Description:

The University of Houston Law Center (UHLC) invites applications for a promotion-eligible, non-tenure track Open Rank Clinical Faculty position in Lawyering Skills & Strategies (LSS) for the academic year 2026-2027. The contract is for nine months, beginning when classes start in August 2026 and continuing through Spring Semester 2027. As a standard workload, this position teaches two courses each semester of UHLC’s first-year legal writing course, entitled Lawyering Skills & Strategies. For an example of a Fall semester instance of this course, see: https://www.law.uh.edu/schedule/class_information.asp?cid=16265.

The non-tenure track appointment will have a one-year probationary contract period with no presumption of renewal. The non-tenure track appointment will have a one-year probationary contract period with no presumption of renewal. However, based upon continued positive evaluations of the appointee, the position may lead to additional annual contract periods followed by a presumptively renewable multi-year contract at the rank of associate or “full.” The initial salary range for this position is expected to be approximately $94,000 for a nine-month academic year for the Assistant level. Salary and rank commensurate with experience.

Subject to generally applicable policies at UHLC, this promotion eligible NTT faculty position is eligible to receive an annual allotment for travel and professional development and eligible to participate in a summer research program which awards funds to faculty to support their scholarship. An attorney appointed to the position must, at a minimum, hold a J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school. As an NTT position, the appointee will accrue no time toward tenure at the University of Houston.

Please reference and review the University of Houston’s NTT Faculty Policy, available at this link: http://www.uh.edu/provost/faculty/current/non-tenure-track.

Also applicable are the UHLC bylaws provisions relating to the NTT position of Clinical Professor:
https://www.law.uh.edu/faculty/P-T-CEAsections--UHLC-BylawsApril2018_ver1c_4_6_2018.pdf.

Further information about the Law Center and its programs is available at: http://www.law.uh.edu.

This search is administratively coordinated by the chair of the Law Center’s Faculty Appointments Committee, Professor Seth Chandler, SChandler@UH.edu. After submitting your application in the system of this posting, please send Assistant Dean Duncan a courtesy email, attaching a resume or curriculum vitae to that email. After submitting your application in the system of this posting, please send Assistant Dean Duncan a courtesy email, attaching a resume or curriculum vitae to that email.

The University of Houston Law Center is located in close proximity to the Texas Medical Center, the world’s largest medical complex and an international leader in health and life sciences. The Law Center boasts an accomplished and collegial faculty representing a wide range of backgrounds including over 16 who are members of the American Law Institute. The Law Center’s 2024 entering class has the strongest credentials in the school’s history. Since Fall of 2022, the Law Center occupies a brand-new, world-class facility designed by award-winning architects.

The University of Houston is a Carnegie-designated Tier One public research university. UH serves the globally competitive Houston and Gulf Coast Region by providing world-class faculty, experiential learning, and strategic industry partnerships.

An attorney appointed to the position must, at a minimum, hold a J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school.

Qualifications
J.D. degree or equivalent.

Required Attachments
Curriculum Vitae

Official transcripts are required for a faculty appointment and will be requested upon selection of the final candidates.

All positions at the University of Houston-System are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check. Individuals conducting research in critical infrastructure areas (i.e., communication infrastructure systems, cybersecurity systems, electric grid, hazardous waste treatment systems, and/or water treatment facilities) are subject to regular review to ensure the security and integrity of the research is maintained.

The University of Houston System and its universities are Equal Opportunity Institutions. Everyone is encouraged to apply.