liberty universityLynchburg, VA
Pre-Law Undergraduate Adjunct Faculty - Helms School of Government
Pre-Law Undergraduate Adjunct Faculty - Helms School of Government
Pre-Law Undergraduate Adjunct Faculty - Helms School of Government
liberty universityLynchburg, VA
4 days ago
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Apply for this role (opens in a new tab)Adjuncts are essential to Liberty University’s mission of Training Champions for Christ. It is expected that an adjunct membermodels a personal commitment to the goals and values of Liberty University, engage in an active commitment to, and experienceof, personal spiritual formation within a biblically informed Christian worldview. Adjuncts should view their teaching, engagement with students, and scholarship as a means to asignificant educational end. They should strive to employ avariety of techniques for the development of good learningconditions, view each student as a unique individual, and insofaras it is possible, provide for individual differences, abilities, and interests.
The Undergraduate Pre-Law Adjunct position is considered anOnline Adjunct Professor position with the Helms School ofGovernment and is expected to instruct students in accordance withthe university standards of instruction and fulfill alladministrative obligations. This position will be assigned anInstructional Mentor as director supervisor, teaching courses thatintroduce foundation concepts and skills that are essential forsuccess in law school and the legal profession such as torts, property contracts, criminal and civil procedure, and legalreasoning. The courses also emphasize developing competency inlogic, critical analysis, and ethical decision-making whileengaging with major themes in constitutional law and the Americanlegal system. The curriculum prepares students for the LSAT throughstructured exposure to analytical thinking and argumentation. Allinstruction is delivered from a distinctly Christian worldview, integrating biblical principles with legal studies and exploringhow faith informs the practice of law, justice, and public policy. Further details regarding job duties and expectations are asfollows in the additional job description section:
Instruction Conduct all instructional activities in accordance with theuniversity standards of instruction.
Teach from the material within the approved curriculum onschedule.
Provide timely feedback on assignments and replies to studentcorrespondence.
Maintain and report student grades and attendance.
Administrative Inform HSOG of availably to be assigned courses in each subtermusing the schools proscribed methods.
Maintain up-to-date personnel and professional data in theuniversity’s databases.
Conduct self-evaluations as part of the professional evaluationprocess.
Monitor the HSOG Communication Center and assigned Instructional Mentor’s channel.
Complete FERPA, Title IX, and all other assigned training ontime.
Support Subject Matter Experts and Program Directors incurriculum development and conduct assessment activities asassigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education Juris Doctorate (JD).
Other Qualifications Demonstrated strengths in teaching and mentoring at theundergraduate level.
Appropriate mentoring and interpersonal skills.
Organizational skills that facilitate the completion ofassignments and tasks in a timely and accurate manner.
Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and inwriting
Familiarity with of Microsoft Office suite and online Learning Management Systems
Time Type Part time
Location Remote Location
Pay Rate Courses are typically paid at $800 per load hour.
The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe itis our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility ofensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with TitleVII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal andstate statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy orchildbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicablestatus protected by law, including state of employment protectedclasses. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions andprivileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy orchildbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicablestatus protected by law, including all applicable state ofemployment protected classes. The University is a Christianreligious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiringpractices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliancewith both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exceptionto the “religion” component of the employment discrimination lawsfor religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to membersof their own religious beliefs.
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Mid
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Lynchburg, VA
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Law Teachers, Postsecondary
Industry
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
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