Florida Gulf Coast University
Assistant Professor, Legal Studies
Main Campus, USA
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About the role
- This position requires a scholar practitioner with a strong grounding in legal practice, legal reasoning, and applied legal education.
- The successful candidate will interface with Criminal Justice and Forensic Studies, contribute to interdisciplinary programming, and participate in mock trials, moot court, and courtroom based simulations from a Legal Studies perspective.
- Teaching assignments may be on the main campus or at off campus sites within the region.
Responsibilities
- Lead with integrity; consistently produce high-quality work; persevere to overcome obstacles to meet deadlines and achieve deliverables.
- Share information and insights thoughtfully; build partnerships across departments; communicate respectfully; support colleagues to achieve common goals.
- As Assistant Professor of Legal Studies, you will teach at both undergraduate and graduate levels, as applicable; be involved in course and/or curriculum development; conduct research/scholarship; participate in Department, Program, College and University committees and/or initiatives; and perform other duties as assigned.
- A history of publication or potential for publication in a developing area of expertise is necessary.
Requirements
- Experience in the legal foundations governing forensic evidence, including admissibility, authentication, chain of custody, and expert testimony.
Nice to have
- Professional legal practice experience involving forensic evidence, expert testimony, or litigation of forensic issues.
- A solid record of legal research and writing skills as demonstrated through work history, and/or a list of scholarly publications is highly desirable.
- Experience collaborating with Criminal Justice and Forensic Studies faculty and students on interdisciplinary programming.
- Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:
- Knowledge of major concepts, assumptions, debates, processes of inquiry, and ways of knowing that are central to Legal Studies and related disciplines.
- Knowledge of forensic law, evidence, criminal procedure, and legal issues related to forensic investigation and evidence interpretation, including Daubert/Frye analysis and evidentiary objections.
- Skill in integrating academic research with applied Legal Studies practice and connecting research, theory, and practice within the classroom.
- Institutional Values & Behavioral Expectations:
Skills
- Ability to interface with Criminal Justice, contributing Legal Studies expertise to interdisciplinary programming.
- Utilizes the University's learning management system and other instructional technologies effectively.
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