Teaching Positions: Carleton University, Department of Law and Legal Studies

The Department of Law and Legal Studies at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada) is currently seeking candidates for two tenure-track assistant professors in the following areas:

1) Law and Work

Law and Legal Studies (Law and Work) – Assistant Professor

Field of Specialization: Law and Work
Academic Unit: Law and Legal Studies
Category of Appointment: Preliminary (Tenure-Track)
Rank/Position Title: Assistant Professor
Start Date: July 1, 2019
Closing Date: Consideration of complete applications will begin on October 29, 2018 and continue until the position is filled

About the Position:

The Department of Law and Legal Studies invites applications from qualified candidates for a preliminary (tenure-track) appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning July 1, 2019.

The Department invites applications from qualified candidates with a demonstrated interest and interdisciplinary research agenda in the area of Law and Work. The successful candidate will be expected to conduct theoretically informed research, teach, and supervise in one or more of the following areas: labour, employment, the political economy of labour, the social construction and regulation of work (including paid and unpaid labour), workers’ social movements, transformations in the nature of work and the place of work in the community. The Department encourages innovative, critical and interdisciplinary approaches to these issues. The successful candidate will teach core courses in our Law, Policy and Government or Business Law concentrations and contribute to the development of these areas at the undergraduate and graduate levels.

Full ad available here: https://carleton.ca/provost/2018/law-and-legal-studies-law-and-work-assistant-professor/

2) Law and Criminalization

Law and Legal Studies (Law and Criminalization) – Assistant Professor

Field of Specialization: Law and Criminalization
Academic Unit: Law and Legal Studies
Category of Appointment: Preliminary (Tenure-Track)
Rank/Position Title: Assistant Professor
Start Date: July 1, 2019
Closing Date: Consideration of complete applications will begin on October 29, 2018 and continue until the position is filled

About the Position:

The Department of Law and Legal Studies invites applications from qualified candidates for a preliminary (tenure-track) appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor beginning July 1, 2019.

The Department invites applications from qualified candidates with a demonstrated interest and interdisciplinary research agenda in the area of Law and Criminalization. The successful candidate will be expected to conduct theoretically informed research, teach, and supervise in one or more of the following areas: criminal law, criminal justice and/or the practices and processes of criminalization of various activities and populations. The Department encourages innovative, critical and interdisciplinary approaches to these issues. At the undergraduate level, the successful applicant will be expected to teach core courses in these areas and contribute to the Department’s support of the Institute of Criminology and Criminal Justice. At the graduate level, the successful applicant will contribute to the Department’s offerings in the specialization areas of “Crime, Governance and Security” for the M.A. and “Crime, Law and Security” for the Ph.D. in Legal Studies.

Full ad available here: https://carleton.ca/provost/2018/law-and-legal-studies-law-and-criminalization-assistant-professor/