Description:

Benefits Summary:
Benefit package includes: Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription insurance, Life insurance, Workers' Compensation insurance, Unemployment insurance, and Total Disability insurance. Retirement: The University contributes 4% of the regular salary with up to 3% of additional matched contributions into the TIAA Retirement Program. Other benefits include tuition remission for employee, spouse, and employee's dependent children under the age of 25 (this does not include the last two year of the PharmD program or the JD), and twenty days of paid medical leave per year.

Job Summary:
Scope:
The Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law seeks candidates for a full-time, entry-level, tenure-track law faculty position teaching courses in Contracts, Sales, and other business and commercial law courses. Qualified lateral candidates will also be considered. Candidates with experience as a practicing lawyer, judicial clerk, or law teacher are encouraged to apply.

Principal Responsibilities:
Expectations include a normal teaching load of four courses per year, scholarly research, publication, and service obligations for the 2026-2027 academic year.

Required Skills:
Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills are required, as is experience or interest in innovative teaching methodologies. The candidate must have a commitment to the holistic development of students. A willingness and potential to contribute to the research and service missions of the college and university are essential.

Minimum Qualifications:
Candidates must have a J.D. from an A.B.A.-accredited law school or equivalent degree from a foreign institution, a distinguished academic record, and a commitment to excellence in teaching and scholarship.

Preferred Qualifications:

EEO Statement:

ONU is an equal employment opportunity employer. Accordingly, no person shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, sex, gender identity, transgender status, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to all areas of employment including recruitment, hiring, training and development, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, discipline, separation and other terms, condition and privileges of employment.

College Description:
The College of Law is in bucolic Ada, Ohio, and is one of 5 colleges at Ohio Northern University. The College recently celebrated its 140th year of existence and is the second-oldest law school in the State of Ohio. The College is well situated for future successes, with one of the first online JD programs in the nation that is fully online. Many of the legal leaders of the State of Ohio and the Midwest began their careers in the Halls of ONU Law.