Tenure Track Assistant Professor of Law

Company: ImmigrationJobs
Location: Chicago
Posted on: April 3, 2025

Job Description:

Northwestern Pritzker School of Law invites applications for entry-level, tenure-track faculty positions with an expected start date in advance of the 2025-26 academic year.Northwestern seeks applicants with distinguished academic credentials and a record of or potential for high scholarly achievement and excellence in teaching. We are looking for scholars in the areas of Business Law, Intellectual Property, Law-&-Tech/Law-&-Engineering, International Law, Energy/environmental Law, Immigration, and Professional Responsibility, but we will also look broadly to identify outstanding scholars in other areas. Northwestern welcomes applications from candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our faculty and community. Positions are full-time appointments on a tenure-track.Candidates must have a J.D., Ph.D., or equivalent degree, a distinguished academic record, and demonstrated potential to produce outstanding scholarship. Northwestern Pritzker School of Law will consider the entry level candidates in the AALS Faculty Appointments Register, as well as through application directly to our law school. Candidates should apply directly through our online application system.Materials required for online application include CV, research agenda, teaching evaluations (if available), and law school transcript. Specific inquiries should be addressed to the chair of the Appointments Committee, Alex Lee (alex.lee@law.northwestern.edu) and to associate director of faculty affairs, Anne Caliendo (anne-caliendo@law.northwestern.edu).The expected base pay range for this position is $200,000 - $215,000. This base pay range is for a twelve-month academic appointment and is subject to negotiation.Northwestern University has provided a pay range representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for the position. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including years since terminal degree, training, and field or discipline; departmental budget availability; internal equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs.BenefitsAt Northwestern, we are proud to provide meaningful, competitive, high-quality health care plans, retirement benefits, tuition discounts and more! Visit us at to learn more.Please read ALL instructions and make preparations before proceeding to the application page:

• Applications will only be accepted via online submission.
• Please prepare all documents in advance as Adobe PDF files, and ensure all information is entered correctly and accurately (especially names and email addresses), as there will be no opportunity for online revision after your application has been submitted.
• All required fields in the application form are marked with an asterisk and must be filled before clicking the "Submit" button.
• Be aware that incomplete applications cannot be saved.Applications accepted here: Apply for JobThe Northwestern campus sits on the traditional homelands of the people of the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa as well as the Menominee, Miami and Ho-Chunk nations. We acknowledge and honor the original people of the land upon which Northwestern University stands, and the Native people who remain on this land today.
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