Assistant or Associate Professor of Law – Clean Energy and Carbon Management

The University of Houston Law Center (UHLC) invites applications for a Presidential Frontier Faculty (PFF) tenure-track assistant or associate professor position to begin academic year 2024-25. The PFF program is a university wide integrated interdisciplinary hiring campaign that is overseen by central university leadership and encompasses hiring a large cohort of convergence research faculty to work on health, energy, sustainability and security. The PFF program envisions a candidate with specific expertise in legal areas related to clean energy and carbon capture and management. This expertise is encompassed within a doctrinal and research emphasis for this position focused on environmental/energy law and climate change/management law.
Applicants for the position must hold a J.D. degree (or the equivalent) and should demonstrate the potential for success as scholars, teachers, and future members of the UH and the Law Center’s broader community.  Appointment at the rank of associate with tenure may be possible based on the experience, credentials, and expertise of the applicant.
The successful candidate will teach the Law Center’s baseline course in environmental law, and likely other courses related to the discipline. Willingness to teach elsewhere in the Law Center curriculum, including 1L courses or courses covered on the bar exam, is also a positive factor. The candidate’s tenure pathway is at the Law Center. The successful candidate will also be affiliated with the Law Center’s Environment, Energy & Natural Resources Center.
Other criteria relevant to this hire include: grant acquisition experience; work on clean energy, climate change or carbon management in a legal, technological, or policy capacity; and STEM background(s) in areas related to the sciences underlying climate and energy. The position will teach three courses each academic year during the pre-tenure period. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to collaborate with faculty at other UH colleges who specialize in clean energy and carbon management.
Further information about the Law Center and its programs is available at: http://www.law.uh.edu
This search is coordinated by Professor Emily Berman, the chair of UHLC’s faculty appointments committee. Interested applicants can send questions to Prof. Berman questions to [email protected] .
The University of Houston Law Center boasts an accomplished, collegial, and diverse faculty, of which over 20 are members of the American Law Institute. The Law Center has the highest student entering credentials in the school’s history  as well as one of the most diverse student bodies in the country The Law Center has almost 45% of its students from underrepresented backgrounds (African American, Latinx, and Asian American), 53% women students, almost 20% are first generation college students, over 80% first generation law school students, and almost 15% identify as members of the LGBTQ+ community. Since Fall 2022, the Law Center occupies a brand-new, world class facility designed by award-winning architects.
The University of Houston is a Carnegie-designated Tier One public research university. UH serves the globally competitive Houston and Gulf Coast Region by providing world-class faculty, experiential learning, and strategic industry partnerships. Located in the nation's fourth-largest city and one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse regions in the country, UH is a federally designated Hispanic and Asian American and Native American Pacific Islander-Serving institution with an enrollment of more than 47,000 students.
The University of Houston is responsive to the needs of dual career couples.
The University of Houston is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution and recognizes protected classes of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), genetic information, religion, age (40 and above), national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or status, and gender expression as required by federal law. Veterans and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

An attorney appointed to the position must, at a minimum, hold a J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school.