Closing Date: 15th May, 2024

Description:

Position Summary: A Public Community College is looking for a diverse group of applicants to increase its adjunct pool in the Legal Studies Department.

JCCC educates a large, diverse student body. Many of our 18,000 students are non-traditional, military veterans, immigrants, international, and first-generation college students. Minority and traditionally underrepresented student populations are also growing. JCCC is committed to increasing the diversity of our college community.

The Legal Studies Department consists of two programs: the ABA-approved Paralegal program and the Business Law program. All faculty in Business Law have Juris Doctor degrees. Full-time faculty in the Paralegal Program all have Juris Doctor degrees, and adjunct faculty are practicing paralegals or attorneys.

Faculty in the Legal Studies adjunct pool teach the equivalent of 0-10 credit hours per semester in Business Law, the ABA-approved Paralegal Program, or both. Adjunct faculty may teach both online and on-campus classes, but ability to teach on the Overland Park, KS campus is required. Instruction should be engaging, experiential, motivating, and effective. Effective teaching requires, at a minimum: content expertise; sound instructional methods drawn from the scholarship of teaching and learning and from practical experience in the legal field; successful communication, including timely and substantive feedback; and meeting institutional expectations related to class meetings, availability to students, attendance gathering, syllabi preparation and distribution, grading and maintenance of grade records, confidentiality of records, timely responses to requests for information, and other expectations of the College.

Service as an active member of the College community requires, at a minimum:

Fulfilling all requirements as stated in College policies and procedures including mandatory training.
Attending and participating in required meetings and exercising stewardship in the use of college facilities and materials.
Submitting information or materials related to assigned duties as requested by college administrators or peers in a timely manner.

Candidates who would like to be considered should submit materials prior to review date, along with responses to these questions:

Provide a list of courses taught, through what institution or organization each course was taught, when each course was taught, the approximate size of each class/audience, and the format in which each course was taught (synchronous on-site, synchronous online, asynchronous, or in a hybrid format).
Provide a statement of your experience working either as a paralegal or as an attorney with paralegals, including the number of years of such experience. This statement is required by the American Bar Association from all faculty who teach paralegal courses at JCCC.

Required Qualifications:

Juris Doctor degree for attorney candidates; Bachelor's degree with either a Paralegal Certificate or an Associate of Arts Paralegal Degree for paralegal candidates.
Minimum of two years of experience working as a paralegal, or as an attorney supervising one or more paralegals.
Ability to effectively teach the law and practical application of the law, demonstrated by experience teaching in a community college, college, or university setting; or presenting the law in another setting.
Ability to analyze text and data, demonstrated by work history and recommendations documenting those skills.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing and in presentations, demonstrated by professional and educational/academic history.
Ability to use technology effectively in work and classroom settings, demonstrated by professional and educational/academic history.
Ability to manage or function as a paralegal, demonstrated by a minimum of two years of experience working as an attorney with paralegals, or working as a paralegal (required for those teaching in the Paralegal program.)

Preferred Qualifications:

Minimum of one year of experience teaching in a community college, college, or university setting.
Currently admitted to the practice of law in Kansas, Missouri, or both.
Teaching experience in a community college setting, paralegal program, and/or business law courses.
Experience in the use of educational online learning management systems or law-related technology and software.
Excellent technology skills demonstrated by experience in the use of educational online learning management systems or law-related technology and software.
Experience training paralegals.
Civil Litigation experience.
Intellectual Property law experience.
Certified paralegal capable of training students for certification exams (PCCE, PACE, CP Exam, etc.)