Assistant Professor - Department of Business Law

Department: Business Law

Faculty Hire Number: #25-05

Rank: Assistant Professor

Effective Date of Appointment: August 20, 2025 (Subject to Budgetary Approval)

Salary Scale: $105,000 to $118,000 (Dependent upon qualifications)

CSUN’s Commitment to You:

CSUN is committed to achieving excellence through teaching, scholarship, learning and inclusion. Our values include a respect for all people, building partnerships with the community and the encouragement of innovation, experimentation, and creativity. CSUN strives to cultivate a community in which a diverse population can learn and work in an atmosphere of civility and respect. CSUN is especially interested in candidates who make contributions to equity and inclusion in the pursuit of excellence for all members of the university community.

As a Hispanic-serving Institution (HSI), inclusiveness and diversity are integral to CSUN’s commitment to excellence in teaching, research, and engagement. As of Fall 2023, CSUN enrolls ~36,000 students, where 55.7% are Latinx, 19.7% are White, 8.9% are Asian-American, 5.0% are Black/African American, 0.1% are Native American, and 0.1% are Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. 

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About the College:

For more information about the David Nazarian College of Business and Economics, see: https://nazarian.csun.edu

About the Department:

For more information about the Department of Business Law, see: https://www.csun.edu/blaw

Position:

The department of Business Law at California State University, Northridge (CSUN) is seeking a tenure-track faculty member in 2025-2026 at the rank of Assistant Professor.

The successful candidate will teach business law and ethics and have research interests in those areas relevant to our program.    

In addition to teaching, the position requires weekly office hours, attending faculty meetings, participation in assessment of student learning, and service to the department, college, and university. The successful candidate may be required to teach on weekdays, evenings, weekends, and/or online and will be held to the standards and requirements of the college and department in which he/she/they is/are housed for recommending tenure and promotion. Given CSUN’s commitment to excellence in teaching, research, and engagement in a diverse environment, the successful candidate will help the Department achieve equitable academic outcomes for all students through teaching, student mentorship, scholarship, and service.

Required Qualifications:  

• J.D. or J.S.D. from an ABA-accredited law school at time of application
• Admission to a state bar at time of application 
• Previous experience and demonstrated excellence in teaching law, business ethics, or related courses at the university level.
• At time of application, the candidate must either have published two law review articles in the past five years in impact journals as listed at Impact Journals (DNCBE) | CSU Northridge, or three law review articles in the past five years in any journal, in areas relevant to our program.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience practicing law
• Business experience
• An LL.M., M.B.A. or other graduate degree in business or economics from an accredited college or university, law review membership, and/or experience as a law clerk at the appellate level.
• Evidence of effective engagement OR potential to engage with a diverse student body
• Experience using culturally responsive pedagogy that leads to equitable outcomes for all students
• Experience creating a student-centered learning environment
• Research/Lab experience that includes working with students from diverse backgrounds
• Experience adopting inclusive approaches to mentoring
• Ability to work collaboratively and cooperatively to support the department and the college

Responsibilities:  

The position involves teaching both undergraduate and graduate-level courses in business law and business ethics and supporting extra-curricular student engagement, which may include overseeing student competitions. Faculty members are expected to employ a variety of teaching strategies to enable students to think analytically and to communicate effectively. Law courses are taught using the Socratic method with its goal of participatory learning and the development of reasoning skills. Additionally, faculty members are expected to engage actively in research and publication in their areas of primary teaching responsibility, maintaining the college’s Scholarly Academic qualification throughout their employment, and provide service to the University and the community.

Application Deadline:

Preferred application deadline is October 1, 2024, and applications received after this date may be considered on an as needed basis. However, the position will remain open until filled.

How to Apply:

Candidates should apply by completing the CSUN online application. To apply and for more detailed information on the application and hiring process, please visit this link: www.csun.edu/careers  

Applicants must submit a letter of application to the website in the section above describing how they satisfy the qualifications listed above, and a curriculum vitae.  In later phases of the search process, applicants may be requested to provide additional materials, including sample teaching materials, publications, verification of terminal degrees, licenses, and certificates.

At time of appointment, the successful candidate, if not a U.S. citizen, must have authorization from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to work in the United States.

General Information:

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The person holding this position may be considered a 'mandated reporter' under the California Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting Act and is required to comply with the requirements set forth in CSU Executive Order 1083 as a condition of employment.

A background check (including a criminal records check) must be completed satisfactorily before any candidate can be offered a position with the CSU. Failure to satisfactorily complete the background check may affect the application status of applicants or continued employment of current CSU employees who apply for the position.

In accordance with the California State University (CSU) Out-of-State Employment Policy, the CSU is a state entity whose business operations reside within the State of California and prohibits hiring employees to perform CSU-related work outside of California.

CSUN is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination based on race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, gender, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, and disability. Our nondiscrimination policy is set forth in CSU Nondiscrimination Policy. Reasonable accommodations will be provided for applicants with disabilities who self-disclose by contacting the Department of Business Law at 818/677-2905.