Visiting Assistant Professor of Law

Creighton University; Omaha (NE); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Creighton University's School of Law seeks a Visiting Assistant Professor for a full-time role starting July 2025. The instructor will teach legal research and writing, participating in a rigorous academic environment that fosters student learning. Ideal candidates possess a J.D. degree and relevant experience in law practice or previous teaching.

Benefits

Research assistant fund

University benefits

Qualifications

• Strong academic record required.
• Two or more years of clerkship/law practice experience preferred.
• Exceptional legal research and writing skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Teach legal research and writing courses to law students.
• Engage students in developing their legal analysis and writing capabilities.
• Support students through their learning and decision-making process.

Skills

Legal research

Writing skills

Student engagement

Education

J.D. degree

Job description

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Creighton University School of Law invites applicants for a visiting assistant professor position to teach in the Law School’s legal research and writing (LRW) program.

The visitor position is a two-year, full-time position begining on July 1, 2025 and ending June 30, 2027.

Teach two or three courses in the fall and spring semester in Creighton’s LRW program. The program consists of three required semesters of legal research and writing classes. In the fall semester, the LRW faculty teach a 3-credit, upper-level writing course to 2Ls, focusing on appellate brief writing, oral argument, and contract drafting, and a 2-credit, entry-level research and writing course to 1Ls, introducing legal research and objective legal analysis. In the spring semester, the LRW faculty teach a 3-credit, research and writing course that includes demand letters, the drafting of pleadings and discovery, and pretrial motion practice.

Applicants should be aware that the position is for a fixed term of two years. It is possible the Law School will hire a permanent faculty member to teach in the legal writing program in future years. An individual in the visitor position will be welcome to apply for any permanent position advertised during or after the period of the visit but should know that the hiring process for a permanent position is expected to be a national search.

The compensation package includes an entry-level salary of $70-80,000, a research assistant fund, and university benefits. Summer teaching with additional compensation may also be possible. Moving expenses are not available.

• Must possess a J.D. degree, along with a strong academic record.
• Must have exceptional legal research and writing skills.
• Ability to foster student learning, development, and decision making a must.
• Two or more years of experience in a clerkship and/or in law practice.
• Prior teaching experience preferred.
  
  

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Creighton University School of Law, located in Omaha, Nebraska, was founded in 1904, not just to prepare lawyers but to develop leaders. The law school is rooted in the Jesuit Catholic tradition of educating the whole person and empowering its graduates to find their place in the world, so that they contribute to the greater good through leadership, through service, throughout their life.

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