Faculty of Law

Application Deadline: December 31, 2024

Bora Laskin Faculty of Law

Reference # LAW-2025-26-01

Lakehead University, Thunder Bay Campus, invites applications for one (1) 3-year limited term appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor in the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law. The academic rank of the appointment will be commensurate with the qualifications of the successful candidate. The position will commence on August 1, 2025.

The Faculty of Law has expanded its cohort and to support this expansion, we are seeking applications from outstanding and emerging scholars with a J.D./LL.B. and a graduate degree in law or a cognate discipline. We seek candidates able to teach our mandatory courses and are especially interested in candidates with expertise in the areas of Family Law, Wills and Estates, Real Estate Law and Aboriginal Law. We strongly encourage applications from candidates whose teaching interests and expertise align with the faculty’s three mandate areas of Indigenous and Aboriginal Law, Natural Resources and Environmental Law, and Sole/Small Town Practice and with the Integrated Practice Curriculum. We especially seek candidates with expertise and experience in land-based, experiential, and/or alternative modes of delivery. Candidates must be eligible for licensing with any Canadian Law Society.

The Bora Laskin Faculty of Law is known for its innovative curriculum.  At our faculty, practice-based skills learning is integrated into the curriculum of substantive courses. The Law Society of Ontario approved the Integrated Practice Curriculum in 2013, positioning the law school to serve as a leader and model in providing legal practice skills as part of the J.D. Program.

Lakehead is a comprehensive university with a reputation for innovative programs and cutting-edge research. Our campuses are located in Thunder Bay on the traditional lands of the Fort William First Nation, Signatory to the Robinson Superior Treaty of 1850 and in Orillia on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg, and Rama First Nation. Lakehead University acknowledges the history that many nations hold in the areas around our campuses and is committed to a relationship with Métis and Inuit and First Nations peoples. Lakehead has approximately 10,000 students and 2,160 faculty and staff. With an emphasis on collaborative learning and independent critical thinking and a multidisciplinary teaching approach, Lakehead offers a variety of degree and diploma programs at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels through its nine faculties, including Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Health and Behavioural Sciences, Natural Resources Management, Science and Environmental Studies, Social Sciences and Humanities, Graduate Studies, and Faculty of Law. For further information, please visit: www.lakeheadu.ca.

For further information, please contact Professor Daniel Dylan, Chair, Appointments Committee.  Detailed information on the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law and our programs is available at: https://www.lakeheadu.ca/programs/departments/law

Review of applications will begin on December 16, 2024, and continue until the positions are filled. The electronic application (in the form of one PDF document) quoting Reference # LAW-2025-26-01 should include: a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching effectiveness (including a statement of teaching philosophy, course outlines and teaching evaluations for previously-taught courses), a statement of a research plan (current and future interests), copies of the three most significant publications, and the names and contact information of three references. A completed Confirmation of Eligibility to Work in Canada.pdf form must accompany your package. 

Applicants should submit their electronic application to:

Professor Daniel Dylan, Chair, Appointments Committee
Bora Laskin Faculty of Law
Lakehead University
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Email:  mainoffice.law@lakeheadu.ca

Lakehead University is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals including women, racialized persons, Indigenous people, persons with disabilities and other equity-

seeking groups. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. This is in accordance with Canadian immigration requirements. 

Lakehead University has an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan 2019-2024 with a goal to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as measured by increasing representation of under-represented groups among applicants, candidates and hires. We encourage candidates to self-identify, if you are from an under-represented group, and prefer candidates with the knowledge, competencies and relationships derived from lived experience. Experience working with Indigenous or racialized communities, and/or members of other equity-deserving groups is a strong asset. A lived experience or worked experience of any of these issues is preferred.

We appreciate your interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be notified. Lakehead University is committed to supporting an accessible environment. Applicants requiring accommodation during the interview process should contact the Office of Human Resources at (807) 343.8010 ext. 8334 or human.resources@lakeheadu.ca to make appropriate arrangements.

This position is subject to budgetary approval.