Indiana Law: Lateral and Entry Level Positions
[Posted By Bill Henderson]
[Interested in building a truly great law school? Want a highquality life for you and your family? Consider this opportunity, whichran on SSRN Professional Announcements last week. wdh]
In 2007,Indiana University School of Law-Bloomington received a $25 milliongift from the Lilly Foundation for the purpose of attracting andretaining leading scholars and teachers. The gift will enable the LawSchool to hire up to five senior level professors without limitation tospecific curricular subject. In addition, the Law School is seekingoutstanding applicants for several entry level openings. Although theentry level and lateral hiring committees are particularly interestedin hiring scholars that will leverage and extend the School’s currentstrengths, all qualified candidates will receive careful consideration.
About the Law School. The attractions of Indiana Law include:
- Highly collegial faculty with a longstanding focus onglobalization, international law, interdisciplinary research, and law& society scholarship.
- Attractive law school facilities, including a top-ranked law library.
- Integration with a major research university on one of the nation’s most beautiful campuses.
- Excellent, ambitious JD, LLM, and SJD students with strong entering credentials.
- Strong commitment to curricular innovation to keep pace with a rapidly changing legal profession.
- Three course teaching load, small average class size, and anexcellent student-faculty ratio that will further improve through newfaculty hiring.
- Excellent support for conference travel related to scholarship and professional service and development.
- A lovely, vibrant Big Ten college town.
- An active and supportive alumni base.
- Competitive salary and benefits.
Application Procedure. The entry level and lateralappointments committees invite confidential inquiries fromscholars at other institutions. Women and underrepresented minoritiesare encouraged to apply. Interested candidates should submit a c.v. anda letter summarizing their future career goals in the areas ofscholarship, teaching, and service. Please direct these materials,either electronically or through regular mail to the chair of the entrylevel or lateral appointments committees:
Entry Level Contact:
Jeannine Bell, JD, PhD
Professor of Law & Whistler Faculty Fellow
211 S. Indiana Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405
jeabell@indiana.edu
Ph. 812-856-5013
Lateral Level Contact:
Kenneth Dau-Schmidt, JD, PhD
Willard & Margaret Carr Professor of Law
211 S. Indiana Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405
kdauschm@indiana.edu
Ph. 812-855-0697
Indiana University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.