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David L. Brennan Endowed Chair of Law & entry level intellectual property law positions
The University of Akron School of Law invites applications and nominations for the position of David L. Brennan Endowed Chair of Law (“Brennan Chair”) and for an entry level professor of intellectual property law. The holder of the Brennan Chair also will serve as Associate Director of the Center for Intellectual Property Law & Technology (“Center”), an administrative position renewable by the Dean. The anticipated start date is August 2020. Candidates must have expertise in patent law.
The Center is renowned for its extensive IP curriculum, an LLM in IP, a joint JD/LLM degree program, non-JD and post-JD certificates, rich IP programming, and strong relationships with the national and international IP communities.
The Brennan Chair was established in 1983 with a generous gift from the Brennan family. Over the years, several distinguished scholars have held the Chair. The leadership and resources provided by the Brennan Chair have created one of the strongest IP law programs in the United States.
Our newest Brennan Chair will continue this tradition. We seek a tenured or tenure-track faculty member with appropriate qualifications, including a commitment to excellence in teaching and scholarly distinction or great promise. The Brennan Chair will join the program’s leadership team as Associate Director, with particular responsibility for mentoring IP students and overseeing our IP degrees and certificates and the Trademark Clinic.
We also may have a need to hire an entry level, tenure-track faculty member to teach patent law and to fill other curricular needs.
About the school
The University of Akron School of Law is a public, mid-sized law school of approximately 450 students boasting new facilities, significant recent improvements in student credentials, strong connections to the legal community, and an energized faculty. The University is a public research institution of nearly 20,000 students with national reputations in areas such as polymer science, engineering, and business as well as law. The Cleveland/Akron/Canton metropolitan area, with a population of 3.6 million, is home to 20 Fortune 500 headquarters, four of the nation’s 200 largest law firms, and significant IP-generating activity.
Akron Law is strongly committed to achieving a diverse faculty by including individuals from varied backgrounds and characteristics, including age, gender, religion, ethnicity, disability, national origin, sexual orientation and identity, and socioeconomic background. We offer competitive salary and benefits packages to qualified candidates.
Qualifications sought
Required qualifications:
- JD or equivalent law degree;
- expertise in patent law;
- potential for successful scholarship and teaching;
- citizenship or immigration status allowing long-term full-time academic work in the United States.
To apply
For complete details and to apply for this position, visit: https://uakron.edu/jobs. Job ID# 11924
Please direct inquiries to Professor Mark Schultz at mschultz@uakron.edu. For technical assistance with your application or attachments, please call UA Human Resources at 330-972-8431.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.