Assistant Professor Part-Time J.D. Program - Naperville Campus
Listed on 2026-07-20
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Education / Teaching
University Professor, Academic -
Law/Legal
Assistant Professor for Part-Time J.D. Program
- Naperville Campus - 2 Positions
Position Information
Working Position Title
- Assistant Professor for Part-Time J.D. Program
- Naperville Campus - 2 Positions
Classification Title
- Assistant Professor
Position Number -
Priority Review Date - 09/18/2026
Business Unit Description
- Faculty
Full-Time/Part Time
- Full-Time
FTE - 1.00
Position Status
- Regular
FLSA
- Exempt
Job Code - 2000
Union Representation
- Non-Union
Union Code - N/A
Unit/Department
- College of Law Faculty
College/Unit
- College of Law Dean
Division
- Academic Division
Location - NAPERVILLE
Link to Department Website or Custom Search Page
- College of Law
Overview
- Northern Illinois University College of Law ("NIU Law") invites applications for two entry-level tenure-track faculty positions to serve its newly launched Part-Time J.D. Program ("PTJD Program" or "Program"). The Program will be based at the NIU Naperville campus, which is approximately 45 minutes from NIU Law's full-time program on the university's main campus in DeKalb. The positions begin August 2027.
This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join a growing program from the ground up and help shape legal education for a new generation of working professionals in the dynamic suburban Chicago legal market. The successful candidate will teach in the PTJD Program's first-year-equivalent curriculum, upper division electives in the PTJD Program, and may also teach at the DeKalb campus (especially in the first few years of the PTJD program).
Priority teaching areas are the core first-year equivalent courses (e.g., Torts; Civil Procedure; Criminal Law; Property; Contracts and Constitutional Law) though the College has wide-ranging curricular needs as the new program grows. Candidates with the range and flexibility to teach across multiple doctrinal areas are strongly encouraged to apply.
About NIU Law As the oldest public law school in northern Illinois, NIU Law has been named a top law school nationally for diversity, value, and careers in public interest/government service. NIU Law provides unique opportunities for its students, beginning with its highly accomplished faculty who are personally invested in the success of every student throughout their professional lives. Although many alumni serve as public interest attorneys, prosecutors, defenders, elected officials, and judges, they are equally prepared for careers as solo practitioners or lawyers in multinational firms.
NIU Law is at the heart of a diverse and active university campus of over 16,000 students in DeKalb, Illinois, located near the western suburbs of the Chicago metropolitan area.
About the NIU Law Part-Time J.D. Program NIU Law's new Part-Time J.D. Program (PTJD) will welcome its first class in Fall 2027. The Program is designed for working professionals, career changers, and community-rooted individuals who are ready to earn a rigorous, ABA-accredited law degree without putting their lives on hold. Students in the Naperville PTJD Program earn the same J.D. degree as students in NIU Law's full-time program but over four years.
Position Summary
- This position is located at the NIU Law Naperville campus and will primarily focus on teaching in the Part-Time J.D. Program. Two Campuses, One Law School Although the PTJD Program will be located in Naperville, it will operate as one law school along with NIU Law's DeKalb location. Faculty at the PTJD Program are full members of the NIU Law community and will have service commitments that integrate with faculty in DeKalb.
Travel to DeKalb for some service commitments, such as attending faculty meetings, is required.
Teaching Responsibilities and Schedule The PTJD Program's class schedule is built around its students' professional lives. Class formats include:
- In-person instruction on two primary weekday evenings between 5:00–10:00 p.m.
- Occasional Saturdays for specialized courses
- Synchronous and Asynchronous online courses
- Fall and Spring Terms
Professors will be expected to engage in and master in-person, online synchronous, and online asynchronous teaching methods. In the first few years…
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