Position Description

Adjunct Faculty
LOCATION Raleigh Law School Campus
Job Code 3276
# of Openings 3
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Position:                      Adjunct Instructors

Department:                Norman A. Wiggins School of Law

Status:                         Part Time

Position Summary:

Adjunct Instructors of Legal Research & Writing (LRW) report to the Director of LRW and the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.  The position is a part-time appointment within the Campbell University Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law.  Adjunct LRW instructors teach approximately 15 students each semester in Campbell Law’s required Legal Research and Writing I and II courses.  Adjunct LRW instructors provide students with continuous feedback on their legal writing through individual meetings and ample written critique on finished work.  Adjunct LRW instructors collaborate with the Director of LRW to prepare problems, assignments, and in-class exercises for a uniform curriculum.  The adjunct appointee shall have excellent academic credentials and demonstrated skill in teaching and mentoring students, as well as a background that will contribute to excellence through institutional diversity.  All Campbell University faculty are expected to support each of the five distinctives as set forth below.

Located in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina, Campbell University School of Law is a highly demanding, purposely small community of faculty and students whose aim, guided by transcendent values, is to develop lawyers who possess moral conviction, social compassion, and professional competence, and who view the practice of law as a calling to serve others and to create a more just society.  To that end, the law school has adopted the following distinctives: (1) we offer an academic program that is highly demanding; (2) we bring together the theoretical and practical to produce thoughtful and talented lawyers; (3) we utilize the talents of a faculty that is profoundly committed to students and teaching; (4) we view the practice of law as a calling to serve others; and (5) we offer a Christian perspective on law and justice.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:   

  • Cooperate with the Director of LRW and other LRW faculty to implement a coordinated curriculum, inclusive of learning objectives
  • Develop and manage course materials from learning objectives and recommendations from the Director of LRW and Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
  • Administer tests, assignments, and other exercises that permit measure of knowledge, abilities, and/or performance relative to the course learning objectives
  • Maintain effective and timely communications with students and staff at all times
  • Provide students with individual feedback on assessments
  • Administer exams according to Law School guidelines
  • Complete student record keeping and submit grades in a timely and accurate manner
  • Participate in departmental, faculty, and staff meetings as requested
  • Maintain a professional appearance and demeanor at all times
  • Uphold and abide by Campbell Law School and Campbell University policies and procedures, including but not limited to Title IX and FERPA guidelines
  • Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice

Education/Experience: 

  • J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school
  • Minimum two years’ legal practice experience
  • Prior experience instructing courses in legal research and writing is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Demonstrated skill in teaching and mentoring students, and some experience in law practice or judicial clerkship
  • Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills
  • Demonstrate tact, a positive attitude, courtesy, and discretion in dealing with faculty, staff, students, university officials, and outside constituencies
  • Technological proficiency, including an ability to learn and deliver remote instruction
  • Work independently and function effectively in a team and within a diverse group of people
  • Exercise independent judgment as necessary
  • This position demands accuracy, honesty, integrity, and the ability to work with the Christian mission of Campbell University

To Apply For This Position:  

Campbell University is unable to accept paper or email applications. Interested parties may submit their candidacy by clicking on the “Apply Now” button, or, if you are viewing this posting via an outside source, visit us online at http://www.campbell.edu/employment/ to apply. IMPORTANT: A cover letter, CV, or resume, and contact information for three professional references are requested as part of the application process. Applications without these attachments may be considered incomplete.  If you have any questions, or if you are an individual with a disability and need assistance completing an application for employment contact the Human Resources Department at 910-893-1256 or email employment@campbell.edu.  Campbell University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Campbell University maintains a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in employment. It is our policy to provide equal opportunity in all phases of the employment process and in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. Accordingly, the University is committed to administering all educational and employment activities without discrimination as to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, ethnicity or national origin, religion, disability, genetic information, protected veteran and military status and any other characteristic protected by law, except where appropriate and authorized by law. This policy of nondiscrimination shall include, but not be limited to, the following employment decisions and practices: hiring; upgrading; promotions; demotions or transfers; layoffs; recalls; terminations; rates of pay or other forms of compensation; selection for training, including apprenticeship; and recruitment or recruitment advertising.

Employees and applicants of Campbell University will not be subjected to any form of harassment or discrimination for exercising rights protected by, or because of their participation in, an investigation or compliance review related to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, the Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998, or any other federal or state nondiscrimination law, rule, or regulation.

Campbell University also maintains affirmative action programs to implement our equal employment opportunity policy. Employees or applicants who wish to review appropriate portions of these affirmative action programs may schedule an appointment to do so by contacting Human Resources at the Buies Creek campus, during normal business hours.

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