Legal Writing/Academic Support Instructor

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Working Position Title Legal Writing/Academic Support Instructor (38803)

Classification Title

Classification Title Instructor

Position Number

Position Number 00038803

Posting Date

Posting Date 10/17/2022

Closing Date

Priority Review Date

Priority Review Date 11/18/2022

Business Unit Description

Business Unit Description Faculty

Full-Time/Part Time

Full-Time/Part Time Full-Time

FTE

FTE .83

Position Status

Position Status Regular

FLSA

FLSA Exempt

Job Code

Job Code 2070

Union Representation

Union Representation Non-Union

Union Code

Union Code N/A

Unit/Department

Unit/Department College of Law Faculty

College/Unit

College/Unit College of Law Dean

Division

Division Academic Division

Location

Location SP 270

Link to Department Website or Custom Search Page

Link to Department Website or Custom Search Page https://www.niu.edu/law/index.shtml

Position Summary, Requirements, and Qualifications

Overview

Northern Illinois University ( NIU ) is a student-centered, nationally recognized public research university, with expertise that benefits our region and spans the globe in a wide variety of fields including the sciences, humanities, arts, business, engineering, education, health and law. Through our main campus in DeKalb, Illinois, and education centers for students and working professionals in Chicago, Naperville, Oregon and Rockford, NIU offers more than 100 areas of study while serving a diverse and international student body.

The College of Law has a rich history of distinction in legal education is rooted in access, diversity, and excellence in teaching. Student success is our top priority. Our charter is simple: We provide our students with a high-quality and affordable legal education. We want our students to realize the value of a legal education – how their training can help them professionally and how their preparation to practice law will allow them to positively impact the communities in which they live.

NIU College of Law is particularly proud to be routinely named a top law school nationally for diversity, value, and careers in public interest and government service. Our diversity enriches the classroom learning experience, strengthens our curriculum, and prepares our students for practice in a richly diverse region and nation. We will continue to cultivate this diversity, promote a culture of equity and inclusion, and support an environment in which all constituents of the law school feel valued and know they have a voice and opportunity to participate in the future of the law school.

NIU Law Legal Writing Program: The Legal Writing and Advocacy Course is a core course in the first and second-year curriculum at NIU Law. The four-credit, two-semester course is structured to help first and second-year law students acquire and refine the basic legal writing and analysis skills fundamental to the successful completion of law school and to the competent practice of law. As a secondary goal, students in Legal Writing and Advocacy may also be introduced to other skills and topics important to the practice of law, including oral communication of legal issues, interviewing and counseling, professional responsibility, and motion practice. In addition to, and in conjunction with the Legal Writing Program, NIU Law assists law students in achieving their greatest potential through the Academic Success Program ( ASP ). There are numerous components to ASP throughout the course of the students’ academic career at NIU Law that the Legal Writing/ ASP Instructors are responsible for delivering.

The Legal Writing/ ASP Instructors, together with the Director of Legal Writing and the Director of Academic Success, are responsible for the delivery of the legal writing and academic success programs at NIU Law. The Legal Writing/ ASP Instructors report to both directors. This is a ten-month position within the University.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Teach the second half of the required Introduction to Legal Methods Course to first-year law students
• Teach the required Legal Writing and Advocacy Course to first and second-year law students
• Plan and develop legal writing and legal skills problems for these courses
• Provide individual instruction to first-year students
• Grade and comment on legal writing and legal skills assignments
• Assist in the planning, development, and delivery of programs tailored to help
• ASP students reach their full potential
• Provide academic counseling to ASP students
• Assist