Job Description
Appointment Status: Non-Tenure Track
Department: IU Bloomington Public & Environmental
Affairs
Location Bloomington
Position Summary The
O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs (O'Neill) at Indiana University, Bloomington campus, invites applications for a
full-time, renewable, non-tenure track academic year appointment as a Lecturer or Clinical faculty position to teach in its expanding Law
and Public Policy program. The course assignments are flexible, with topics related to areas such as constitutional law, administrative law,
legal history, and legislative processes. The school has a particular interest in candidates with a background in environmental law and/or
dispute resolution.
Individuals appointed within Lecturer or Clinical faculty positions are expected to focus on teaching (including
course development, revision, and delivery), as well as on teaching-related service such as student advising and curriculum development.
Those appointed as Clinical faculty are also expected to actively engage in service to relevant academic and practitioner communities.
Lecturers and Clinical faculty are eligible for promotions to higher ranks within lines (Lecturer to Senior Lecturer and Teaching Professor;
Clinical Assistant Professor to Clinical Associate Professor and Clinical Full Professor).
The standard teaching assignment for
Lecturer and Clinical faculty positions is six courses per year. Lecturers and Clinical faculty are not eligible for tenure but will be
considered for promotion and/or long-term contracts no later than the sixth year of appointment. Salary is commensurate with qualifications
and experience. The expected start date is August 1, 2026.
To ensure consideration, application materials must be received by December
1, 2025.
However, the search may continue until the position is filled. Please submit via the online system , the following
materials: 1) a letter of application; 2) a current vita that includes a history of academic and professional experience; 3) a statement of
teaching philosophy including approaches to course design and classroom instruction and a description of successful teaching, training,
and/or related professional experience (including online/distance-learning instructional experience, if applicable) and 4) contact
information for three references. For more information, please contact the search committee chair: Dr. Kenneth Richards (
kenricha@iu.edu ).
O'Neill-Bloomington s the largest school of public affairs and
public policy in the United States, with over 4,000 students, and for five years has ranked in one of the top two spots of the U.S. News &
World Report rankings for graduate public affairs schools in the country. Six of O'Neill's specialty programs are ranked in the top five
listings nationally, O'Neill is also tied for the top-ranked public administration program according to the 2020 Academic Ranking of World
Universities. The school attracts very high performing faculty and students and provides a collegial workplace environment.
Indiana
University is a major research University founded in 1820 and currently enrolls over 38,000 undergraduates and 10,000 graduate and
professional students on the Bloomington campus. Additional information about the school and Indiana University can be found at . Bloomington is a welcoming community located in the
beautiful, wooded hills of southern Indiana approximately 1 hour from Indianapolis and 4 hours from Chicago, with abundant cultural and
recreational opportunities, low housing costs, and excellent schools. Additional information about the city of Bloomington can be found at
.
Basic
Qualifications Qualifications for this position are: 1) a J.D. degree from an ABA accredited law school; 2) at
least 10 years of professional experience in legal practice or a law-related field, such as policymaking; 3) teaching or extensive
presentation experience; and 4) commitment to high quality teaching and student mentoring.
Department Contact for
Questions For more information, please contact the search committee chair: Dr. Kenneth Richards (
kenricha@iu.edu ).
Additional Qualifications Though not required, one or more of the following would be advantageous: significant professional experience in negotiation
and/or conflict resolution; professional experience in environmental law and/or environmental policymaking; classroom teaching experience,
particularly at the college level; and training or practice in other areas of O'Neill's undergraduate curriculum such as labor and
employment law, health law, administrative law, or ethics.
For Best Consideration Date: 12/01/2025
Expected Start Date: 08/01/2026
Posting Number IU-101399-2025
Job Tags
Long term contract, Full time, Flexible hours,