From a recent email message:
George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School invites applications for entry-level or lateral faculty positions to begin August 2025. Beginning and experienced candidates are encouraged to apply. Tenured positions will need to follow normal tenured faculty hiring processes at the Law School and the University.
Required qualifications:
- At least one of the following degrees: J.D., LL.M., J.S.D., S.J.D., Ph.D., or D.Phil.;
- For lateral candidates seeking tenure, significant teaching, scholarship, and service experience sufficient to be awarded tenure;
- For junior lateral and entry-level tenure-track candidates, some experience with legal scholarship that includes published or in-progress scholarly works;
- Demonstrated in-depth knowledge and interest in one or more areas of law;
- Exceptional research and writing abilities;
- Highly developed analytical skills; and
- Excellent verbal and presentation skills.
Applicants should have a record of, or the promise of, outstanding achievement in legal scholarship and teaching and outstanding contributions to a law school’s intellectual and scholarly community.
We seek applications from the very best candidates in all fields of law who will excel as scholars and teachers and who will participate with vigor in our intellectual and scholarly community. We are committed to freedom of academic inquiry, respectful debate, and the exchange of ideas. We have published our Statement of Faculty Principles regarding our Commitment to Open Dialogue and Debate: https://www.law.gmu.edu/about/commitment_to_open_dialogue/
Scalia Law recently achieved its highest ranking in U.S. News. We are ranked #28 among all law schools, #2 among law schools in the D.C. area, and #2 among law schools in Virginia. This achievement follows two remarkable fundraising successes: gifts totaling $30 million, which named the law school in honor of the late Justice Antonin Scalia, and a bequest of more than $50 million from the late Judge Allison M. Rouse and Mrs. Dorothy B. Rouse.
We seek exceptional faculty candidates whose backgrounds and perspectives will enhance the law school’s intellectual culture and the education of our students. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Informal expressions of interest may be directed to the co-chair of the Faculty Selection Committee, Professor Thomas Gallanis, at tgallani@gmu.edu. For full consideration, applicants must apply at http://jobs.gmu.edu for position number 10001288 (lateral) or position number 10001293 (entry-level) and upload a CV and other pertinent information. The Committee will start reviewing applications on July 3, 2024, and will continue reviewing applications until all positions are filled.