Faculty-Adjunct-Law

Johnson & Wales University; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

Johnson & Wales University in Charlotte, NC, seeks an adjunct faculty member to prepare and deliver course content, assessments, and feedback for on-campus and online classes. The role involves maintaining course materials, grade centers, and student records in compliance with university policies.

The candidate must hold a Juris Doctor (JD) from a regionally accredited institution and be able to teach campus-based courses in Charlotte during daytime or evening hours.

Qualifications

• Experience with teaching in higher education settings.
• Ability to design and deliver course content and assessments.

Responsibilities

• Teaches assigned course on campus by delivering course content, preparing course materials and lesson plans, grading student work, and providing timely feedback.
• Teaches online via learning management system following JWU outlines and standards
• Maintains course sites in the learning management system and updates grade center weekly
• Maintains attendance, academic achievement, and performance records per university policies
• Distributes syllabi with objectives, materials, attendance policy and evaluation criteria to each course
• Communicates with student, department chair, and academic counselor for students at risk
• References students to university support services as needed
• Updates faculty information system and maintains teaching credentials
• Attends faculty orientation and meetings as requested
• Performs other duties as assigned

Skills

Teaching experience

Education

Juris doctor (JD) degree

Job description

Job no: 11319
Work type: Part Time
Location: Charlotte, North Carolina
Categories: Faculty, Academics, Academic Term, Campus Based

Summary

Prepares and delivers relevant course content using a variety of teaching methods and assessments that support student learning. Delivers relevant course content on campus or online, as assigned. Maintains that students achieve and demonstrate mastery of stated learning objectives.

Essential Job Functions

• Teaches assigned course(s) on campus by delivering appropriate course content to students, preparing course materials and lesson plans, grading student work, providing students with robust feedback in a timely manner, and addressing students’ questions and concerns
• Teaches assigned course (s) online by delivering course content, learning activities and assessments using the university’s learning management system, according to JWU course outlines and online course delivery standards
• Prepares and maintains course site in the learning management system for dissemination of course materials, assessments, and weekly updating of the grade center in accordance with university requirements
• Maintains accurate records of student attendance, academic achievement and performance in accordance with university policies and procedures
• Distributes to each student, in each course, via the learning management system, a university-approved syllabus that includes course objectives, required course materials, attendance policy and evaluation criteria
• Communicates early with the student, department chair, and academic counselor for any student in danger of failure or in need of individual counseling, using appropriate university systems
• Refers students to appropriate university sources for information, guidance, financial assistance, career services, library services, academic support, accessibility services, counseling, and other support services
• Populates the university’s faculty information system with data to establish teaching credentials and maintains data, as needed
• Attends faculty orientation and meetings, as requested by the college
• Performs other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Juris doctor (JD) degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education, or other appropriate accreditation as determined by Johnson & Wales University
• Ability to teach campus-based classes in Charlotte, North Carolinaduring daytime and/or evening hours

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with teaching

Please Note:

Qualified candidates must live or relocate to live within a daily commuting distance of the Charlotte Campus location upon hire.

By applying to this posting, you are entering an applicant pool for adjunct faculty, which will be hired on an as needed basis for the academic year. As such, not everyone in the applicant pool for this position will be contacted and/or selected to teach.

Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis until job posting is closed.

Johnson & Wales University is an equal opportunity employer. The university does not illegally discriminate on the basis of any protected class. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, disability, ethnic and national origin, familial status, gender or gender identity, genetic information, military service, national origin, pregnancy and related conditions, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other protected class.

Advertised: 16 Oct 2026 Eastern Daylight Time
Applications close: Open until filled