Description:
Job Summary:This position will serve as a tenure-track or tenured faculty member at the University of Wisconsin Law School. We are recruiting a faculty member to conduct research and teach classes in one or more of the following areas: health law, aging and the law, bioethics, disability law, privacy law, torts, employment and benefits law, trusts and estates, insurance law, public health law, administrative law, property and housing, family law, immigration, and environmental law, or other courses that bear on health, aging, and human flourishing. As a faculty member, the person holding this position will also engage in service to the Law School as well as to the University and the profession. The faculty member will participate in interdisciplinary and collaborative efforts with other departments, schools and colleges.
This position is part of the Wisconsin Research, Innovation and Scholarly Excellence (RISE) Initiative. Through accelerated and strategic faculty hiring, research infrastructure enhancement, interdisciplinary collaboration, and increased student and educational opportunities, RISE addresses complex societal challenges of importance to the state, nation and world. Building on UW–Madison's strengths, RISE expands the University's successful track record of connecting with communities and industry on collaborative solutions.
Over the next three academic years, UW–Madison will substantially increase current hiring levels, bringing 150 new RISE faculty to campus. Candidates hired through RISE will join a community of scholars working across disciplines, schools and colleges on research, teaching and outreach endeavors. The community will engage regularly in venues such as seminar series and colloquia to share ongoing projects and identify opportunities to work together. The University will support the community, facilitating access to research infrastructure, and funding to support broad and rich collaboration.
Further information regarding RISE can be found at: https://rise.wisc.edu/.
Key Job Responsibilities:
Conduct research and teach classes in one or more of the following areas: health law, aging and the law, bioethics, disability law, privacy law, torts, employment and benefits law, trusts and estates, insurance law, public health law, administrative law, property and housing, family law, immigration, and environmental law, or other courses that bear on health, aging, and human flourishing. Engage in service of the type expected of faculty members.
Department:
University of Wisconsin Law School
Compensation:
Minimum 9-month salary of $150,000, but starting title and salary will be dependent upon prior experience, skills and knowledge. Previous teaching experience is required to be hired at the associate or full professor levels.
Required Qualifications:
Qualified applicants will have a record of outstanding scholarly achievement, or the potential for such achievement, in the study of law and the conditions that shape human health, well-being, and flourishing over the course of a life. This position is part of the University's campus-wide RISE-Thrive hiring priority focused on immunology, health span, and healthy aging, and the successful candidate will be encouraged to engage in interdisciplinary research and collaboration across campus.
Subject areas of focus may include health law; aging and the law; bioethics; disability law; privacy law; torts; employment and benefits law; trusts and estates; insurance law; and public health law. We also welcome applications from scholars whose work bears on health, aging, and human flourishing from fields not traditionally grouped under health law—including administrative law, property and housing, family law, immigration, and environmental law—as well as those using empirical, economic, or other social-scientific methods.
The Law School seeks to recruit outstanding faculty who demonstrate excellence or strong potential in research and teaching, and who are likely to enrich our community. Candidates may do so by engaging with the Wisconsin Idea, building on existing strengths, introducing new areas of substantive or methodological focus, and/or advancing our commitment to pluralism and healthy civil discourse.
Additional Information:
The University of Wisconsin Law School, located in Madison, WI, is an integral part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, one of the top research universities in the United States. It offers both JD and advanced law degrees, and enrolls students from around the United States and around the world. Madison is a city of lakes, frequently listed among the top ten places to live in the United States. Further information about the law school is available at www.law.wisc.edu.
Education:
JD or equivalent degree required.
How to Apply:
Applicants must apply through the Jobs at UW website (www.jobs.wisc.edu). To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by October 1, 2026. Applications will continue to be accepted until the position is filled.
Please submit a cover letter (optional) and curriculum vitae (CV) as a single combined document.
