I'm excited to pass along the following job announcement:
Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program, School of Law`
University of California at Berkeley
Position Announcement
The Jurisprudence and Social Policy (JSP)
Program in the School of Law at the University of California, Berkeley
seeks applicants for a tenure-track or tenured faculty position in U.S.
legal history. Candidates must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent degree in
history or a closely related field; and must have an excellent record of
historical scholarship related to law, as appropriate to career stage.
Candidates with ABD status will be considered, but the successful
candidate must have finished the Ph.D. within 6 months of appointment.
The position is not restricted to any particular period of U.S.
history, area of legal historical research or methodological approach.
An ideal candidate should undertake research of interest both to the
historical profession generally and to legal historians within the law
school community. Given the multi-disciplinary character of the JSP
Program, faculty members are expected to help support students across a
range of socio-legal fields, as well as within their own area of
disciplinary training. A JD is not required, though we welcome
candidates who would enrich scholarship and teaching within the broadest
community at Berkeley Law, including contributions to the professional
J.D. program.
We are interested in candidates who have demonstrated excellence in
research, teaching and service, and a commitment to building an
equitable and diverse scholarly environment. The candidate may be
appointed at the tenure-track or tenured level, depending upon his/her
qualifications and experience. The candidate will be expected to teach
both graduate and undergraduate courses, and to supervise graduate
student research. The appointment is expected to begin on July 1,
2013. For further details of the JSP Program, see http://www.law.berkeley.edu/jsp/.
Early applications are encouraged. Review of applications will begin
on September 4, 2012. The final deadline for applications is October 8,
2012.
To apply please go to the following link: http://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF00006. Applications should include in pdf
format a letter of interest, a vita, a description of current research
and teaching interests, a writing sample, and a list of 3 reference
names with email addresses. Letters of reference do not need to be sent
at this time, but references may be contacted later with prior
consent. All letters will be treated as confidential per University of
California policy and California state law. Please refer potential
referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e.,
dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality: http://apo.chance.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html.
