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Job Opportunities

Full-Time Faculty Appointments

All applicants must have a strong academic and employment record, often including, but not limited to, membership on a law review in law school, a judicial clerkship after law school, and employment in a sophisticated law practice in the government or private sector. Successful candidates will demonstrate leadership and a sincere interest in scholarship, as well as a commitment to outstanding teaching and university service. Instructions for applying are included on the How To Apply page. Unless we have a specific opening, no action is typically taken on an application. Full-time and visiting candidates for faculty vacancies are also recruited through the American Association of Law Schools recruitment process. Candidates are encouraged to apply for faculty positions at Stetson through the AALS process. For more information, see https://www.aals.org/recruitment/.

Current Faculty Openings

STETSON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW seeks to fill four entry-level or lateral tenure-track positions. Our hiring needs will focus on candidates willing and eager to extend our existing institutional strengths and help us build into new areas of excellence. We specifically seek candidates with expertise in the areas of legal research and writing, public and private international law, transactional and corporate law, advocacy, elder law, professional responsibility, data privacy, cybersecurity, and compliance. We also seek candidates who will build upon our teaching depth in all our first-year courses.

Stetson Law was Florida’s first law school, founded in 1900. Stetson Law has a national reputation for its advocacy program, ranked #1 in the nation, and its legal writing program, ranked #3 in the nation, by U.S. News and World Report. It also boasts renowned centers, institutes, and clinics in various fields, such as advocacy, elder law, higher education, biodiversity and the environment, legal communication, Caribbean law, and veterans law.

Stetson Law is part of a private university, which includes a College of Arts and Sciences, a School of Music, and a School of Business Administration, the latter of which supports the law school’s joint JD/MBA program. Stetson nurtures a vibrant intellectual community, situated on a beautiful campus, just minutes from Florida’s Gulf Coast, in the Tampa Bay area, the nation’s 17th largest metro area. We encourage potential applicants to visit our website at https://www.stetson.edu/portal/law/ to learn more about our school, our community, and our programs.

Stetson encourages applications from women, persons of color, LGBTQ+ candidates, and others who will contribute to our stimulating and diverse cultural and intellectual environment. Stetson’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy is available at: https://www.stetson.edu/law/career/non-discrimination-policy-for-employers.php.

Applicants should email a cover letter that explains your teaching and scholarly interests, attaching a current curriculum vitae and contact information for at least three professional references. Please send the email to Professors Rebecca Morgan and Stacey-Rae Simcox at [email protected]. You may also apply by paper mail to Professors Morgan and Simcox, Stetson University College of Law, 1401 61st Street South, Gulfport, FL 33707. The Faculty Appointments Committee will continue to review applications until positions are filled.

Adjunct Faculty Positions

Our need for adjunct (or part-time) faculty varies greatly from year to year and is largely dependent on curricular needs in our academic program. Therefore, adjunct (or part-time) faculty positions in general remain on continuous recruitment. You may apply at any time by following the instructions on the How To Apply page. Decisions on the hiring of adjunct faculty are typically made six to nine months before the start of the semester in which the individual would be assigned to teach. In addition, most adjunct faculty members teach in our skills curriculum (e.g., Trial Advocacy and Pre-Trial Practice). We generally do not create new courses for an adjunct faculty member and adjunct faculty members do not teach in any required courses (First-year curriculum, Evidence, Professional Responsibility, and Agency). To review current course offerings, see our catalog.

Current Staff Openings

Staff Exempt & Non-Exempt

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