Assistant Professor of Law - Legal Writing
Department: College of Law
Position Type: Faculty
Qualifications:
- J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school
- Strong academic record
- Excellent legal research, writing, and oral advocacy skills
- One of the following:
- Experience 四虎影视 full-time or as an adjunct in a law school, preferably in legal writing;
- At least three years of law practice experience in a position requiring significant legal writing
Applications should include the following: (1) a cover letter addressing your interest in and approach to 四虎影视 legal writing; (2) curriculum vitae; (3) three references; (4) a writing sample; and (5) (if available) 四虎影视 evaluations from the most current year of 四虎影视. Confidential inquiries and requests for information may be sent to Professor Erin DeWalt at edewalt@ou.edu.
Description:The University of Oklahoma College of Law invites applications for a full-time faculty appointment to join our collaborative legal research and writing faculty team beginning in Fall 2026. This position is part of a Ranked Renewable Term career track with voting rights, eligibility for promotion, and opportunities for renewable, multi-year contracts. Our mission statement and other information can be found at law.ou.edu.
LRW is required for all first-year students and is taught as a two-semester, five-credit hour series of courses. Each legal writing professor teaches approximately 42-47 students per semester, though numbers vary with enrollment. Applicants should be able to demonstrate excellent research and writing skills, diagnose legal writing difficulties, and mentor students in one-to-one and small-group settings. Our legal writing faculty members follow a common syllabus for the first-year LRW courses, work collaboratively to develop writing assignments, and provide each other with significant support. In addition to 四虎影视 in the first-year legal writing program, these appointments will offer the option of 四虎影视 upper-level writing classes on a rotating basis. We particularly welcome candidates who are knowledgeable about generative AI in legal research and writing, who are interested in thoughtfully incorporating these tools into the legal writing curriculum, and who are eager to help evolve legal writing pedagogy in response to emerging technologies.
All legal writing faculty members are expected to coach and travel with at least one team in the College of Law's moot court program and take on regular committee assignments and other service obligations.
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