Position:                       Adjunct Instructor of Law

Department:                Norman A. Wiggins School of Law

Status:                          Part Time

Position Summary:

Adjunct Instructors of Legal Research Law report to the Director of LRW and the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs.  The position is a part-time appointment within the Campbell University School of Law.  Adjunct LRW instructors teach 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 LRW Director 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 other assigned 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 Information Security, including FERPA and other state and federal regulations

• 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

• Ability to 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