Vermont Law School invites applications from entry level or lateral candidates for the following faculty positions to begin July 1, 2018.

ENVIRONMENTAL LAW: Vermont Law School invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track faculty position teaching environmental law courses and potentially a first-year course. Hiring rank will be dependent on the background and experience of the applicant. The successful candidate will be an environmental expert with a strong academic background including a demonstrated interest in scholarship; a commitment to excellence in teaching; and relevant experience in private practice, government service, or non-governmental organization.

Vermont Law School is the top-ranked school for environmental law in the country. Our graduates become attorneys and environmental professionals who work across the country and the globe. We offer a rich array of environmental courses and a range of degrees including a Master of Environmental Law and Policy and an LLM in Environmental Law as well as certificates in the JD program in climate law, energy law, food and agriculture law, land use law, and water resources law. More information about our environmental program is available here: https://www.vermontlaw.edu/academics/centers-and-programs/environmental-law-center

DIRECTOR, SOUTH ROYALTON LEGAL CLINIC: Vermont Law School invites applications for a tenure-track/tenured faculty position as Director of the South Royalton Legal Clinic. Candidates should have a minimum of 7-10 years of public interest law practice experience, or a combination of clinical teaching or a clinical teaching fellowship and at least four years of public interest law practice. Candidates should have substantial experience supervising staff attorneys and other personnel and experience in office management and fundraising. Candidates must have a distinguished academic record, demonstrated excellence in their professional work, and willingness to engage in scholarship.

Experience in clinical legal education is preferred. A demonstrated commitment to teaching and mentoring is essential. Doctrinal teaching experience within the legal academy is helpful, but not necessary. Candidates must be a member of the Vermont Bar or eligible for admission by motion pursuant to Rule 15 of the Rules of Admission to the Bar of the Vermont Supreme Court.

LEGAL WRITING: Vermont Law School invites applications for a full-time professor in our Legal Writing Program. The professor will begin work on July 1, 2018, with a two-year contract. This contract is renewable for another two-year term, followed by five-year renewable contracts after that. Legal Writing professors are voting members of the faculty and serve on faculty committees.

Professors in the program teach two courses, each a semester long. In the 1L course, professors design their materials around a subject drawn from their professional interest and experience. Professors abide by common course requirements, such as number of assignments and oral advocacy requirements, but beyond that each professor decides course content. In the 2L course, Appellate Advocacy, professors select cases pending before the U.S. Supreme Court for the students to research, brief, and argue in a moot court setting.

Applicants must have a demonstrated commitment to teaching legal writing and should have experience practicing law and/or clerking. Prior experience teaching legal writing is preferred.

VERMONT LAW SCHOOL'S mission is to educate lawyers for the community and the world. The faculty believes that its scholarship, teaching and service should be meaningful and relevant to the local, national, and international communities. The law school is dedicated to building a diverse faculty, and it strongly encourages candidates of color, women, veterans, and members of other underrepresented groups to apply.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: To apply for one of the positions above, please submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and references to Vice Dean Stephanie J. Willbanks, Vermont Law School, 164 Chelsea Street, South Royalton, VT 05068. Electronic applications are strongly preferred and can be submitted to facultyappointments@vermontlaw.edu. Materials should be submitted by October 20, 2017, although submissions received after this time may be considered until the position is filled.