Department/Organization
218131 - General Law Studies

Rank
Associate/Full Professor

Position Summary
The University of Alabama School of Law seeks qualified applicants for the position of Associate Dean for Legal Information Services. The successful candidate will direct all operations of the Bounds Law Library, oversee all library functions and staff, and hold a faculty appointment with tenure, on the tenure track, or with security of position, depending on qualifications. The successful candidate will also teach legal research courses, with the possibility of teaching additional substantive doctrinal courses.

Detailed Position Information
The University of Alabama School of Law seeks qualified applicants for the position of Associate Dean for Legal Information Services. The successful candidate will direct all operations of the Bounds Law Library, oversee all library functions and staff, and hold a faculty appointment to match qualifications. The successful candidate will also teach legal research courses, with the possibility of teaching additional substantive doctrinal courses. As an important member of law school leadership, the Associate Dean of Legal Information Services directs the Bounds Law Library, serves as the key contact with other libraries at the University of Alabama, helps to facilitate the intersection of technology and faculty and student professional needs, and provides input and guidance on physical space requirements and potential reconfiguration of the Law Library.

This is a year-round (12-month) position. Appointment will be made either with tenure, on the tenure track, or with a renewable contract for a period of at least three years. Salary and benefits will be nationally competitive. All applications are confidential to the extent permitted by state and federal law; the position will remain open until filled.

This solicitation is for candidates qualified for and seeking a tenure or tenure-track faculty appointment. Candidates seeking a contract faculty appointment should apply through the “Associate Dean for Legal Information Services – Renewable Contract Faculty” position available at https://careers.ua.edu/jobs/search/law.

Minimum Qualifications
Distinguished academic credentials, including a J.D. from an accredited law school or an equivalent degree (such as a Ph.D. in a related field), a degree in library or information science, substantial experience working in a law library setting, and outstanding legal research ability.

Preferred Qualifications
Preference will be given to candidates with leadership and teaching experience.

Instructions and Required Materials for Application
Please submit a CV/resume and letter of interest.

About the Division/College/School
If you are interested in joining an outstanding law school with a strong academic community, enviable student bar passage and employment rates, a low student-to-faculty ratio, and curricular offerings with breadth and depth, all within a supportive and diverse environment, then Alabama Law is the place for you.

Alabama Law has long been an excellent place to seriously engage in both teaching and scholarship, and the academic community is taking notice. Members of our faculty are engaging a wide range of issues that are at the heart of debates over substantive and procedural law, public policy, historical understandings, and philosophical values. Their scholarship is published in leading university presses including Oxford, Harvard, Cambridge, Princeton, Yale, and NYU.

Our faculty’s academic engagement benefits our students, not only in the classroom but also as they enter the profession. Employment numbers for Alabama Law graduates nationwide continue to be a solid marker of the quality of our students and of the education they receive here. Recent data also indicate that Alabama Law is ranked among the top law schools for the percentage of graduates who secure federal judicial clerkships.

At the heart of what makes Alabama Law a superb place are our people—faculty, staff, and students. Here, you will find an impressive, motivated, and diverse community of colleagues. You can see and hear their contributions, not only in classrooms and hallways, but in other venues across the nation.

About the University
The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, named one of Travel + Leisure’s 25 Best College Towns and Cities in the U.S. As one of the nation’s premier universities, UA offers bachelor’s, master's and doctoral degrees in nearly 200 fields of study. With more than 1,400 acres of tree-lined academic core campus and over 300 state-of-the art facilities, UA has been ranked among the most beautiful and most impressive college campuses in the South, in the state of Alabama and in the nation.

In Fall 2023, the Capstone set a new enrollment record with more than 39,000 students, including more than 8,200 in the freshman class. The current enrollment includes students from every county in Alabama, every state in the nation and 92 countries around the world. More than 1,100 National Merit Scholars are currently enrolled, making UA one of the largest enrolling institutions of the scholars in the country.

UA was recently recognized as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. students for the seventh time in nine years, as well as a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. Scholars for the first time. UA is one of only 12 universities in the nation to receive both honors.

For reasons like this, the University made Forbes list of America’s Top Colleges for 2023 and Time magazine’s list of Top 50 Best Colleges for Future Leaders. It also made Princeton Review’s list of Top Value Colleges.

UA is also designated among the top doctoral research universities in the United States in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. One of the fastest growing major research institutions in the nation, UA saw a 21% increase in sponsored awards in the 2023 fiscal year.

Since 2015, UA has invested over $1.1 billion in the physical campus, adding more than 2.55 million gross square feet of space, over 150 new research-intensive faculty, signature research areas (e.g., “The Alabama Research Institutes”), and a growing number of partnerships with industry and with state and federal agencies.

The University employs nearly 2,100 faculty and over 4,500 staff, with 52 UA researchers included in the National Academy of Inventors. An additional 40 current faculty have received the NSF CAREER Award, the nation’s most prestigious recognition of top performing young scientists in disciplines ranging from nanoscience and engineering to biological sciences.

Background Investigation and EEO Statement
Prior to hiring, the final candidate(s) must successfully pass a pre-employment background investigation and information obtained from social media and other internet sources. A prior conviction reported as a result of the background investigation DOES NOT automatically disqualify a candidate from consideration for this position. A candidate with a prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags will receive an individualized review of the prior conviction or negative behavioral red flags before a hiring decision is made.

The University of Alabama is an Equal Employment/Equal Educational Opportunity Institution. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, genetic information, disability, military status, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against because of their protected status. Applicants to and employees of this institution are protected under Federal law from discrimination on several bases. Follow the link below to find out more. "EEO is the Law" https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/migrated_files/employers/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf