The Faculty of Law invites applications for one tenure-track or tenured appointment, at the Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor level, with a start date of July 1, 2023 or such other date as may be negotiated with the successful candidate. This position is subject to final budgetary approval.
This position is part of the Faculty of Law's innovative Strategic Plan, which aims to enhance UNB Law's core curriculum, support a new graduate program, boost its research profile, and develop a range of experiential learning opportunities. To achieve this plan, the Faculty is hiring more professors, modernizing its facilities, and recommitting to its mission of preparing students for the legal profession. In pursuing these objectives, the Faculty will emphasize reconciliation, equity, diversity, and inclusion. Accordingly, the Faculty of Law values having professors from diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
The Faculty of Law welcomes applications from candidates with expertise in either private or public law. The successful candidate will be expected to teach one of the following required first year courses: Contract Law, Constitutional Law, Tort Law, Criminal Law, and Property Law. Each first-year course is 6 credits. In addition, the successful candidate will teach upper-year compulsory or elective courses in their field. A full course load in the Faculty of Law is 12 credits (typically, two three-credit courses per term).
Candidates must have earned a doctorate in law or a related discipline, or be a doctoral candidate nearing completion in their program of study. Consideration may be given to candidates who do not have a doctorate, but who show an equivalent level of qualification through a combination of significant professional experience and scholarly activity.
Founded in 1892, UNB Law is a collegial community with a deep commitment to its 270 students. Faculty members contribute to, and are committed to, sustaining our core curriculum, which includes compulsory courses in all three years. Our offices, teaching facilities, and the Gerard V. La Forest Law Library are located together in an attractive setting on UNB's Fredericton campus, above the Saint John/St. Jean (Wolastoq) River, in the capital city of New Brunswick. Faculty and students support a variety of causes and events that enhance the civic life of the school and community. We are home to the student-produced annual, UNB Law Journal/Revue de droit de l'UNB, and we offer many opportunities for collaboration both inside and outside the University.
Review of applications is expected to begin by March 3, 2023 and continue until the positions are filled. Please submit a curriculum vitae, transcripts of university study, brief statements of research and teaching interests, and the names, postal and email addresses, and telephone numbers of three referees to:
Michael Marin, Dean of Law
Attention: Tina Madore, Assistant to the Dean
Faculty of Law, University of New Brunswick
PO Box 4400, Fredericton NB E3B 5A3
Email: lawdean@unb.ca
Short-listed candidates will be required to provide satisfactory proof of credentials including appropriately certified translations of credentials into English, as applicable.
The University of New Brunswick is committed to employment equity and fostering diversity within our community and developing an inclusive workplace that reflects the richness of the broader community that we serve. The University welcomes and encourages applications from all qualified individuals who will help us achieve our goals, including women, visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Preference will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada.