Law Research Fellow - 127737

Job Title:  Law Research Fellow

Job Classification: Postdoctoral Fellow, non-CFS full-time

Posting close date: 1/12/2024

Start date of this position:  9/1/2024

Required Degree: JD, foreign equivalent, or PhD in a related field.  Required degree must be completed by the start date.

Experience:   A successful applicant will have demonstrated an interest in becoming a law professor, a record of strong legal research and writing skills, an outstanding academic and professional background, and a commitment to producing influential and enduring scholarship.

Duties/Expectations: 

The J. Reuben Clark Law School at Brigham Young University is seeking applicants for a one-year visiting fellowship with the possibility of renewal for a second year. The Visiting Fellow will participate fully in the intellectual and spiritual life of the Law School. There is no teaching assignment. The Visiting Fellow will attend regular works-in-progress discussions on faculty scholarship, present their own scholarship to faculty members, and otherwise work to develop their own research agenda and scholarship. During the first year, the Visiting Fellow will be expected to write and present at least one full-length law review article. Fellows who are renewed for a second year will continue to develop their scholarship while also going on the legal academic job market. All fellows will be expected to remain in residence at BYU Provo for the extent of their fellowship. 

Information required at the time of application: Please list the individual contact information for each of your three recommenders on the faculty application. At some point during the selection process, they may be contacted to submit their letters of reference electronically.

Document(s) required at the time of application - Please attach your Mission Alignment Statement (full-time faculty only), updated Curriculum Vitae, and cover letter to the faculty application.

Mission Alignment Statement: BYU is committed to hiring faculty members who enthusiastically embrace and energetically advance its unique mission. To this end, please include a one-page mission alignment statement as part of your application that addresses how you might, as a BYU faculty member: (1) live a life of loyalty to Jesus Christ and His restored Church and align yourself with doctrines and teachings declared by living prophets, seers, and revelators; (2) demonstrate intentionality in building faith in Jesus Christ and testimony of His restored gospel among students and others in the BYU community; and (3) teach your subject matter with the Spirit of God and strive to keep it ¿bathed in the light and color of the restored gospel¿ (Spencer W. Kimball). 

Applicants who are not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints include a one-page mission alignment statement that describes understanding of and commitment to the Mission of Brigham Young University and the AIMS of a BYU Education (https://aims.byu.edu/).

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