July 25, 2012

To whom it may concern
Fukushima University
Dean of Faculty of Administrationand Social Sciences
Prof. Midori Tsuji

Open Call for Application for Full-time Position

1 Available position:

Associate Professor or Lecturer

2 Teaching duties:

Lectures on Civil Law

3 Qualifications for application:(1) Applicants should be able to take charge of lectures and courses of Civil Law.
(2) Applicants should hold a Master’s degree (including Master’s degree candidates whowill graduate next March) or have an outstanding record equivalent to a Master’sdegree (including holders of the degree of Doctor of Law (specialized occupation),or degree candidates who will graduate next March).
(3) Applicants should have published academic works, or expect to publish at least one
research paper (see below).
(4) Applicants should be under 40 years of age as of April 1, 2013. The purpose ofsetting of the age limitation is to attempt to procure teaching staff who will becommitted to a long-term, tenured career.
(5) Applicants should live in Fukushima City or in its environs if hired
4 Application materials:(1) A Curriculum Vitae
In Japanese, with photograph, telephone number and e-mail address; please use
forms available on the market.
(2) A list of research publications (one of which should be marked as the main work. AMaster’s thesis may be included).
(3) One copy or offprint of each publication, and one extra photocopy of all publications
and intended publications in the list of (2).
Concerning articles yet to be published, submit an official certificate of intent topublish. Submit a photocopy of Ph.D. Diploma if a Ph.D. thesis is included in thelist.
(4) A summary of the main paper mentioned in (2) above in Japanese (less than 2,000Japanese letters (“moji”) on A4 paper).
(5) An essay on Future Research Plans (less than 2,000 Japanese letters (“moji”) on A4paper)(6) A syllabus for a Lecture course in Civil LawⅠ（Generality and Torts）, Civil LawⅡ（Contracts）or Civil LawⅢ（Property and Mortgage） consisting of thirty 90-minutelessons, and your pedagogical aims for the course.
5 Application deadline:

October 1, 2012.

6 Starting date :April 1, 2013.

7 Application address :Send by registered mail. On the envelope, write ‘Application for Civil Law Position.’
Dean of Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences,Fukushima University
1 Kanayagawa, Fukushima-shi, Fukushima Prefecture, 960-1296, Japan
8 Contact information:
Office of General Affairs, Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences
Phone: +81-24-548-8253, Fax: +81-24-548-5174
9 Screening procedure:
Candidates may be invited for an interview during the screening process. Please notethat transportation and other related costs will not be provided. Application materials will
not be returned.

Additional information
1) The successful applicant will be a member of the Private Law committee inDepartment of Law, within the Faculty of Administration and Social Sciences,and will at the same time be a member of a broader, inter-faculty “ResearchSystem” (to be determined at a later date).
2) Lectures and seminars on Civil Law are conducted through the Department ofLaw.
3) In addition to the above-mentioned third and fourth-year lectures and seminars,
the successful candidate will be expected to conduct classes for first- andsecond-year students. These will be decided at a later date.
4) Fukushima University also provides evening courses for mature students(entitled a “Liberal Arts Course in Modern Society”). The successful applicant
will bear teaching responsibilities for this evening course.
5) In the event that a candidate is hired as an Associate Professor, he or she may
also be asked to supervise graduate-level work in the field of “Public Policy andRegional Administration.”
6) This announcement has also been made public on the University’s homepage.

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