Description

University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (“UC Law SF,” formerly, “UC Hastings”), located in downtown San Francisco, seeks applicants for a contract (nontenure-track) faculty position as Director of the UC Law SF Moot Court Department, a role that includes managing one the country’s top moot court programs. The Director of Moot Court teaches and oversees the Moot Court department, with a particular focus on the upper-division Appellate Advocacy curriculum, the UC Law SF Appellate Project,
and the Moot Court Competition Teams and related initiatives, as well as the department’s budget. Examples of responsibilities include the following:

Development and Community Building

• Encourage alumni engagement and recruit alumni to serve as judges, and coaches, hosts, mentors, and sponsor.
• Serve as the point of contact for Moot Court alumni and coaches.
• Facilitate fundraising efforts.
• Establish UC Law SF involvement in NALAE and the Bay Area Appellate American Inn of Court and attend Moot Court conferences.
• Engaging in professional networking and development, including involvement in legal writing associations like ALWD, LWI, and AALS.
• Create promotional and advising content.

Appellate Advocacy

• Support Supervise and assist Appellate Advocacy professors in development of the Appellate Advocacy Curriculum.
• Prepare Appellate Advocacy course teaching materials and train TAs.

UC Law SF Intercollegiate Moot Court Team

• Manage team staff and budgets.
• Review and update Moot Court Intercollegiate Handbook annually.
• Assist Moot Court team members with technical aspects of appellate brief writing and oral advocacy.
• Monitor team members’ competition brief submissions and oral argument practices.
• Develop training materials.
• Facilitate Moot Court Team tryouts for fall and spring teams, and lead team selection (competitors, coaches).

UC Law SF Appellate Project

• Oversee the UC Law SF Appellate Project.

Given the level of engagement with students year-round, this role is primarily in-person.

The position is full-time. Contract lengths for Professors of Practice are 1-5 years and may be renewed. The faculty rank is Lecturer, with a Professor of Practice working title (or Associate Professor of Practice for persons with fewer than five years of full-time teaching
experience). The start date is January 1, 2026 or as soon as practicable thereafter. 

This is a year-round position, meaning that there is work over the summer months.

Interested candidates must have the following qualifications:

• JD degree.
• Prior experience with a moot court program (as a student or instructor).
• Bar membership.
• At least 3 years of practice or teaching experience.

Prior teaching experience is strongly preferred.

The anticipated starting base compensation range is $102,253.25 - $113,016.75, depending on prior law school teaching experience, plus an additional $20,000 director stipend. The role also includes a faculty development account. This position qualifies for
the Full UC Benefits Package.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Each
applicant must submit the following materials:

o Cover letter summarizing reasons for seeking this position.
o Resume or CV.
o Teaching reviews, if any.
o Three professional or academic references.

Please forward these materials to Provost & Academic Dean Morris Ratner (ratnerm@uclawsf.edu) and Associate Dean for LRW & Moot Court Toni Young (younga@uclawsf.edu).

UC Law SF is committed to creating a vibrant academic community in which diverse community members feel they belong. UC Law SF also prohibits discrimination against any person employed; seeking employment; or applying for or engaged in a paid or unpaid internship or training program leading to employment with UC Law SF on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, gender transition status, sex- or gender-stereotyping, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer-related or genetic characteristics), genetic information (including family medical history), ancestry, marital status, citizenship, or service in the uniformed services, including protected veterans. This policy applies to all employment practices, including recruitment, selection, promotion, transfer, merit increase, salary, training and development, demotion, and separation. UC Law SF will provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities during the recruitment process. Please contact Human Resources at humanresources@uclawsf.edu if you need to request a reasonable accommodation to
apply for this position.