Southwestern Law School ยท 2 days ago
Director of the Legal Writing Center and Associate Professor of Law or Professor of Law (non-tenure-track)
Los Angeles, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$150K/yr - $150K/yr
3+ years expSouthwestern Law School in Los Angeles invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Associate Professor of Law or Professor of Law to begin in Summer 2026. The successful candidate will teach in the Legal Analysis, Writing, and Skills (LAWS) program and will serve as Director of the Legal Writing Center, overseeing operations and supporting student writing.
Higher Education
Hiring Manager
Katrina Garcia
Responsibilities
Hire, train, and supervise part-time Writing Center staff (typically student writing fellows and a Writing Center specialist)
Maintain a consultation schedule covering critical reading skills, legal and general writing style, the writing process, revision, grammar/usage, punctuation, citations, and using AI tools; provide individual consultations for students at all levels
Work with upper-division students from topic generation through citations
Develop and deliver writing resources (online materials, handouts, guides, and workshop materials)
Develop asynchronous materials for Online J.D. students (and others) accessible through Canvas
Review and update the Writing Workshop curriculum annually; build the annual workshop schedule; teach workshops; and guest lecture in classes on writing style/structure/revision/citations
Create or offer programming to engage writing development through varied approaches (e.g., storytelling initiative)
Coordinate Writing Center activities with faculty and administrators and promote Writing Center programming and materials
Prepare and manage the budget, provide an annual written report, and stay current on trends and best practices (including tracking students served and programming)
Teach in our Legal Analysis, Writing, and Skills (LAWS) program which includes substantial instruction in legal analysis, research, objective and persuasive writing, and professional identity formation
May also be asked to teach advanced writing or drafting courses or other courses within their expertise
May also be asked to teach a pre-matriculation Introduction to Legal Writing course for additional compensation
Qualification
Required
J.D. from an ABA-approved law school
At least three years of experience teaching legal writing or directing or working in a legal writing center. We will consider significant part-time work or running an undergraduate or other graduate or professional Writing Center as substitute experience
Excellent teaching and communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with students, faculty, and administrators
Must be in or willing to relocate by August 2026 to the Greater Los Angeles Metropolitan area
Preferred
Ph.D. in rhetoric, English, or a related field, or an M.F.A. or master's degree in a writing-related field
Experience designing scalable writing-support programming (including workshops and asynchronous resources for online learners)
Demonstrated success supervising personnel and managing program operations, budgets, and outcomes reporting
Benefits
Summer research stipends
Sabbaticals
Company
Southwestern Law School
Founded in 1911 as an independent, nonprofit, nonsectarian institution, Southwestern is fully approved by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools.
51-200 employees
Funding
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