Law Library Director​/Professor of Law

Law Library Director/Professor of Law

The University of Maine School of Law, in the coastal community of Portland, Maine, invites applications for the position of Law Library Director/Professor of Law to begin in the Fall of 2026. The Law Library Director is primarily responsible for managing all aspects of the law library, including determining and administering library policies and programs to accomplish the law library’s mission of educating students, supporting faculty in their teaching, scholarship, and service, library budgeting, and providing assistance to the legal profession and the wider community.

The position of Law Library Director is a full‑time faculty position within the School of Law with rights comparable to tenured and tenure‑track faculty.

Applicants must possess a master’s degree in library/information science, a J.D. degree, administrative experience in an academic law library, experience with student and faculty services, and a record or promise of successful teaching and student mentoring.

Materials must be submitted via “Apply Now” below. You will need to complete an application and upload the following:

Application materials and questions can also be sent to the chair of the Appointments Committee, Professor Anthony Moffa, at mainelawsearch.

• Review of applications will begin immediately.
• Incomplete application materials cannot be considered.
• Candidates selected to proceed to the final stages of the search process will be requested to provide three (3) names and contact information for references.
• The successful applicant is subject to appropriate background screenings.
• We are not able to consider applicants who require Visa sponsorship.

The University of Maine System (the System) is an equal‑opportunity institution committed to fostering a nondiscriminatory environment and complying with all applicable nondiscrimination laws. Consistent with State and Federal law, the System does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender, gender identity or expression, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, familial status, ancestry, age, disability (physical or mental), genetic information, pregnancy, or veteran or military status in any aspect of its education, programs and activities, and employment.

The System provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. If you believe you have experienced discrimination or harassment, you are encouraged to contact the System Office of Equal Opportunity and Title IX Services at 5713 Chadbourne Hall, Room 412, Orono, ME 04469‑5713, by calling , or via TTY at 711 (Maine Relay System). For more information about Title IX or to file a complaint, please contact the UMS Title IX Coordinator ne.edu/title-ix.