[Hiring] Pre-Law Undergraduate Adjunct Faculty @Liberty University

Role Description

Adjuncts are essential to Liberty University’s mission of Training Champions for Christ. It is expected that an adjunct member models a personal commitment to the goals and values of Liberty University, engaging in an active commitment to, and experience of, personal spiritual formation within a biblically informed Christian worldview. Adjuncts should view their teaching, engagement with students, and scholarship as a means to a significant educational end. They should strive to employ a variety of techniques for the development of good learning conditions, view each student as a unique individual, and provide for individual differences, abilities, and interests.

The Undergraduate Pre-Law Adjunct position is considered an Online Adjunct Professor position with the Helms School of Government and is expected to instruct students in accordance with the university standards of instruction and fulfill all administrative obligations. This position will be assigned an Instructional Mentor as director supervisor, teaching courses that introduce foundation concepts and skills essential for success in law school and the legal profession such as:

• Torts
• Property Contracts
• Criminal and Civil Procedure
• Legal Reasoning

The courses also emphasize developing competency in:

• Logic
• Critical Analysis
• Ethical Decision-Making

Further details regarding job duties and expectations are as follows:

Instruction

• Conduct all instructional activities in accordance with the university standards of instruction.
• Teach from the material within the approved curriculum on schedule.
• Provide timely feedback on assignments and replies to student correspondence.
• Maintain and report student grades and attendance.

Administrative

• Inform HSOG of availability to be assigned courses in each subterm using the school's proscribed methods.
• Maintain up-to-date personnel and professional data in the university’s databases.
• Conduct self-evaluations as part of the professional evaluation process.
• Monitor the HSOG Communication Center and assigned Instructional Mentor’s channel.
• Complete FERPA, Title IX, and all other assigned training on time.
• Support Subject Matter Experts and Program Directors in curriculum development and conduct assessment activities as assigned.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate (JD).
• Demonstrated strengths in teaching and mentoring at the undergraduate level.
• Appropriate mentoring and interpersonal skills.
• Organizational skills that facilitate the completion of assignments and tasks in a timely and accurate manner.
• Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office suite and online Learning Management Systems.

Requirements

• Part time.
• Remote Location.
• Courses are typically paid at $800 per load hour.

Company Description

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state 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 or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law.