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Cornell Law School is seeking a Teaching Associate to provide academic and administrative support to the permanent faculty of the Master of Science in Legal Studies Program (MSLS) in the academic delivery of the program courses. The MSLS is an online, part-time Master's degree designed specifically for business professionals. The program’s academic curriculum is comprised of 22 courses that are taught over a period of 20 months. Most courses are offered online and designed to be delivered asynchronously, either independently or concurrently. The MSLS also includes two intensive, in-person courses that are offered at Cornell University’s campus in Ithaca, NY, which will take place during one week in the summer term.

This is a full-time term position for a period of one year, and is benefits eligible. Reappointment for additional one-year terms is based on performance and funding availability.

Working with the Program Director and the Assistant Academic Director at Cornell Law School, the Teaching Associate will assist faculty members teaching in the MSLS Program. The selected Teaching Associate may choose to work remotely (pending university approval if working outside New York State), except during the one-week intensive and in-person summer courses, when the Teaching Associate is expected to be in Ithaca to render in person support to the faculty members and to the students of the program. There may be other times when in-person meetings or events in Ithaca will be required.

Specific responsibilities of the Teaching Associate will include:

The ideal candidate will have the following:

Please submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, three references, and other significant supporting materials. To ensure maximum consideration, please submit all application materials by July 27, 2021. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with priority given to early applicants.

Questions may be referred to Liz Flint (liz.flint@cornell.edu).

Founded in 1887, Cornell Law School is a top-tier law school, currently ranked 13th by U.S. News & World Report. We offer a 3-year JD program for about 200 students per class, a one-year LLM program for about 90 students from countries throughout the world, and a doctoral (JSD) program for about 2-3 new students per year. Cornell Law School has 41 tenured and tenure-track faculty, including 20 with chaired faculty positions; and 15 clinical professors in the legal research and writing program and in clinics at the local, national, and international level. Our faculty is consistently ranked among the top in the country for scholarly productivity and influence, and has pre-eminence in many areas, including quantitative and qualitative empirical legal studies, international and comparative law, and robust doctrinal scholarship in core fields. Our school is committed to being recognized as the leader among law schools at combining inspiring theoretical, doctrinal, and experiential teaching with cutting-edge scholarship in a supportive, intellectually rich community, so that our graduates can achieve excellence in all facets of the legal profession.

Cornell University is an innovative Ivy League university and a great place to work. Our inclusive community of scholars, students and staff impart an uncommon sense of larger purpose and contribute creative ideas to further the university's mission of teaching, discovery and engagement. Located in Ithaca, NY, Cornell's far-flung global presence includes the medical college's campuses on the Upper east Side of Manhattan and Doha, Qatar, as well as the new Cornell Tech campus to be built on Roosevelt Island in the heart of New York City. We offer a rich array of services, programs and benefits to help employees advance in their career and enhance the quality of personal life, including: employee wellness, workshops, childcare and adoption assistance, parental leave, flexible work options.