INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

The College of Law (COL) at Georgia State University (GSU) invites applications for a tenure-track position in the COL at the rank of assistant or associate professor commensurate with experience.   For this position, we seek candidates who specialize in intellectual property law with a research focus on biotechnology, the life and health sciences, and entrepreneurship. This position supports a new interdisciplinary research initiative under the University's Second Century Initiative (2CI) (http://www.gsu.edu/secondcentury/), and it offers the opportunity to enrich and extend the College's activities and programs in intellectual property law.  Candidates for this position should have strong interdisciplinary research interests that will enable their engagement with the COL's Center for Law, Health & Society (http://law.gsu.edu/clhs/) and the Institute of Health Administration in GSU's Robinson College of Business (RCB) (http://robinson.gsu.edu/healthadmin/index.html).

BACKGROUND: The COL and RCB at GSU were awarded an interdisciplinary cluster hire of three new faculty positions (2 appointed in COL, 1 appointed in RCB) around the research theme of the legal and ethical governance of businesses in health care, life sciences, and biotechnology markets. For more information about the proposal which was the basis of this award, entitled "The Business of Science: Law, Policy and Ethics in the Regulation and Governance of Health and Scientific Businesses," see http://law.gsu.edu/agora/index/recruitment/intellectual_property_law/proposal.

HIGHLIGHTS: The 2CI cluster hiring award for this new faculty position builds on the COL's strong program and scholarly track record in intellectual property (IP) law and its successful IP collaboration with RCB (http://gsuip.org/index.htm), as well as on the COL's nationally ranked health law program and RCB's nationally ranked Master's program in health administration. The Intellectual Property Advisory Board at the COL includes a highly engaged alumni group that coordinates numerous IP-related endeavors, such as the Southeastern IP Job Fair, the Corporate IP Institute, and the Corporate IP Roundtable. The Intellectual Property Law Society is a dynamic student organization at the COL which sponsors many events and initiatives, such as the mentoring program which pairs law students interested in IP law with practicing IP attorneys from the Atlanta community.

Applicants should have a Juris Doctor degree, excellent academic background, and a proven record of (or demonstrated potential for) outstanding scholarship, teaching, and professional engagement.   Applications (cover letter and resume) are accepted electronically through www.academicjobsonline.org. Georgia State University, a unit of the University System of Georgia, is an Equal Opportunity Educational Institution and an EEO/AA employer. For more information, please visit the COL faculty recruitment Web site at http://law.gsu.edu/recruitment, as well as the COL Web site more generally at http://law.gsu.edu/.  For inquiries (not applications) about this position, please contact Professor Charity Scott, Director, Center for Law, Health & Society, at recruitment2ci@gsu.edu.