Job Description

The Department of Accounting, Finance, and Law in the Bob Gaglardi School of Business and Economics at Thompson Rivers University invites applications for one or more sessional positions to teach the following courses during the Fall Semester 2025.




BLAW 2910 Commercial Law (5 sections)





Semester details are as follows:


Classes run: Sept 3 - Dec 5, 2025


Exam Period: Dec 8 - Dec 20, 2025


Final grades due: Jan 6, 2026




All instruction is face-to-face, so the applicant(s) selected will have to be located near Kamloops or be willing to relocate. Classes are scheduled Monday through Friday, during the day and in the evenings. This could also be an excellent opportunity for law practitioners working in the community to teach part-time and share their knowledge with students just entering the industry.

About the Department

The Department of Accounting, Finance, and Law is one of five departments in the Gaglardi School. It is a supportive and collegial team, with approximately 20 full-time departmental faculty members and numerous part-time instructors from the local business community. The department delivers core courses to all BBA, graduate, and post-baccalaureate diploma students and manages the Accounting and Finance Majors and Minors and the Post-baccalaureate Diplomas in Accounting and Finance. Students who complete the Accounting Major or Post-baccalaureate Diploma in Accounting receive all possible exemptions in the CPA Professional Education Program. The Finance Major and Post-baccalaureate Diploma in Finance are members of the CFA Institute's University Affiliation Program.

About the School

With over 2,500 on-campus students, the Gaglardi School is the largest business school in the British Columbia interior, offering undergraduate, post-baccalaureate and graduate programs in business and economics including Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Environmental Economics and Management (MEEM), and Master of Science in Environmental Economics and Management (MScEEM).

About the University

With over 25,000 on-campus and online students and more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs in eight diverse faculties, TRU celebrates academic excellence and excels at providing exceptional experiential learning opportunities. TRU delivers graduate and undergraduate programs in Business, Law, Nursing, Education, Computer Science and Arts and Science. Our students and faculty reflect the local, national and global community. TRU provides a rich and engaging student-centered environment where students and faculty know each other by name. TRU strives to create inclusive and rewarding student experiences both on and off campus.

About the BC Interior

TRU is located in Kamloops, British Columbia. Life in the sunny interior of British Columbia provides immediate access to some of the most incredible outdoor experiences Canada has to offer ranging from winter sports at Sun Peaks Resort, to some of Canada's best mountain biking and hiking trails. Located between the coastal and Rocky Mountains, Kamloops is within 30 minutes from hundreds of beautiful freshwater lakes, and only three hours from Vancouver. With a relatively mild winter and spectacularly warm and dry summers, Kamloops offers a high quality of life. As a city with just over 100,000 residents, it is served by an airport, a hospital, a university, a WHL hockey team and yet still maintains a small-town feel where one never commutes longer than 15 minutes. It is a safe community to raise a family and still has reasonable housing prices.


QUALIFICATIONS

Required:

LLM degree (a JD degree will be considered if the candidate has substantial teaching/professional experience)

Preferred:

Evidence of strong teaching potential from student evaluations Significant recent academic experience in the subject area and related work experience Ability to use a variety of instructional technologies

Please note:

Unofficial transcripts to be submitted with application