The following posting looks like an incredible opportunity to take a year to work with the Air Force cadets in Colorado Springs and maybe even check out the Olympic Training Center.
Visiting Faculty Position: Business Law
The Department of Law at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, offers an undergraduate Legal Studies Program. We seek a career employee at an American graduate or undergraduate institution or government agency to fill a 10.5 month position as a visiting faculty member to teach, among other things, an undergraduate Business Law course. This visiting position will be from July 2018 to May 2019.
In addition to being a fulltime career employee at an academic institution or federal agency, applicants must have a J.D. degree from an accredited law school and at least five years fulltime teaching experience. Preference will be given to experience teaching Business Law and related courses as well as on-going scholarship and practice-related activities. Visiting Faculty responsibilities in addition to teaching include development, review, and assessment of related learning outcomes, courses and programs, and engagement with students and faculty. The successful applicant may also teach the core (required) course, Law for Air Force Officers, a survey course covering topics such as criminal and constitutional law, law of armed conflict, jurisprudence, and legal tools of military discipline. The person selected may also teach upper-level law courses as part of the Legal Studies major.
The Visiting Professor Program allows the Air Force Academy to reimburse the sending institution/agency the costs of salary and benefits and pays costs of personal transportation and movement of household goods to Colorado Springs and back. Housing is available on or off the Academy grounds, but is at the visiting faculty member’s expense. Teaching expectations are negotiable, but would likely involve one or two courses both fall and spring semesters teaching sections of about 20 cadets. The Academy faculty is an integrated group of military and civilian educators. The curriculum includes core academic and professional courses, and 27 disciplinary and interdisciplinary majors. The Department of Law is composed of 18 military and civilian attorneys and a small administrative staff.
The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA), located just north of Colorado Springs, Colorado, is an undergraduate institution that awards the Bachelor of Science degree as part of its mission to educate, train, and inspire men and women to become officers of character, motivated to lead in the United States Air Force and in service to our nation. The student body consists of approximately 4,000 men and women representing every state and several foreign countries.
USAFA is dedicated to the goal of building a pluralistic faculty committed to a multicultural environment that enriches the educational experience of our students. Hence, we are especially interested in candidates whose teaching, life experience and/or research interests contribute to a climate that values and uses diversity in all its forms. Interested persons should submit a curriculum vitae and a statement of interest that addresses the ways in which the applicant’s qualifications meet the requirements of the ad to include evidence of teaching excellence, promise of research productivity, and commitment to diversity/inclusion.
Email applications are preferred and should contain: A resume/CV, list of three references, and a cover letter. Please send them to Professor John Hertel at John.Hertel@usafa.edu or Department of Law, 2354 Fairchild Drive, USAF Academy, CO 80840. Review of applications will begin as soon as possible and will continue until the position is filled. For more information, please contact Professor John Hertel at: John.Hertel@usafa.edu or 719-333-2832.