Law School, Assistant, Associate or Full Professor of Law

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Job category:

Faculty

Employment type:

Regular

Job profile:

Professor

Job summary:

The University of Wisconsin Law School seeks an entry-level or experienced law professor to serve as a tenure-track or tenured faculty member. The faculty member will be an assistant, associate, or full professor at the Law School, depending on prior teaching experience, and will serve as part of a University-wide cohort of faculty in one of the following two areas: (1) free market solutions to societal challenges, or (2) the foundations of Western thought.

Key job responsibilities:

• Engage in research and publish scholarship in one of the following two thematic areas: (1) free market solutions to societal challenges, or (2) the foundations of Western thought.

• Participate and engage with a University-wide cohort of faculty in one of these two areas.

• Teach classes on one or more of the following subjects: business law (including but not limited to antitrust, banking, bankruptcy, or corporate law); civil procedure; constitutional law (including but not limited to federalism, separation of powers, and the First Amendment); contracts; criminal law and procedure; energy or environmental law; empirical legal studies; law and economics; jurisprudence/legal philosophy; law and religion; legislation and regulation; property; torts; and/or U.S. or Anglo-American legal history.

• Serve as an affiliate of one or more of the following University centers: (1) the Center for the Study of Liberal Democracy; (2) the Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy; or (3) the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership.

• Engage in service to the University, the Law School, and the legal profession, of the type expected of law faculty, including through the advancement of the Wisconsin Idea.

Department:

University of Wisconsin Law School

Compensation:

Minimum: $140,000/9 month contract, but salary is negotiable based on previous experience

Required qualifications:

The Law School seeks a tenure-track or tenured faculty member who will be part of a University-wide cohort of faculty in one of the following two thematic areas: (1) free market solutions to societal challenges, or (2) the foundations of Western thought. The faculty member will have a record of outstanding scholarly achievement, or the potential therefore, in one of these two thematic areas.

The Law School seeks to recruit outstanding scholars and teachers who demonstrate excellence or strong potential in research and teaching, and who will add intellectual diversity to the University, including the Law School. Candidates may do so by adding new perspectives to our faculty, introducing new areas of substantive or methodological focus, and/or advancing our commitment to pluralism and healthier civil discourse.

Successful candidate must have previous qualified teaching experience to be hired at the Associate or no-Prefix level.

Education:

JD or equivalent law degree required.

How to apply:

All applicants must submit an application electronically through the Jobs at UW website: https://jobs.wisc.edu/.

You will be asked to upload the following as one complete file upload:

CV - Required

List of references with contact information - Required

Letter of interest - Optional

Review of applications through the Jobs at UW website will begin immediately. The deadline for ensuring full consideration is March 26, 2026; however, the position will remain open and applications may be considered until the position is filled.

Contact information:

For questions, you may contact the Law School Faculty Appointments Committee at the email: fac@law.wisc.edu

The University of Wisconsin Law School, located in Madison, WI, is an integral part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, one of the top research universities in the United States. It offers both JD and advanced law degrees, and enrolls students from around the United States and around the world. Madison is a city of lakes, frequently listed among the top ten places to live in the United States. Further information about the law school is available at www.law.wisc.edu

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Diversity is a source of strength, creativity, and innovation for UW-Madison. We value the contributions of each person and respect the profound ways their identity, culture, background, experience, status, abilities, and opinion enrich the university community. We commit ourselves to the pursuit of excellence in teaching, research, outreach, and diversity as inextricably linked goals.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison fulfills its public mission by creating a welcoming and inclusive community for people from every background - people who as students, faculty, and staff serve Wisconsin and the world.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, including but not limited to, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, pregnancy, disability, or status as a protected veteran and other bases as defined by federal regulations and UW System policies. We promote excellence by acknowledging skills and expertise from all backgrounds and encourage all qualified individuals to apply.

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