Lecturer - Civil Litigation and Procedure - School of Law
Company: University of California-Berkeley
Location: Berkeley
Posted on: May 1, 2025
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Job Description:
Position overview
Salary range:
The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay at appointment.
See the following table for the current salary scale for these
positions:
https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2024-25/july-2024-scales/t15.pdf.
The current full-time salary range for these positions is $68,247 -
$192,040.
Percent time:
Generally part-time; 5 - 100%
Anticipated start:
July 1, 2025 or later
Review timeline:
Completed applications will be reviewed when openings arise.
Appointments for the fall semester are usually reviewed in January
and for the spring semester in July.
Applicants who remain interested in consideration after the final
deadline will need to submit a new application.
Position duration:
Positions may be for one semester or for the full academic year,
with the possibility of renewal. Appointments may be renewed based
on need, funding, and performance.
Application Window
Open date: March 11, 2025
Most recent review date: Friday, Apr 25, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific
Time)
Applications received after this date will be reviewed by the
search committee if the position has not yet been filled.
Final date: Wednesday, Mar 11, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but
those received after the review date will only be considered if the
position has not yet been filled.
Position description
Berkeley Law is generating an applicant pool of qualified
instructors should openings arise.
Berkeley Law is one of the premier law schools in the United
States. Our programs are demanding, engaging, hands-on, and
selective. As with all our faculty, we expect our lecturers to
demonstrate a strong commitment to academic rigor and intellectual
diversity.
The J.D. and LL.M. programs are host to a diverse and constantly
evolving curriculum. Hundreds of courses are offered, including
dozens in our top-ranked Law and Technology, Business Law,
International Law, Environmental Law, and Social Justice
programs.
This pool encompasses courses on U.S. civil procedure, federal
courts, appellate 9th Circuit practicum, evidence, conflict of law,
remedies, multi-district litigation, impact litigation, and other
courses on major and emerging litigation practice areas.
Please apply to the specialized pool that aligns with the subject
matter of the course you apply to teach. We will only consider an
applicant if the subject matter of their proposed course aligns
with the pool to which you apply.
Instructors for lecture courses are appointed in the Lecturer
title; instructors for experiential center courses are appointed to
the Field Work Supervisor title. The applicant selected will have
important teaching responsibilities, including preparation of
course materials (such as the syllabus) and maintenance of a course
website, and will also be expected to hold office hours, assess and
offer feedback on student work, assign grades, advise students.
UC Lecturers and Field Work Supervisors are academic appointees in
an organized bargaining unit and are exclusively represented by the
American Federation of Teachers - Unit 18.
Berkeley Law is interested in candidates who will contribute to
diversity and equal opportunity in higher education through their
teaching.
Curricular:
https://www.law.berkeley.edu/php-programs/courses/courseSearch.php
Qualifications
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
Bachelor's degree, or equivalent international degree, is required
at the time of application.
Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
J.D., Ph.D., M.B.A. or Master's degree, or equivalent international
degree, or Bachelor's degree or equivalent international degree
combined with a minimum of five years professional experience,
required by the start date.
Preferred qualifications
Experience teaching courses in a United States law school, with
outstanding student and peer evaluations;
More than five years legal practice experience in the United States
or another jurisdiction, in the area of Civil Litigation and
Procedure.
Application Requirements
Document requirements
Teaching evaluations and/or other materials or information may be
requested of top candidates.
--- How does your proposed course align with your legal work or
legal practice?
--- What would be your pedagogical approach to teaching the
course?
--- Have you taught in a law school before? If so, where, when, and
what subjects did you teach?
Finalist candidates will be asked for copies of any student
teaching evaluations.
Berkeley Law has a very diverse student body. Please provide a
statement describing how you approach teaching to provide a fair
and inclusive learning environment and support students of diverse
backgrounds, abilities, and experiences. If you have not taught
previously, please describe how you have approached working with or
managing people of diverse backgrounds, abilities, and experiences.
For additional information go to
https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity.
This Statement on Contributions to Support of Diversity is not
required. However, ability and skill in teaching and working with
our diverse student body and in an environment characterized by
diversity in all dimensions are factors considered in evaluation of
candidates applying to teach at Berkeley Law.
(Optional)
Reference requirements
Apply link:
https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04836
Help contact: academicpositions@law.berkeley.edu
About UC Berkeley
UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and
belonging in our public mission of research, teaching, and service.
These values are embedded in our Principles of Community, which
reflect our passion for critical inquiry, debate, discovery and
innovation, and our deep commitment to contributing to a better
world. Every member of the UC Berkeley community has a role in
sustaining a safe, caring and humane environment in which these
values can thrive.
The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity
employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual
orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or
protected veteran status.
For more information, please refer to the University of
California's Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment
Policy and the University of California's Anti-Discrimination
Policy.
In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will
be treated as confidential per University of California policy and
California state law. Please refer potential referees, including
when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service
or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality
prior to submitting their letter.
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all
applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining
agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or
local government directives may impose additional requirements.
As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to
disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or
judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that
they committed any misconduct.
Job location
Berkeley, CA
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