WENZHOU - KEAN UNIVERSITY

2023 Business Law Assistant Professor / Lecturer

Location
Wenzhou, China
Posted
24 Apr 2023
End of advertisement period
23 Jun 2023
Academic Discipline
Social Sciences, Law
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

2023 Business Law Assistant Professor (Tenure Track)/Lecturer 

Along with NYU Shanghai and Duke University Kunshan, Wenzhou-Kean University (WKU) is one of only three full legal-person Sino-American universities with all English instruction approved by the Ministry of Education in China. We invite applications for full-time positions at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure track) or Lecturer in Business Law to begin in Spring or Fall 2023. Ability to demonstrate quality teaching is a must. The successful candidate will be able to teach business law and ethics courses, as well as participate in the full range of faculty responsibilities. JD or LLM degree from a top law school and seasoned industry or teaching experience are required; experience waiver is granted to those graduate in the top 10% of the class by July 2023. To receive full consideration by the search committee, candidates need to submit a cover letter, CV, research statement if you are applying for tenure track, unofficial transcripts and contact information for three references by email to: Search Committee Chairperson at cbpmhiring@wku.edu.cn. Official transcripts for terminal degrees and three current letters of recommendation are required before appointment.

WKU sits on over 500 beautiful acres with new state-of-the-art facility (http://www.wku.edu.cn/en/cbpm/). A city of 9 million people, Wenzhou is only one hour by plane and just over three hours by high-speed train from Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Business faculty positions at WKU offer:

  • Highly competitive salaries that are multi-year Tax-Free for citizens of countries such as U.S.A.
  • Generous home leave, housing, schooling, and relocation allowances, as well as 8% front-load retirement benefits with immediate vesting.
  • Substantial research funding, including a startup grant up to RMB80,000.
  • A collegial environment
  • The opportunity to teach high quality students with half of them admitted to the graduate schools at Top 50 Universities in the world.

Wenzhou-Kean University is an Equal Opportunity Employer