Term Instructional Professor and Law Library Director

Term Instructional Professor and Law Library Director

Job :

Location: Arlington, VA

Job Category: Instructional Faculty

Opening on: Sep 15 2026

Department: Antonin Scalia Law School

Classification: 12-month Instructional Faculty

Job Type: Full-Time

Work Schedule: Full time (1.0 FTE, 40 hrs/wk)

Location: Arlington, VA

Workplace Type: On Site Required

Sponsorship Eligibility: Not eligible for visa sponsorship

Salary: Salary commensurate with education and experience

Criminal Background Check: Yes

About the Department:

The Antonin Scalia Law School strives to be a national leader in legal education; applying tools of economics and other social sciences to the study of legal doctrine, process, and institutions. The Law School prepares students to practice law in a broad range of public and private sector organizations within the Commonwealth and around the country. In addition, it produces academic scholarship that expands society's understanding of law and legal institutions with a special focus on using economic tools and methods to do so.

About the Position:

The primary purpose of law faculty is to provide effective teaching to Juris Doctor students, produce original scholarly works for publication, and provide service, including leadership, through participation in governance, and operational or development activities in the Law School, the university, and/or the legal profession. Additionally, in accordance with ABA law school accreditation standards, law faculty share with the dean the primary responsibility and authority for planning, implementing, and administering the program of legal education;

selection, retention, promotion and tenure of faculty; and determining educational policy.

• Designs course curricula, prepares for classes, is available for consultation about those classes, assesses student performance in those classes, and remains current in subjects being taught in accordance with ABA standards. Effective teaching requires a combination of course and curricular materials, developed learning outcomes, and thoughtful assignments and assessments designed to promote student learning.

• Engages in service to the Law School and university community, participates in governance of the law school as requested/allowed, curricular development, and other institutional responsibilities as required by ABA accreditation standards;
• Provides service to the profession, works with judges and practicing lawyers to improve the profession; and
• Provides service to the public including participation in pro bono activities. Examples include, but are not limited to, attendance at faculty meetings; curricular development; support for co-curricular student experiences; committee participation; leadership in professional organizations.

• Provides strategic leadership for the law library's instructional and research support programs;
• Teaches assigned law school courses or is embedded within other courses, including legal research in LRWA I, II, III, and IV, Scholarly Writing, and advanced legal research courses, and other applicable courses within the instructor's area(s) of interest and expertise; teaches workshops and other pedagogical sessions offered by the Library;
• Collaborates with faculty to integrate research skills and information literacy competencies throughout the law school curriculum;
• Oversees the development of the library's instructional services and materials to faculty, students, staff, alumni, and the local bar;
• Coordinates law school efforts training students in the effective use of legal databases, artificial intelligence tools, and emerging technologies relevant to legal practice;
• Provides research…