students, staff, and faculty. We hope to identify individuals who will assist in our mission to ensure that underrepresented groups have the opportunity to succeed at UCF. As a Florida public university, UCF makes all applications materials and selection procedures are subject to public access under applicable law.