Career Center

Loyola University Chicago School of Law invites applications for a full-time Director of the Dan K. Webb Center for Advocacy. This full-time non-tenure-track long-term faculty appointment will begin around July 1, 2024. Named for a Loyola graduate and legendary litigator, the Dan K. Webb Center for Advocacy brings together the school's many academic programs and cocurricular activities in the multifaceted discipline of advocacy. The Dan K. Webb Center for Advocacy's wide-ranging curriculum offers Loyola students a wealth of expertise, distinguished academics, and courses taught by experienced attorneys in trial advocacy, appellate advocacy, and dispute resolution. The

Director of the Center for Advocacy plans curriculum, coordinates with part-time faculty that teach in the Center, and teaches advocacy courses. Preference will be given to candidates willing to teach other major doctrinal courses, including but not limited to Business Organizations, Civil Procedure, Criminal Procedure (Adjudication), Contracts, Copyright, Criminal Law, Evidence, First Amendment Law, Torts, or Professional Responsibility. Ability and interest in promoting advocacy programming in hybrid format for 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 and a devotion to teaching and mentoring students. Applicants must also have a demonstrated record of leading or engaging in advocacy programs and a proven record of innovation. Loyola University Chicago School of Law is dedicated as a faculty to educate students to be responsible and compassionate lawyers and ethical advocates for justice and equity, and to contribute to a deeper understanding of law, legal institutions, and systems of oppression through a commitment to transformation, intersectionality, and anti-subordination 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.

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