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McGill University's Faculty of Law
Academic Positions

McGill University's Faculty of Law invites applications from energetic candidates with a strong commitment to innovation and excellence in teaching and research who will contribute creatively to Faculty and University governance. The Faculty proposes to make three entry-level, tenure-track appointments (rank of assistant professor), effective 1 August 2018.

Our research programs, teaching initiatives, and academic priorities embody a central commitment to legal traditions, comparative law, and international and transnational law. Faculty members typically teach and research in several substantive fields of law, from a variety of theoretical, critical, and methodological perspectives. The Faculty maintains a dynamic, welcoming research environment, which fosters the ongoing intellectual and professional development of all professors. It is home to a vibrant trans-disciplinary research community of institutes, centres, and research groups.

Our undergraduate curriculum represents an international benchmark for contemporary legal education and leads to the joint award of the Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.) and Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degrees. The core of the undergraduate curriculum is taught in an integrated, trans-systemic manner, across borders shaped by legal traditions and systems, notably those of the common and civil law. Our graduate program comprises research-intensive degrees at the Master's and Doctoral levels, as well as a non-thesis LL.M. that culminates in a supervised project.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS: While candidacies relating to all fields of law will be considered, the Faculty has identified academic priorities in transsystemic legal education (including indigenous legal traditions), criminal justice, and domestic and international corporate and commercial law. For all teaching and research fields, the committee encourages applications from candidates whose critical perspectives (for example, critical race theory, critical disability studies, gender and sexuality) engage with questions of diverse and intersecting identities. The committee invites candidates to include information about how their research and teaching engage with equity and promote inclusivity, where such is the case. As our students come from a wide range of disciplines, cultures, and backgrounds, we invite candidates to address their ability to teach, supervise, and mentor in this context.

Applicants should have a graduate degree in law. Preference will go to candidates who have completed a doctoral degree. In addition, the bilingual environment of the Faculty of Law at McGill requires that, by the time they start teaching, candidates should be able to evaluate written and oral work presented in both English and French. Support may be available to increase the language capacity of selected candidates.

McGill University is committed to diversity and equity in employment. It welcomes applications from: women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, persons of minority sexual orientation or gender identity, visible minorities, and others who may contribute to diversification. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply; however, in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, Canadian and permanent residents will be given priority. The Faculty of Law particularly invites Indigenous candidates in all fields of law to self-identify.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Complete applications will consist of the following:
- a cover letter
- a teaching and research statement
- a curriculum vitae
- university transcripts
- three samples of research published or in press
- for candidates who have recently completed or are completing a doctorate, and have not yet published it, a copy of the thesis or a selection of completed thesis chapters/ sections
- the names and email addresses of three referees whom the Staff Appointments Committee may contact. Please do not submit reference letters.

Applications must be submitted no later than 30 October 2017, at which time review of files will begin. Please address applications to the Chair, Staff Appointments Committee, Faculty of Law, McGill University, and e-mail them to staffappointments.law@mcgill.ca. You may send inquiries to this address.

Posted: 17 Aug 2017