LAW TEACHERS

Job Definition:

Job Description:

• Teach courses in law.

Duties and Tasks:

• 1) Evaluate and grade students’ class work, assignments, papers, and oral presentations.
• 2) Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
• 3) Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate and/or graduate students on topics such as civil procedure, contracts, and torts.
• 4) Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.
• 5) Prepare course materials such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
• 6) Keep abreast of developments in their field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
• 7) Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
• 8) Maintain regularly scheduled office hours in order to advise and assist students.
• 9) Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge, and publish findings in professional journals, books, and/or electronic media.
• 10) Advise students on academic and vocational curricula, and on career issues.
• 11) Supervise undergraduate and/or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
• 12) Select and obtain materials and supplies such as textbooks.
• 13) Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
• 14) Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
• 15) Perform administrative duties such as serving as department head.
• 16) Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
• 17) Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
• 18) Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
• 19) Participate in campus and community events.
• 20) Act as advisers to student organizations.
• 21) Assign cases for students to hear and try.
• 22) Provide professional consulting services to government and/or industry.
• 23) Write grant proposals to procure external research funding.

Activities:

• 1) Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
• 2) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• 3) Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
• 4) Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• 5) Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
• 6) Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
• 7) Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• 8) Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
• 9) Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
• 10) Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• 11) Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
• 12) Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
• 13) Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• 14) Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
• 15) Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
• 16) Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
• 17) Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
• 18) Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
• 19) Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
• 20) Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.

Abilities:

• 1) Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand
• 2) Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• 3) Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• 4) Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• 5) Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• 6) Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• 7) Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• 8) Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• 9) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• 10) Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• 11) Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Knowledge

• 1) Law and Government — Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
• 2) Education and Training — Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.
• 3) English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.