Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor (Open Rank), School of Law - Health Policy and Law

About the Opportunity Northeastern University School of Law is seeking candidates at all ranks for full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty positions to join our scholarly community and enhance our leadership in training lawyers who make a difference in their chosen fields. We seek candidates whose research, teaching, professional experience, and/or service have prepared them to contribute to our unwavering commitment to the rule of law. Particular focus will be paid to candidates with experience and interest in health policy and law, specifically population/public health, disability, ethics and the law; as well as a deep understanding of law and policy as it relates to Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, universal health insurance; and public health challenges and societal health risks influencing healthcare accessibility policy and law. Opportunities are available for candidates whose background and qualifications might allow for a faculty appointment entirely within the law school or jointly within the law school and another department in Bouvé College of Health Sciences. The School of Law is a national leader in experiential legal education, with a deep commitment to law in service of the public interest and to engaged scholarship and interdisciplinary collaboration. In making faculty appointments, the School of Law seeks to enhance its innovative curriculum, which combines experiential learning with rigorous analytical training and interdisciplinarity. The Bouvé College of Health Sciences has over 250 faculty members, with approximately 2,000 undergraduate and 2,400 graduate students. It is the leading national model for education and research in the health, psychosocial and biomedical sciences and supports the University’s mission of educating students for a life of fulfillment and accomplishment and creating and translating knowledge to meet global and societal needs. The search committee is especially interested in qualified candidates who can contribute to the excellence of the academic community through their research, teaching, and/or service. We also encourage applicants to share how their background and experience will contribute to the Northeastern community.

Responsibilities:

Faculty duties will include teaching law courses at the Juris Doctor (JD), Master of Laws (LLM), graduate or undergraduate levels, advising students, conducting scholarly research, and providing service to the Law School, the University, and the legal profession.

Required Qualifications:

• Applicants must hold a Juris Doctor (JD) or foreign equivalent from an accredited institution by the employment start date.
• Academic rank at the Associate Professor and Full Professor levels will be commensurate with experience and qualifications reflecting a record of demonstrated scholarly and teaching excellence.
• Appointments at the Associate Professor rank require a minimum of 3 years of related experience.
• Appointments at the Full Professor rank require a minimum of 6 years of related experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated scholarship, teaching, or professional experience in health policy and law, health care regulation, or public health law;
• experience with interdisciplinary collaboration across law, medicine, public health, or health administration;
• and a record of, or clear potential for, engagement with policymakers or health care institutions.

Documents to submit:

CV, Cover Letter, References upon request

Additional Information:

If you have questions, please contact the faculty appointments administrator, Stephen Evans at View email address on click.appcast.io or Appointments Committee Chair, Professor Jeremy Paul at View email address on click.appcast.io.

Position Type Academic

Additional Information:

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer. Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit for more information. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Pay Range:

Assistant Professor: $150,000.00 - $172,000.00 | Associate Professor: $157,000.00 - $198,000.00 | Professor: $221,000.00 - $247,000.00 With the pay range(s) shown above, the starting salary will depend on several factors, which may include your education, experience, location, knowledge and expertise, and skills as well as a pay comparison to similarly-situated employees already in the role. Salary ranges are reviewed regularly and are subject to change.

About Northeastern University

Founded in 1898, Northeastern is a global research university and the recognized leader in experiential lifelong learning. Our approach of integrating real-world experience with education, research, and innovation empowers our students, faculty, alumni, and partners to create worldwide impact. Our global university system provides our community and academic, government, and industry partners with unique opportunities to think locally and act globally. The system—including 14 campuses across the U.S., U.K., and Canada, 300,000-plus alumni, and 3,000 partners worldwide—serves as a platform for scaling ideas, talent, and solutions. The university’s residential campuses for undergraduate and graduate degrees are located in Boston, London, and Oakland, California. Our research and graduate campuses are in the Massachusetts communities of Burlington and Nahant; Arlington, Virginia; Charlotte, North Carolina; Miami; Portland, Maine; Seattle; Silicon Valley, California; Toronto; and Vancouver. Northeastern’s personalized, experiential undergraduate and graduate programs lead to degrees through the doctorate in 10 colleges and schools across our campuses. Learning emphasizes the intersection of data, technology, and human literacies, uniquely preparing graduates for careers of the future and lives of fulfillment and accomplishment. Our research enterprise, with an R1 Carnegie classification, is solutions oriented and spans the world. Our faculty scholars and students work in teams that cross not just disciplines, but also sectors—aligned around solving today’s highly interconnected global challenges and focused on transformative impact for humankind.