Common use of PROCEDURES FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE CLINICAL OR LEGAL WRITING FACULTY Clause in Contracts

PROCEDURES FOR APPOINTMENT TO THE CLINICAL OR LEGAL WRITING FACULTY. A. A Search Committee shall be formed as follows: the Xxxx and the bargaining unit faculty in the College of Law shall determine the number of those who will serve on the Search Committee, define its mode of operation, and select its members. The members shall select the Chair of the Search Committee. Membership on the Search Committee shall be open to all full-time College of Law faculty. The Search Committee shall include bargaining unit Clinical faculty when Clinical faculty positions are to be filled. The Search Committee shall include bargaining unit Legal Writing faculty when Legal Writing faculty positions are to be filled. The Search Committee, with the cooperation of the Xxxx, xxxx compose the job description pertinent to filling the position, and have it reviewed by the Office for Institutional Equity. All dossiers received subsequent to the public announcement of the position and before any announced closing date shall be reviewed by both the Search Committee and the Xxxx. The Search Committee shall recommend candidates for interview to the Xxxx. B. After interviews are completed, the Xxxx will convene a faculty meeting, at which time the faculty shall discuss the qualifications of each candidate and then vote on the acceptability of each candidate. The recommendations (acceptable or unacceptable) and the individual votes on each of the candidates and their appointment (probationary or five-year) status shall be forwarded to the Xxxx. C. The Xxxx shall forward his or her recommendation to the Xxxxxxx, along with the recommendations of the college faculty. The Xxxx shall not recommend a candidate voted unacceptable by the college faculty. In the event that an offer cannot be extended because the pool of acceptable candidates has been exhausted, the Xxxx will initiate a conversation with the Office for Institutional Equity about how to proceed. D. The Xxxxxxx shall determine whether to make the appointment. E. Joint appointments to the College of Law and another College shall be made in accordance with the procedures for appointment to each College. F. All procedures for appointment are subject to affirmative action guidelines.