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LAWG 602 - LAW - Winter 2027

Guelph, ON
On-site
Posted Oct 3, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Part-time
Experience level: Senior · 5+ years
Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree
Apply by: Oct 16, 2026
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week

Job summary

The instructor will teach a graduate-level course on legal communication, focusing on writing processes, research, and scholarly dissemination. Responsibilities include guiding students through planning, composing, and editing legal works while introducing them to academic publishing standards.

Job details

Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at McGill University), do not apply through this Career Site. Login to your McGill Workday account and apply to this posting using the Find Jobs report (type Find Jobs in the search bar). Hiring Unit: Faculty of Law Course Number: LAWG 602 Course Title: Communication 2 Course Credits: 1.5 1 Instructor Term: Winter 2027 Course Schedule: Monday 1005-1255 (Student Affairs Office will contact you if there is a change to the date/time) Location: Chancellor Day Hall Course Description: For this course, you will develop a set of knowledge and skills that will improve your ability both to analyze written works and create the kind of well-written, well-structured pieces of writing you will require for the completion of your graduate degree. You will come to approach writing not simply as a final finished product, but as a process that encompasses planning, composing, revising, and editing. This course will also deepen your understanding of the legal research process and introduce you to the process of disseminating your results in the complex world of modern scholarly publishing. Not only will the course help you efficiently use subject-specific resources in air & space law, human rights law, trade, tax, and arbitration law, among others, you will also gain an understanding of journal ranking, peer review, author’s rights, academic social media, institutional repositories, open access publishing, and predatory publishers, journals and conferences TQR: At a minimum, a first degree in law. Several years of significant practice or professional experience, in the relevant area; Experience in teaching undergraduate law students in a bilingual setting. The University may, at its discretion, assign the person of choice to give this Course/Teaching. This posting will be taken down at 12:00 a.m. on the day indicated below as the deadline to apply. You have until 11:59 p.m. the day before the indicated deadline date to submit your application. Hiring Unit: Faculty of Law Course Title: Communication 2 Subject Code: LAWG 602 009 Location: New Chancellor Day Schedule: Monday 1005-1255 Deadline to Apply: 2026-10-15 McGill University hires on the basis of merit and is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community. We welcome applications from racialized persons/visible minorities, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, as well as from all qualified candidates with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities. McGill implements an employment equity program and encourages members of designated groups to self-identify. Persons with disabilities who anticipate needing accommodations for any part of the application process may contact, in confidence, accessibilityrequest.hr@mcgill.ca.

What you’ll do

Requirements

Candidates must hold at least a first degree in law and possess several years of significant professional or practice experience. Additionally, experience in teaching undergraduate law students in a bilingual setting is required.