Posted: February 17, 2025
Position: Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Lawyering Skills
School: School of Law
Starting Date: July 1, 2025
The School of Law at Case Western Reserve University invites applications for a lawyering skills Visiting Assistant Professor position beginning July 1, 2025 to teach in our Legal Writing, Leadership, Experiential Education, Advocacy, and Professionalism (“LLEAP”) program. This is for a two-year appointment with the possibility of reappointment for a third year. This is a full-time position on a nine-month contract.
Teaching Load and Responsibilities: The visitor will teach one section (28-34 students) of our required first-year LLEAP course. Key responsibilities include one-on-one student interaction, drafting and grading multiple student writing projects each semester, and devising and coordinating simulation exercises. In addition, this faculty member will be part of, and must integrate curriculum with, the LLEAP faculty.
Term and Renewal: This is for a two-year appointment with the possibility of reappointment for a third year.
LLEAP is a required three-semester component (9 credits) of the JD curriculum. In the first year, students learn research, analysis, objective and persuasive writing, and contract drafting. They also engage in four experiential modules taught by adjunct professors who are practicing attorneys. Students learn and practice client interviewing, client counseling, negotiation, and oral argument skills in these modules. LLEAP 3 transforms the classroom into a law firm where students research, write, advise, negotiate, and advocate on a proceeding from start to finish in a transactional, litigation, or appellate setting. The LLEAP program has a director and shared core assignments, but faculty members each develop their own teaching materials and lessons. In 2024, Bloomberg Law recognized LLEAP in its Law School Innovation Program for its innovative approach to teaching students critical lawyering skills. Further information about the law school is available at http://law.case.edu.
A J.D. degree and at least two years of post-law school law practice or teaching experience are required. Candidates’ experiences must demonstrate the potential for excellence in legal writing and other practical lawyering skills.
Application Procedure: Applicants should submit the following:
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Curriculum vitae
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Cover letter indicating interest and areas of teaching expertise
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A list of three references
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Summaries of recent teaching evaluations, if availabe
Applications should be submitted electronically through the university's Interfolio portal at apply.interfolio.com/163558.
Application Deadline: March 15, 2025.