School of Law, Assistant Professor of Law, Tenure Track

Loyola University Chicago School of Law invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track, Assistant Professor of Law, with expertise in Business Law beginning around July 1, 2025. This position is open to scholars willing to teach in any area of Business Law, but preference will be given to candidates focusing on (1) Business Organizations, (2) Secured Transactions, and/or (3) International Business Transactions. Ability and interest to teach in the hybrid format in our part-time/weekend JD division will also be considered as a part of the review process.

Applicants must present a JD with excellent academic credentials, evidence of outstanding scholarship or scholarship potential, and a devotion to teaching and mentoring students. Loyola University Chicago School of Law is dedicated as a faculty to contribute to a deeper understanding of law, legal institutions, and systems of oppression through a commitment to transformation, intersectionality, anti-subordination, and anti-racism in our teaching, research, scholarship, and public service. Both the University and the law school will prioritize candidates who demonstrate a commitment to this mission and to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Job Responsibilities

The responsibilities of the position will include:

The qualifications required for the position are:

Additional valued qualifications include:

The qualifications required for the position are:

Additional valued qualifications include:

Interested candidates must submit materials to https://www.careers.luc.edu/hr/postings/29742

Applicants should include:

All applicants should also specifically address in their cover letter how they will contribute to the law school's mission statement, available at https://www.luc.edu/law/about/mission/index.cfm

For further inquiries, please contact Professor Neil Williams at nwillia@luc.edu.

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Loyola University Chicago School of Law is a student-focused law center inspired by the Jesuit tradition of academic excellence, intellectual openness, and service to others. For more information on the law school and our mission, visit: https://www.luc.edu/law/about/mission/

As a Jesuit, Catholic institution of higher education, we seek candidates who will contribute to our strategic plan to deliver a Transformative Education in the Jesuit tradition. To learn more about Loyola University Chicago's mission, candidates should consult our website at www.luc.edu/mission/. For information about the university's focus on transformative education, they should consult our website at www.luc.edu/transformativeed.

Loyola University Chicago is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer with a strong commitment to hiring for our mission and diversifying our faculty. The University seeks to increase the diversity of its professoriate, workforce and undergraduate and graduate student populations because broad diversity - including a wide range of individuals who contribute to a robust academic environment - is critical to achieving the University's mission of excellence in education, research, educational access and services in an increasingly diverse society. Therefore, in holistically assessing the many qualifications of each applicant, we would factor favorably an individual's record of conduct that includes experience with an array of diverse perspectives, as well as a wide variety of different educational, research or other work activities. Among other qualifications, we would also factor favorably experience overcoming or helping others overcome barriers to an academic career or degrees.