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University of South Carolina School of Law
Clinical Director Hiring Advertisement
The University of South Carolina School of Law invites applications for a tenured or tenure-track Clinical Director position to begin fall semester 2016. Candidates should have a juris doctorate or equivalent degree and a minimum experience of five years in clinical legal education. Additionally, a successful applicant should have a record of excellence in academia or in practice, the potential to be an outstanding teacher, and demonstrable scholarly promise.
Interested persons should send a resume, references, and subject area preferences to Prof. Eboni Nelson, Chair, Faculty Selection Committee, c/o Kim Fanning, University of South Carolina School of Law, 701 S. Main St., Columbia, SC 29208 or, by email, to email@example.com (electronic submissions preferred).
The University of South Carolina is committed to a diverse faculty, staff, and student body. We encourage applications from women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and others whose background, experience, and viewpoints contribute to the diversity of our institution.
The University of South Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the base of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender, or veteran status.
Albany Law School
Tenure-Track Position in Tax and Transactions Clinic
Albany Law School invites applications for an entry level position teaching in its award-winning Clinic and Justice Center. We are especially interested in candidates with experience and expertise in tax, business transactions, or not-for-profit corporations, who could establish a pedagogically appropriate Tax or Transactions Clinic. As a member of the Clinic and Justice Center, the successful candidate will have teaching and caseload responsibilities based on a model of clinical teaching concentrating upon the education of participating students through the representation of real clients in matters having a life span of one or two semesters. Appointment will be made at the Assistant Professor Level. Candidates must demonstrate 1) a strong academic background, 2) a capacity for and a commitment to excellence in scholarship, and 3) a capacity for and a commitment to be an effective teacher in the classroom and to spend significant time outside of class working with students.
Albany Law School is a small, independent private school in New York State's capital. Established in 1851, it is the oldest independent law school in the nation and the oldest law school in New York. You can learn more about the school by visiting our website: www.albanylaw.edu
Application (electronic preferred) should include cover letter, curriculum vitae, a list of publications, and three references and be sent to Faculty Recruitment Committee c/o Barbara Jordan-Smith, Dean's Office, Albany Law school, 80 New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY 12208-3494, firstname.lastname@example.com
Albany Law School is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Brooklyn Law School
Tenure-Track Clinical Position
Brooklyn Law School seeks to hire a tenure-track or tenured professor to teach in our clinical program. Our program is broad and deep (8 in-house and 17 hybrid clinics as well as 6 externships). It has also been growing in recent years, with the addition of 5 new clinical faculty members.
We would now like to hire someone to develop a clinic that either supplements an existing clinic or introduces a new substantive focus; emphasizes a set of skills and type of work not included in our other clinics; or works in fora which our current clinics do not. The new clinic should provide students with opportunities to both write and develop other lawyering skills. Please consult www.brooklaw.edu/academics/clinics to see our current offerings.
The ideal candidate would have some teaching experience as well as a prior record as, or clear potential to be, an effective clinical teacher. The ideal candidate would also have an interest in engaging in scholarship and teaching non-clinical courses.
Applicants should submit a letter of interest, C.V., and contact information for three references to the Chair of the search committee, Professor David Reiss, via email to firstname.lastname@example.com. The search committee will begin reviewing applications immediately, and will conduct preliminary interviews in person and by videoconference at the beginning of the Fall semester.
Brooklyn Law School is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to the principle of diversity. It is interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of applicants, including minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.
School of Law
Clinical Position
The University of Miami School of Law invites applications for a founding
Director and Lecturer in Law for the Entrepreneurship Legal Clinic. The
Director will be expected to begin in August 2015. The initial term will
be for one year with opportunity for a 2 year renewal.
The Clinic will advise early-stage startups (i.e. those at the pre-seed
and seed financing stages), on a range of potential issues, including
entity formation, contracting, financing, talent, intellectual property,
and risk mitigation. Clients will come from the greater Miami
metropolitan area with an emphasis on those having a tie to the
University of Miami community. The Clinic will be expected to collaborate
with the LaunchPad, an entrepreneurship initiative at the University of
Miami that supports new ventures led by students and alumni. It will also
be expected to collaborate with the School of Law's Law Without Walls
Program. The Director will be responsible for determining the precise
scope and nature of the Clinic's operations. As a Lecturer, the Director
will teach courses as assigned by the Dean of the Law School or Associate
Dean of Academic Affairs.
Successful candidates should have experience advising startups or small
businesses on corporate, intellectual property, financing, and
contractual matters. We also prefer that candidates have experience in an
educational or academic setting, and demonstrate a commitment to public
service. Candidates must have a record of academic success, a J.D.
degree, and be admitted to a state bar. Admission to practice before the
USPTO is helpful but not required. Fundraising experience is also helpful
but not required.
To apply, submit a cover letter, CV and references to:
Detra Davis Fleming
University of Miami School of Law
P.O. Box 248087
Coral Gables, FL 33124-8087
Please refer any questions to Detra Davis Fleming. Applications must be
submitted by July 1, 2015.
The University of Miami is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Stanford Law School
Religious Liberty Clinic
Clinical Supervising Attorney and Lecturer in Law
The Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School welcomes applicants for the Clinical
Supervising Attorney and Lecturer in Law ("CSA") position in its Religious Liberty Clinic
("RLC")—the only full-time clinic in the country dedicated to teaching students through
litigation in that field. As a member of the RLC, the CSA will not only join the core team
of this landmark program but will also become part of the thriving clinical community at
Stanford where, together with the faculty and staff, he or she will represent clients and
train students at one of the nation's top institutions for legal scholarship and education.
The RLC is the newest of the eleven clinics comprising the Mills Legal Clinic—the "law
firm" under which Stanford's clinical program is housed. The RLC launched in August
2012, and has quickly become a fixture at the law school. The Stanford clinical program
is unique in that students participate in a clinic on a full-time basis; the clinic is the only
course a student takes during the term of enrollment. The Mills Legal Clinic occupies an
entire floor in an award-winning central campus building opened just a few years ago.
The RLC focuses on developing professional skills in a dynamic way. Specifically, its
students are introduced to the "real practice of law" through their representation of a
diverse group of clients in disputes arising from a wide range of beliefs and practices,
and in a variety of settings. A typical project might involve a prisoner facing obstacles to
religious observance; a small church, synagogue, or mosque with zoning challenges; or
an employee facing religious discrimination in the workplace. Students learn and apply
the laws affecting religious liberty, and are taught to counsel individual or institutional
clients and litigate on their behalf with excellence, professionalism, and maturity.
As a litigation-focused clinic, the RLC involves administrative, trial, and appellate work.
Most administrative and trial work takes place in California, while appellate work is often
done out of state. Because the RLC is a new and rather unique project, near-term clinic
activities will also include marketing, outreach, and development efforts. Further details
about the RLC's approach and docket can be found at its website here.
The CSA participates in all activities of the RLC, including client development, student
supervision, and client representation. The CSA also assists the RLC's faculty director
with curriculum design, teaching and evaluation matters, and clinic operations. All Mills
Legal Clinic attorneys are part of the intellectual community within the clinical program
and the Law School and university at large. For example, CSAs are invited to attend
weekly workshops at which scholars from Stanford and throughout the world present
works in progress. The RLC also provides resources for its lawyers, including CSAs, to
participate in continuing education and other professional development.
Applicants for the CSA position should typically have at least three years of litigation
experience, preferably at the trial level, and be members of the California bar (or be
willing to take the next-offered California bar exam). Applicants must possess strong
academic credentials, a developed interest in religious liberty, and organizational and
team skills essential to helping run what is, in essence, a small law firm. Teaching or
supervision experience (or the demonstrated potential for such skills) is desirable.
The salary is based on a formula that is competitive with similar positions.
Applicants should submit resumes through http://stanfordcareers.stanford.edu/, noting
job number 67062. Applicants should also send the following materials electronically to
the RLC's legal assistant, Hayden Rodarte at firstname.lastname@example.com:
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. The
anticipated start date is September 1, 2015, although an earlier start is possible.
SUMMARY: The Senior Associate Director and Litigation Manager in the Center for Health Law and Policy
Innovation of Harvard Law School (CHLPI) leads CHLPI's efforts on all aspects of operating and expanding an
innovative clinical program that uses administrative advocacy and litigation to expand access to healthcare for
low-income populations and to promote more equitable and effective health care systems. The position is for a
one-year term appointment, with ongoing terms dependent on the availability of funding and project needs.
This position represents a unique opportunity to work within Harvard Law School's clinical program, to join a
dynamic public interest and clinical teaching health and public health law and policy office, and practice in a
burgeoning area of state and national importance.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Collaborating with CHLPI's team of experienced attorneys and dedicated law student
interns, the Senior Director and Litigation Manager advocates for legal, regulatory, and policy reforms to
improve the health of underserved populations, with a focus on the needs of low-income people living with
chronic illnesses and disabilities. The Senior Associate Director helps to build upon and extend CHLPI's
innovative work in health and public health law and policy by developing and implementing litigation strategies
to ensure access to high-quality healthcare and reduce health disparities. As part of these efforts, this position
works with local partners to file complaints with relevant state and federal agencies as well as engage in impact
litigation at the state and federal levels. Areas of litigation practice will likely include efforts to enforce
Affordable Care Act anti-discrimination provisions through the filing of complaints with Office for Civil Rights
at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and state insurance regulators, as well as potential
lawsuits directly against health insurers.
The Senior Director also collaborates with the Faculty Director to conceptualize and execute new strategies and
initiatives to advance CHLPI's programmatic agenda, providing objective analyses of current activities and
recommendations for future development. In conjunction with the Faculty Director, s/he also provides training
and supervision to students regarding case management protocols and office operations, including monitoring
the opening and closing of cases, and assists in administration of CHLPI's academic program.
The Senior Director collaborates with the Faculty Director on issues of performance management,
compensation, staff relations and training. S/he acts as liaison to Law School offices and represents CHLPI
inside and outside the Harvard community. S/he also assists in community outreach and building strong
relationships with human service providers, other legal services programs, faculty and alumni/ae.
QUALIFICATIONS, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Basic Qualifications: JD Degree – three years or more
relevant litigation experience. Additional Qualifications: Ability to work independently, as well as in teams;
ability to thrive in a high-volume practice; strong oral and written communication skills; strong motivation and
initiative and the ability to work creatively within broad program goals; ability to learn and achieve superior
professional practice; and strong organization, time management, case management and documentation skills.
To Apply: http://hr.harvard.edu/jobs/; Requisition #35910BR
Executive Director
Human Rights Center
University of Minnesota Law School
The University of Minnesota Law School is noted for its exceptional and accessible faculty and a highly competitive admissions process that results in highly credentialed students. With one of the largest law libraries in the country, student and faculty-edited journals, LL.M. and dual and joint degree programs, and a nationally recognized clinical education program, the Law School is truly a school of opportunities.
The Law School's outstanding faculty includes internationally renown human rights experts, many of whom have practical legal experience in the area. They teach human rights courses on a variety of topics, including international human rights law, American Indian law, civil rights, the death penalty, freedom of expression, and employment discrimination. Experienced clinicians and researchers bring their area of expertise to the large number of clinics offered at the Law School.
In collaboration with the faculty director, the Executive Director will oversee administration and management of the Human Rights Center. This position will hire and supervise center staff, as needed. Responsibilities include fundraising and development, budget planning and oversight of sponsored projects, monitoring the progress of projects, grant writing, student mentoring, fostering collaborative opportunities; coordinating events and conference, writing and editing reports to funding agencies, and outreach. The Executive Director will co-ordinate with other relevant administrators in the Law School and University to ensure effective operation of the Center. This is a mid-level position that requires previous leadership and experience in human rights, international law or related fields. The Executive Director will report to the faculty director.
This is a 100% time, 12 month academic administrative (P&A) appointment, renewable annually as adequate funding for the position is available. Salary is low-50s.
Required-Completed J.D. degree. Minimum of three years professional experience working in human rights or international law. Human rights or international law experience with at least one of the following areas: practice, advocacy, government or philanthropy. Demonstrated success in promoting and supporting diversity. A collegial, consultative management style with the ability to be strong and decisive and to work co-operatively. Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with diverse individuals, including faculty, staff, students, community representatives, NGO's and international organizations. Strong communication skills and good judgment; ability to multi-task effectively; ability to make decisions quickly but thoughtfully. Ability to work to tight time lines in an efficient and effective manner. Capacity to effective utilize social and other media. Ability to effectively represent the Center to internal and external constituents.
Preferred-In addition to required qualifications, human rights or international law experience in litigation, human rights advocacy experience in a domestic or international non-governmental organizations, government practice in human rights or international law, publications in scholarly or policy fora, or grant writing. Previous experience supervising full-time employees, managing a budget, and fundraising. Previous experience coordinating conferences or events.
Application Instructions
Priority deadline for applications is July 31st; position open until filled. All applications must be submitted online and only complete applications will be considered. A complete application will consist of a cover letter, resume, official transcripts, a diversity statement (1 page max), and contact information for three references. To apply, please go to http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/employment/index.html and reference job posting 300831.
Note regarding application materials: It is an expectation of the University of Minnesota that people hired into academic positions can demonstrate multicultural competence and a commitment to diversity. The diversity statement should be a summary of actual accomplishments (rather than a philosophical statement). An example might be noting specific actions and success you have had in recruiting for a more diverse staff, retention efforts, committee or taskforce involvement, etc. The University of Minnesota shall provide equal access to and opportunity in its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
Charlotte School of Law
Civil Rights Clinical Fellow
The Charlotte School of Law, an ABA-accredited law school, invites applications for a full-time, clinical fellow teaching position, beginning August 1, 2015, in the Charlotte School of Law Civil Rights Clinic (CRC). The CRC provides opportunities for students to engage in litigation and public policy advocacy concerning a variety of civil rights and public interest issues in a rigorous and well supervised program. The CRC's recent work focuses on assisting individuals with criminal convictions obtain Certificates of Relief (judicial declarations that a person is rehabilitated) and Ban the Box policy advocacy, both in the public and private sector. The CRC is a national, award winning clinic that is part of Charlotte School of Law's diverse clinical and experiential education opportunities. Potential applicants can read about the CRC's work at www.cslcivilrights.com.
Applicants must have a JD degree from an ABA-accredited law school and be currently licensed and engaged in the practice of law for the past two years in North Carolina. Preference will be given to applicants who have a desire to pursue a clinical teaching career, strong academic records and writing ability, a demonstrated commitment to public interest law, and potential success as teacher. Salary is commensurate with experience. Charlotte School of Law offers a full benefits package. For more information about Charlotte School of Law, please visit www.charlottelaw.edu . The successful candidate will have a one year appointment, renewable for a second, depending on performance.
Application Instructions:
To submit a job application for this opening, please visit www.charlottelaw.edu , select the "About" dropdown, click the "Join Our Team" link, enter 3561 into the Requisition Number field or search by job title (Keywords section), and click the "View Jobs" button. Single click on the job title and click the "Apply" button. Follow application prompts.
Applications should include a resume or curriculum vitae, a cover letter explaining your interest in the position, and contact information for two references. In order to receive priority consideration interested individuals must submit their application by June 22, 2015.
The Charlotte School of Law is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes all to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.
Brooklyn Law School
Director of Legal Writing Program
Brooklyn Law School is seeking outstanding applicants for the position of Director of the Legal Writing Program, one of the nation's oldest and most highly regarded legal writing programs. The duties of the Director will include 1) hiring, training, supervising, and evaluating the legal writing faculty; 2) coordinating the first-year legal writing curriculum; 3) enriching the writing program in the upperclass years; 4) overseeing pedagogical and curricular innovation; 5) teaching the first-year legal writing course (other courses optional); and 6) promoting the Legal Writing Program externally. The Director is expected to participate fully in the life of the law school and in the larger legal writing community.
Qualified applicants must have a J.D., a strong academic record, considerable experience in teaching legal writing, and demonstrated administrative, leadership, and interpersonal skills. The Director will be eligible for renewable long-term contracts or tenure, depending upon interest and qualifications.
Applicants should submit a letter of interest, C.V., and contact information for three references to the Chair of the Search Committee, Professor Maryellen Fullerton, via email to email@example.com. The search committee will begin reviewing applications immediately, and plans to conduct a substantial number of preliminary interviews in person and by videoconference during June and July 2015. The search committee will continue to review applications until the position is filled.
Brooklyn Law School is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to the principle of diversity. It is interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of applicants, including minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.
Rutgers University School of Law-Newark
Post-Graduate Clinical Law Fellow
Rutgers University School of Law-Newark, through its Education and Health Law Clinic, is seeking an attorney to serve as a Clinical Law Fellow in our medical-legal-social work partnership with the Outpatient Pediatrics Department of Pediatrics at Rutgers-N.J. Medical School. The partnership, known as H.E.A.L. Collaborative (Health, Education, Advocacy & Law), aims to reduce the adverse effects of poverty on child and family health and well-being in Greater Newark by: (1) Providing free legal and social work case management services to indigent families of children with disabilities to address their educational, developmental and health needs; (2) educating front-line health and medical professionals on identification of social issues that adversely affect child health and family well-being and methods for resolving these issues without resort to legal involvement; and (3) enhancing the educational experiences, professional development, knowledge and skills of those studying and/or working in the fields of law, medicine and social work through collaboration in a multi-disciplinary setting.
The fellowship is for a two-year period. The Fellow will be directly supervised by H.E.A.L.'s Legal Director, and will work collaboratively with the Legal and Medical Directors and medical/health/law/social work professionals and students. Responsibilities include:
The Fellow will be based half-time at the medical school and half-time at the law school. The ideal candidate will have a J.D. degree and be licensed to practice law in the State of New Jersey; 1-3 years relevant legal experience; excellent oral and written advocacy skills; a background in and/or knowledge of New Jersey's special education and/or public benefits systems, relevant laws and regulations, and the administrative law process; and an interest in and demonstrated commitment to advocating on behalf of low-income children and families. The ideal candidate must be a self-starter and team player. Prior interdisciplinary work experience, joint degree in a related field, and/or Spanish language proficiency are a plus but not required.
Salary will be commensurate with other post-graduate public interest fellowships and will include benefits. Interested candidates should send a resume and cover letter to Jennifer Rosen Valverde, Clinical Professor of Law and Legal Director, H.E.A.L. Collaborative, at firstname.lastname@example.com by no later than June 15, 2015.
Rutgers University is committed to enhancing the diversity of its faculty and staff. Applications from women, minorities, and people with disabilities are particularly encouraged. Rutgers is an EEO/AA employer.
Southern Methodist University
Dedman School of Law
Director, Family Law Clinic
The SMU Dedman School of Law is seeking a full-time Director to establish and operate its new VanSickle Family Law Clinic. This is a non-tenure track position. This Clinic will provide legal assistance for low-income North Texas residents in matters such as divorce, annulment, paternity actions, custody and visitation, as well as child and spousal support. The initial contract term is one year, renewable for additional one to three year terms.
QUALIFICATIONS: J.D. degree required. Candidates must have an excellent academic record, at least five (5) years of family law legal experience, and must be licensed by the Supreme Court of Texas by the end of 2015. Board certification in family law is preferred. Prior teaching experience and prior experience in running a legal clinic are also preferred.
RESPONSIBILITIES: Among other things, the Clinic Director will 1) establish policies, protocols, and procedures that govern the operation of the Clinic, 2) develop and teach a graded Clinic seminar that focuses on core practice issues relevant to family law, applicable federal and state law, procedural and ethical issues involved in the legal representation of parties in family law matters, and attendant litigation skills; 3) supervise and evaluate approximately eight students per semester as they represent clients in family law matters, and, 4) ensure compliance with the requirements of any applicable endowment agreements. Involvement in the community and in relevant local, state, and national Bar groups will be beneficial in advancing the mission of the Clinic and will be encouraged. The Clinic Director will be the lead attorney on all VanSickle Family Law Clinic cases. During school vacations and summer months, the Clinic Director will be fully responsible for maintaining the Clinic's docket, i.e., handling field work, correspondence, mediations, hearings, trials, etc.
SALARY: Paid monthly on a 12-month contract. Full faculty benefits; salary commensurate with experience.
APPLICATIONS: Please send a cover letter and resume to:
SMU Dedman School of Law – Dean's Office
Contact: Betty Alexander
P. O. Box 750116
Dallas, Texas 75275-0116
REF: Position Number – 00053687
SMU will not discriminate in any employment practice, education program, or educational activity on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status. SMU's commitment to equal opportunity includes nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression. The Associate Vice President, Office of Institutional Access and Equity, has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies. Hiring is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of a background check. The committee will continue to accept applications until the position is filled.
Seattle University School of Law is accepting applicants for a full-time Visiting Assistant Professor of Lawyering Skills to teach in its Externship Program. This appointment will be January 1 through June 30, 2016.
Seattle University School of Law educates ethical lawyers who distinguish themselves through their outstanding professional skills and their dedication to law in the service of justice. Faculty, students, and staff form a vibrant, diverse, and collaborative community that promotes leadership for a just and humane world. The school's commitment to academic distinction is grounded in its Jesuit Catholic tradition, one that encourages open inquiry, thoughtful reflection, and concern for personal growth. Innovation, creativity, and technological sophistication characterize our rigorous educational program, which prepares lawyers for a wide variety of successful careers in law, business, and public service.
The Externship Program at Seattle University School of Law is large and well-developed, with 6 separate seminars, externships in all 3 terms, and approximately 300 students participating each year. The program includes over 550 sites, most located in Washington, but several at other locations within the United States and over 20 international sites. The Externship Program is co-located with the Seattle University Clinics, and Externship Faculty work closely with clinical and doctrinal faculty to develop courses and coordinate curriculum.
The successful candidate will work with the Acting Director of the Externship Program to teach the externship seminars, advise students in selecting appropriate externship opportunities, and develop and monitor field placement opportunities.
Minimum Qualifications: JD from an ABA-accredited institution. Five years of experience in the practice of law and/or law teaching; an understanding of developments in legal pedagogy; strong organizational and interpersonal skills, the ability to work collaboratively with all members of the law school community; excellent writing and speaking skills; and the ability to create and lead a challenging, yet supportive academic environment in and out of the classroom for students.
Preferred Qualifications: Experience teaching in a clinical or externship program is highly-preferred.
Seattle University, founded in 1891, is a Jesuit Catholic university located on 48 acres on Seattle's Capitol Hill. More than 7,700 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs within eight schools. U.S. News and World Report's "Best Colleges 2015" ranks Seattle University among the top 10 universities in the West that offer a full range of masters and undergraduate programs. Seattle University is an equal opportunity employer.
In support of its pursuit of academic and scholarly excellence, Seattle University is committed to creating a diverse community of students, faculty and staff that is dedicated to the fundamental principles of equal opportunity and treatment in education and employment regardless of age, color, disability, gender identity, national origin, political ideology, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status. The university encourages applications from, and nominations of, individuals whose differing backgrounds, beliefs, ideas and life experiences will further enrich the diversity of its educational community.
Salary will be commensurate with legal practice and law school teaching experience.
Submit applications to http://jobs/seattleu.edu. To ensure full consideration, include a cover letter and curriculum vitae. The position is open until filled.
Questions should be directed to the search chair: Paul Holland, Acting-Director of the Ronald A. Peterson Law Clinic and Associate Professor of Law at email@example.com or 206-398-4135.
California Western School of Law (CWSL)
Program Director
Access to Law Initiative (ALI)
California Western School of Law (CWSL) invites applications for the position of Director of its incubator program, the Access to Law Initiative (ALI). The law school seeks an innovative Director to help manage and build the ALI program. Founded in 1924, California Western is fully accredited by the ABA and is a member of the AALS.
The foundation of ALI is its goals: to help provide access to law to underserved segments of the community (and help reduce the widely acknowledged gap in access to justice), and to support CWSL alumni who wish to embark on careers in solo, small firm, or non-profit entity practice. Numerous constituencies are served by ALI: alumni participants in ALI, needy potential consumers of legal services, the law school, and the community.
The specific duties of the Program Director include:
• Internal Management--recruit, select, nurture, and encourage ALI participants.
• Develop and coordinate training and mentoring for ALI participants in conjunction with faculty, community organizations, and the legal and professional communities.
• Publicize and market ALI--collaborate with other community organizations.
• Fund raising—includes management of activities supported by City Council and other grantors.
• Collaborate with other departments at CWSL, including the Community Law Projects, Alumni Affairs, Admissions, and others.
• Coordinate with External relations, including the Consortium for Incubator programs, the California State Bar, the American Bar Association, and other informal consultations.
• Program evaluation—collect data and establish criteria for evaluation.
The successful candidate must have a J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school; at least 3 years (and preferably more) of law practice or other supervisory experience; with an additional preference for experience in teaching, solo-firm practice, or law-firm management.
This position may be staffed as a part-time position (minimum of 20 hours per week) or as a full-time position. Compensation is competitive and commensurate with experience.
Please send a letter of application, which should include your preference for a part- or full-time position and your salary requirements, and a resume to firstname.lastname@example.com. Applications will be accepted until May 1, 2015.
U.D.C. David A. Clarke School of Law
Fellowship Opportunities:
Juvenile and Special Education Law Clinic
Took Crowell Institute for Youth
Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic
Housing & Consumer Law Clinic
Legislation Clinic
General Practice Clinic
LL.M. Program Description
The U.D.C. David A. Clarke School of Law has an excellent and nationally ranked clinical education program. Each law student (J.D. candidate) must complete at least two seven-credit clinics (a minimum of 700 hours of clinical work) to graduate. Each LL.M. candidate will work closely with an experienced faculty member in a clinic to teach and supervise J.D. candidates in substantive law and practice skills. In addition, over the course of the two-year program, Fellows in the LL.M. program will complete a culminating project in the form of a scholarly work of publishable quality or a project designed to stimulate systems change.
The two-year LL.M. program includes coursework in clinical pedagogy, legal scholarship, public interest law, and systems change. The focus of the program is to provide the Fellows with a foundation in clinical education practices and to strengthen their lawyering and advocacy skills.
L.L.M. candidates will receive an annual stipend of $51,157 plus benefits.
The program begins on August 1, 2015.
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
Specific clinic descriptions are at: http://www.law.udc.edu/?page=ClinicIntro
Admissions Process
Please submit the following:
1. A response to the following questions in no more than 1,000 words (two pages):
In your area of concentration, what systemic problems have you identified? How do you envision using the law to transform the system?
2. Resume
3. Writing Sample
4. Law School Transcript (official)
5. Two letters of recommendation from persons with personal knowledge of your capabilities and commitment to social justice.
Please send materials, except transcript, electronically to Jordana Arias, Clinic Staff Assistant, email@example.com. (Please enter "LL.M. Application" in the subject line.)
Mail transcript to:
Jonathan Smith, Associate Dean
Clinical and Experiential Programs
University of the District of Columbia
David A. Clarke School of Law
4200 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Building 52
Washington, DC 20008
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.
Questions? Please contact Jonathan Smith: email@example.com.
Candidates should have a minimum of two years relevant practice experience and be a member in good standing of the bar of the highest court of any state possession, territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or the District of Columbia. A person chosen to enter the LL.M. program who is not a member of the D.C. Bar will have to apply to waive into the D.C. Bar or otherwise apply for membership in the D.C. Bar.
Berkeley Law School
Clinical Teaching Fellow, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic
Location: Berkeley, CA
Salary: $62,739 – $70,985 (100% time position)
Anticipated Start Date: July 1, 2015
The Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic (Samuelson Clinic) offers a full-time
teaching fellowship for a one-year term with the possibility of renewal. The purpose of the
fellowship is to provide an opportunity for a Clinical Teaching Fellow to gain experience teaching
and supervising law students in a clinical setting while providing legal representation—potentially
including amicus or other litigation work, policy work, and counseling—to a wide range of public
interest clients in law and technology.
The Samuelson Clinic at Berkeley Law is the nation's flagship clinic in the high technology, privacy,
and intellectual property fields, and is an integral component of both the Law School's Center for
Law and Technology (http://www.law.berkeley.edu/bclt.htm) and Clinical Program
(http://www.law.berkeley.edu/clinics.htm). In training future lawyers and policy-makers, the Clinic
plays an important role defining and shaping technology policy within California, the United States,
and internationally. For more information, see http://www.samuelsonclinic.org/.
The SLTPPC offers this post-graduate fellowship to provide a recent law school graduate the
opportunity to develop as an effective advocate and teacher while working with the Clinic to help
train the next generation of influential attorneys, judges, and community leaders specializing in
technology law and policy.
The fellowship is anticipated to begin on July 1, 2015 and continue through June 30, 2016, with the
possibility of renewal for an additional year.
The Samuelson Clinical Fellow will work under the supervision of Clinic faculty on a variety of
projects that will include the following:
Clinical Supervision (90% time):
• Intensive supervision of four to six clinical students and their caseloads per semester;
• Teaching and curriculum development for the Samuelson Clinic seminar classes;
• Participation in on-going advocacy efforts with state and federal legislatures, courts, and
• Primary responsibility for docket management during the summer break.
Administrative Duties (5%):
• Organizing programmatic events, such as conferences, workshops, and speaker series;
• Speaking at public events and with the press.
Other Duties as Assigned (5%).
Minimum Qualifications Required (at time of application):
• Candidate must hold a JD degree or equivalent;
• Admission to practice law in at least one state (California Bar not required, but must be
willing to apply for admission).
Additional Qualifications Required (by the start date):
• Substantive knowledge and experience in at least one relevant area, such as intellectual
property, privacy, consumer protection, competition, and/or First Amendment law;
• Excellent research and writing skills, organizational and planning skills;
• Strong interest in teaching and in public service in the area of technology law and policy.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Proven commitment to public service in the area of technology law and policy;
• Substantive knowledge and experience in additional relevant areas such as intellectual property,
privacy, consumer protection, competition, and/or First Amendment law;
• Some teaching experience.
Application Procedure: Please visit the following link to apply:
https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF00712. Applications must include in pdf format a cover
letter; a CV; a legal advocacy writing sample (such as a brief, motion or equivalent); and the names
and contact information of three (3) references.
The final deadline for applications is May 11, 2015.
Letters of reference and copies of scholarly transcripts may be requested of top candidates. All
letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law.
Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a dossier service or career
center, to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality (http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html) prior to
submitting their letters.
For more information about the Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic visit our
website at http://www.law.berkeley.edu/samuelsonclinic.htm.
The University offers excellent health and retirement benefits which can be viewed online at
If you have questions about the position, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com.
Berkeley Law is interested in candidates who will contribute to diversity and equal opportunity in
higher education through their teaching or research. Qualified women and members of
underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified
applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex,
sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For
the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see:
The Ohio State University, Moritz College of Law
Visiting Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurial Business Law Clinic (for Spring 2016)
The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, located in Columbus, Ohio, invites applicants to serve as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law to teach the Entrepreneurial Business Law Clinic for the Spring 2016 semester. This is a transactional clinic working primarily with small, start-up businesses. The Visiting Assistant Professor will be responsible for all case supervision, the training and mentoring of students, and teaching the class component that meets twice each week for two hours each session.
Essential functions of this position include but are not limited to:
• Direct and teach a 4 credit law clinic;
• Supervise up to 12 students as they work with clients to determine and serve their legal needs;
• Provide feedback and coaching to students as they prepare appropriate client work products;
• Maintain existing network of relationships that provide referrals and a client base for the clinic;
• Coordinate with permanent faculty member on leave who ordinarily directs this clinic to ensure seamless transitions with surrounding semesters.
This is a full-time (40 hours per week), short-term (spring 2016 semester) appointment. In addition, the Visiting Assistant Professor may attend and participate in events at the College of Law which could include workshops, conferences, commencement, faculty meetings, etc.
Please note recently retired law faculty, seeking to serve as Visiting Professors are also encouraged to apply.
A J.D. degree from an ABA accredited law school is required as well as a minimum of 3 years of transactional legal experience. The chosen candidate must be (1) a member in good standing of the Ohio bar or (2) have passed a bar examination and be a member in good standing of the bar in another state.
Application Instructions:
Please send a resume, cover letter, and list of two (2) professional references to Associate Dean Garry Jenkins via electronic mail at firstname.lastname@example.com. Review of applications will begin immediately.
The Ohio State University is committed to non-discrimination, equal employment opportunity, and affirmative action. This commitment is both a matter of law and moral imperative consistent with an intellectual community in which individual differences and diversity are celebrated. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status.
The University of Michigan Law Clinical Fellows Program seeks applicants for a fellowship in its new "full-service" Veterans Legal Clinic. This is a two year appointment with a contemplated extension for a third year.
The Clinical Fellows Program is designed to allow attorneys to explore the possibility of a career in clinical teaching and fully support them in that endeavor. Michigan Clinical Fellows gain valuable experience and mentoring in clinical pedagogy and in their substantive area of practice. Their duties include clinical teaching and student supervision in conjunction with a clinic director, and participation in the operation and development of the clinic in which they teach. Support is provided for professional development and scholarship.
The Veterans Legal Clinic will handle legal matters for veterans and, in some instances, their immediate families. The Clinic was designed and funded based on a holistic approach to veterans' legal and social needs. Students will represent veterans in a wide array of civil matters in addition to the more service related ones (e.g., disability benefits and discharge status challenges). In the inaugural fall 2015 semester we will focus on crafting the curriculum, strengthening relationships with other veterans service organizations, growing our referral base, and providing representation to clients.
The successful applicant will have a minimum of 3 years experience in civil litigation, a strong interest in clinical teaching, a demonstrated commitment to public interest lawyering, and potential for scholarship and success as a clinical teacher. Experience with the veterans community and/or issues is a plus. Candidates must hold a J.D. degree and be eligible for licensure in Michigan. Michigan's Clinical Fellows salaries and benefits are very competitive. The fellowship begins on a date to be determined sometime mid to late summer 2015.
Questions can be directed to Associate Dean David Santacroce at email@example.com or 734-763-4319. We will begin reviewing applications on April 24th and will accept them until the position is filled. Applicants should send a letter of interest and résumé to:
John W. Lemmer
Experiential Education Business Administrator
The University of Michigan Law School
701 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215
The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity employer.
Penn State Dickinson School of Law
Visiting Clinical Professor
The Community Law and Children's Advocacy Clinics of Penn State's Dickinson School of Law are seeking a Visiting Clinical Professor. This position is responsible for providing primary, day-to-day supervision of certified legal interns who provide legal services to low income clients and children.
The Visiting Clinical Professor will interact with members of the local bench, bar and court administrative offices before which students in the Clinics appear. Duties include: reviewing student writing and assisting students to conduct client interviews and prepare for hearings. The Visiting Clinical Professor will accompany law students to hearings and trials, and supervise students at those proceedings. Subject law matters include family law, dependency and disability law.
Requires a JD or LL.B degree or equivalent plus a minimum of two years work-related experience, preferably with background in family, juvenile and disability law. Candidates must be a member of the Bar of Pennsylvania or be eligible to become a member of the Pennsylvania Bar, as a prerequisite to holding this position.
Candidates must work well with indigent clients, students, faculty, and staff, in a cooperative environment. Excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills required. The most desirable candidates will supply evidence of law practice and/or teaching experience, a strong academic record, and excellent written and oral skills.
Standard Penn State background checks based on the responsibilities of the position as well as a valid driver's license will be required. This is a fixed-term appointment funded for one or two years from date of hire with possibility of re-funding. Salary is competitive, commensurate with experience
To apply to this job vacancy, #55981, please visit the Penn State Jobs website via this link: https://psu.jobs/, and do a keyword search for "55981". Please submit a cover letter, CV and three references. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.
Penn State is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer, and is committed to providing employment opportunities to minorities, women, veterans, disabled individuals, and other protected groups.
St. Mary's University
Director, Immigration and Human Rights Clinic/Clinical Professor of Law
St. Mary's University School of Law invites applications for the position of Director of the Immigration & Human Rights Clinic. This is a full-time position starting in August 2015. The law school anticipates the position will be offered as an initial one-year contract followed by five-year presumptively renewable contracts thereafter, but is flexible depending on the candidates and law school's needs.
The Immigration & Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) is part of a comprehensive clinical education program at the St. Mary's University School of Law Center for Legal & Social Justice. Since 1994, the IHRC has provided students with opportunities to learn the practice of law through representation of clients defensively in removal proceedings before the San Antonio, Texas, Immigration Court and affirmatively in applications for relief. IHRC clients include refugees, victims of domestic violence and crimes, and unaccompanied children. St. Mary's University School of Law is located in San Antonio, at the center of a large and diverse immigrant population and developing issues in immigration and nationality law, including advocacy projects and litigation to advance the rights of immigrants and refugees.
Candidates must hold a J.D.degree and an active license to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction. Candidates must also be fluent in Spanish and should have practice experience in immigration and nationality law, a strong academic record and writing ability, and a commitment to public interest law.
The Director of the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic must also have a commitment to leadership in a Catholic and Marianist institution, which fosters quality education in a family spirit; to pursue service, justice and peace and prepare for adaptation and change, while encouraging each person in their own way in their formation in faith.
St. Mary's is the oldest Catholic university in the Southwest, and continues to advocate the Marianist mission of academic excellence and servant leadership. Founded in 1852 by the Society of Mary (Marianists), St. Mary's is a comprehensive Catholic and Marianist university with a strong tradition of integrating liberal arts with professional studies. St. Mary's enrolls approximately 4,000 students in a diverse university with five schools, more than 40 academic programs including Ph.D. and J.D. programs, and numerous pre-professional programs.
Applications can be found at http://stmarytx.applicantpro.com/jobs/. Along with the employment application please submit (1) letter of application addressing interest in position, (2) curriculum vita, (3) official graduate transcript confirming the Juris Doctor degree, (4) a list of three references. For further inquiries, please contact Professor Mark Cochran, Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee at email@example.com. Review of applications will begin on February 24, 2015 until the appointment is made.
Any offer of employment will be contingent upon successful completion of a background check. St Mary's University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
American University, Washington College of Law
American University, Washington College of Law is seeking applications for Practitioners-in-Residence for academic year 2015-16 in the following in-house clinics: Disability Rights Law Clinic, Domestic Violence Clinic, and International Human Rights Law Clinic. American University's in-house, "live-client" Clinical Program, comprising ten (10) in-house clinics and serving approximately 240 students per year, is respected for its leadership in scholarship, development of clinical methodology, contributions to increasing access to justice for under-served clients and breadth of offerings.
The Practitioner-in-Residence Program, created in 1998, is a program designed to train lawyers or entry-level clinicians interested in becoming clinical teachers in the practice and theory of clinical legal education. Many graduates of the Practitioners-in-Residence program (over 20) have gone on to tenure-track teaching positions at other law schools. Practitioners supervise student casework, co-teach weekly clinic seminars and case rounds, and engage in course planning and preparation with the clinic's tenured faculty. They also teach a course outside of the clinical curriculum. The Practitioner-in-Residence Program provides full-year training in clinical theory and methodology and a writing workshop designed to assist Practitioners in the development of their clinical and doctrinal scholarship.
Minimum qualifications include a JD degree, outstanding academic record, three years' experience as a lawyer and membership in a state bar. The salary for the position is $90,000. American University is an EEO\AA employer committed to a diverse faculty, staff and student body.
Applications that include a curriculum vitae and cover letter should be submitted online via the following links:
For the Disability Rights Clinic: http://apply.interfolio.com/28893
For the Domestic Violence Clinic: http://apply.interfolio.com/28914
For the International Human Rights Clinic: http://apply.interfolio.com/28913
Please contact Sarah Warren, Faculty Coordinator, at email@example.com (202-274-4002) if you have any general questions regarding the application process and Professor Robert Dinerstein, Associate Dean for Experiential Education, email@example.com for any other questions about the position.
American University, Washington College of Law
Visiting Professor
American University, Washington College of Law is seeking applications for a Visiting Professor for Academic Year 2015-2016 in the International Human Rights Law Clinic. American University's in-house, "live-client" Clinical Program is respected for its leadership in scholarship, development of clinical methodology, contributions to increasing access to justice for under-served clients and breadth of offerings.
The Visiting Professor will supervise casework, co-teach the weekly seminar and case rounds, and engage in course planning and preparation. The Visiting Professor will also teach a course outside of the clinical curriculum.
Minimum qualifications include a JD degree, outstanding academic record, three years' experience as a lawyer and membership in a state bar. American University is an EEO\AA employer committed to a diverse faculty, staff and student body.
Applications that include a curriculum vitae and cover letter should be submitted online at http://apply.interfolio.com/28919. Please contact Sarah Warren, Faculty Coordinator, at firstname.lastname@example.com (202-274-4002) if you have any general questions regarding the application process and Professor Robert Dinerstein, Associate Dean for Experiential Education, firstname.lastname@example.com for any other questions about the position.
Harvard Law School Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation
Staff Attorney/Manager of Litigation Initiatives
Duties and Responsibilities
The Staff Attorney/Manager of Litigation Initiatives in the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation of Harvard Law School (CHLPI) leads CHLPI's efforts to use administrative advocacy and impact litigation to expand access to healthcare for low-income populations and to promote more equitable and effective health care systems.
The staff attorney position represents a unique opportunity to work within Harvard Law School's clinical program, to join a dynamic public interest and clinical teaching health and public health law and policy office, and practice in a burgeoning area of state and national importance. The position is for a one-year term appointment, with ongoing terms dependent on the availability of funding and project needs.
Collaborating with CHLPI's team of experienced attorneys and dedicated law student interns, the staff attorney advocates for legal, regulatory, and policy reforms to improve the health of underserved populations, with a focus on the needs of low-income people living with HIV and other chronic illnesses. The attorney helps to build upon and extend CHLPI's innovative work in health and public health law and policy by developing and implementing litigation strategies to ensure access to high-quality healthcare and reduce health disparities. As part of these efforts, the staff attorney works with local partners to file complaints with relevant state and federal agencies as well as engage in impact litigation at the state and federal levels. Areas of litigation practice will likely include efforts to enforce Affordable Care Act anti-discrimination provisions through the filing of complaints with Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and state insurance regulators, as well as potential lawsuits directly against health insurers.
JD Degree earned at least three years ago and a minimum of three years relevant experience. Ability to work independently, as well as in teams; ability to thrive in a high-volume practice; strong oral and written communication skills; strong motivation and initiative and the ability to work creatively within broad program goals; ability to learn and achieve superior professional practice; and strong organization, time management, case management and documentation skills.
This is a term appointment currently expected to extend one year from date of hire with renewal subject to continued funding from ongoing grant support and program needs.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
To Apply: http://hr.harvard.edu/jobs/; Requisition #34731BR
Harvard Law School Center for Health Law & Policy Innovation
Clinical Fellow
Duties and Responsibilities
Reporting to the Deputy Director of the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation, the Fellow will work on a broad range of health law and policy initiatives ranging from state-level legislation to national health law and policy reform. The Fellow will work with CHLPI attorneys and students as well as consumers, advocates, community-based organizations, health and social services professionals, government officials, and others to expand access to high-quality healthcare; to reduce health disparities; and to promote more equitable and effective health and public health systems.
Working at both the federal and state levels, the Fellow's projects will include: policy development and advocacy to increase access to comprehensive care, treatment, and services; monitoring, documenting, and reporting problems with Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation and other access to care issues; and research, analysis, and development of strategies to support enforcement of ACA provisions and other health law and policy reforms to improve access to care. All of the above projects will focus on the care and treatment needs of low-income people living with chronic health conditions, including hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV. The Fellow will also develop advocacy training presentations and supplemental materials to help state advocates participate in important initiatives with regard to the future of Medicaid, Medicare and other federal and state health programs.
The Fellow's Clinic work will focus broadly on initiatives that will increase access to quality, comprehensive health care. The Fellow will work with staff and students to inform cutting-edge policy recommendations at the state and national levels in both the legislative and regulatory arenas. The Fellow will also conduct regular outreach and training for state and national service providers and consumer groups, help support community partners' advocacy coalitions, and present at various meetings and conferences.
JD Degree and/or equivalent (e.g. MPH, MPP.) earned within the last three years. Extremely strong oral and written communication and organizational skills required; Interest in health law and policy required. Relevant health law/policy, community outreach/organizing, and public speaking experience preferred. Ability to work independently, as well as in teams, and in demanding and periodically high stress circumstances. Strong motivation, initiative, and demonstrated ability to work creatively within broad program goals. Strong motivation to learn and achieve superior professional practice and mentoring skills. Strong organization, time management, project management and documentation skills.
Note: This is a one-year fellowship, with the potential of continued funding dependent upon ongoing grant support and program needs.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
To Apply: http://hr.harvard.edu/jobs/; Requisition #34729BR
UC Davis School of Law
Director of Externships
Position Details
Job Summary: Under general direction of the Senior Assistant Dean, the Director of Externships will have year-round responsibility for the six current externship programs at the School of Law, including the UCDC Program and the externship program in Sacramento - Legislative Program. Collaborate closely with faculty and the Career Center to develop and monitor placements.
In collaboration with the Senior Assistant Dean and others, provide leadership, conceive strategies, and deliver innovations to ensure optimal law student and program success. Develop and facilitate new and existing externship opportunities for the School of Law students.
Minimum Qualifications:
-J.D. degree and admission to the California State Bar.
-Program management experience to work with full independence and flexibility to exercise good judgment under general consultative direction of upper management.
-Experience in program development to design, plan, implement, and evaluate programs in a university environment.
-Analytical skills to gather and interpret data, identify trends, anticipate impacts, and implement proposals on policy and practices.
-Experience in strategic planning to formulate goals, monitor expenses, allocate resources and assess outcomes.
-Organizational skills to prioritize and complete tasks with immediate and conflicting deadlines and changes; and to multi-task while working on a myriad of complex projects with simultaneous or overlapping due dates and established deadlines.
-Problem solving, judgment and decision-making skills.
-Written and oral communication skills to prepare written reports, correspondence, proposals, program assessments, justifications, and to present information to individuals and groups.
Preferred Qualifications:
-Knowledge of the legal profession.
-Experience working collaboratively with faculty and senior campus administrators to achieve organizational objectives.
-Knowledge of University of California and UC Davis academic policies and procedures, and ABA requirements.
-Experience working with a University of California or comparable public research university law school.
Quick Link To This Position: www.employment.ucdavis.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=70053
Georgia State University College of Law
Clinical Teaching Position
Georgia State University's College of Law seeks applicants for a full-time Clinical Professor in its Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic (Tax Clinic). The Clinical Faculty position has faculty status, voting rights, research and service expectations, as well as a renewable contract and job security commensurate with tenured faculty, although it is a non-tenure track position. Dependent upon an applicant's qualifications and interest, the position may be filled as the Clinic Director and/or include doctrinal teaching. The start date is flexible, dependent upon date of hire.
The Clinical Professor will be responsible for clinical teaching as well as oversight of the Tax Clinic. Responsibilities will include the supervision of students in all aspects of client representation, case selection, and client communication as well as developing and teaching related course work. Applicants should have a strong background in tax as well as a record of, or demonstrated potential for, successful clinical teaching, professional engagement, and service.
Part of a comprehensive research university, and about to move into a state-of-the art new law facility in the summer of 2015, Georgia State University College of Law is a dynamic urban-centered law school located in the heart of Atlanta with 650 full- and part-time law students. The Tax Clinic provides controversy resolution services to low-income individuals who have disputes with the Internal Revenue Service. The Tax Clinic, founded 22 years ago, operates as an important component of the College of Law's experiential learning program. For more information about the Tax Clinic, visit our website: http://taxclinic.law.gsu.edu/
Applications are encouraged from candidates who would diversify the faculty. Georgia State University, a unit of the University System of Georgia, is an equal opportunity/affirmative action educational institution and employer. As Georgia State University requires, an appointment is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background investigation.
This position is open until filled and applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please direct all applications and inquiries to:
Professor Anne Tucker
Associate Professor of Law
Georgia State University College of Law
P.O. Box 4037
Atlanta, GA 30302-4037
Bauer Fellowship
Northwestern University School of Law
Center on Negotiation and Mediation
Bluhm Legal Clinic
Northwestern University School of Law invites applications for the Bauer Fellow, a two-year, renewable, clinical fellowship. The fellowship will commence on August 1, 2015 and is expected to end July 31, 2017.
The Center on Negotiation and Mediation (CNM) at Northwestern Law is a national leader in negotiation and mediation and was named a Top Ten Dispute Resolution Program by U.S. News & World Report (2014). The CNM provides a host of opportunities for students to explore concepts in dispute resolution. The CNM offers a minimum of 13 sections of the basic negotiation workshop each year. In addition, the CNM teaches on topics including Mediation, Mediation Advocacy, International Business Negotiation, Dispute Resolution Survey, Dispute Resolution in Sports, Conflict Management in Legal Practice, Restorative Justice, and Advanced Negotiation. The CNM provides unparalleled depth and breadth in its curricular choices for students.
The CNM seeks a compassionate and entrepreneurial individual who will design and teach a restorative justice curriculum that includes a collaboration with partners to develop and provide restorative justice services. Tasks will include identifying partnerships in the Chicago area, as well as other administrative aspects of managing projects.
The Bauer Fellow will be trained to teach the basic negotiation workshop and will provide support for other CNM initiatives - including the 1L Lawyer as Problem Solver curriculum and coaching ADR competition teams.
Ideal candidates must have a J.D and significant experience in restorative justice. Preferably, applicants will also have training and experience in negotiation and mediation and be licensed to practice law in Illinois. The applicant must be comfortable supervising, mentoring and teaching law students. A willingness to engage in academic writing and research is desirable.
The Fellowship comes with an annual salary of $60,000 and benefits package.
Applicants should email letters of interest and resumes to the CNM Administrative Coordinator Nancy Flowers at email@example.com. No letters of recommendation are required, but up to three letters will be accepted. The deadline for applications is March 15, 2015.
Northwestern University School of Law is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and encourages nominations of and applications from women and minority candidates.
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law
Staff Attorney, Wrongful Conviction Clinic
The James E. Rogers School of Law at the University of Arizona is hiring an experienced attorney to join the clinical faculty in the Wrongful Conviction Clinic. In collaboration with the Arizona Justice Project, the Clinic accepts cases involving claims of actual innocence or other manifest injustice. Under the supervision of clinic faculty, students provide pro bono investigative and legal assistance in both post-conviction and clemency proceedings.
Through a unique partnership with the Arizona Justice Project and Arizona State University's Post Conviction Clinic, the Wrongful Conviction Clinic is the recipient of grant funds targeted at cases where there is a possibility that post-conviction DNA testing could be dispositive of innocence. The staff attorney's primary role will be evaluating potential innocence cases and helping to secure post conviction DNA testing. The staff attorney will work closely with the Clinic Director and law students in the Clinic.
The position is for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year.
• Supervise law students' case work
• Review trial and post conviction records
• Litigate motions for discovery and access to evidence
• Conduct evidence searches
• Litigate motions for DNA testing
• Consult with DNA labs regarding testing procedures
• Admission to the bar in at least one state
• Demonstrated commitment to representing indigent clients
• Excellent legal research, writing, and presentation skills
• The ideal candidate will possess at least five years litigation, appellate, or clerkship experience.
• Criminal defense experience preferred
COMPENSATION: $45,000-$60,000 DOE, plus benefits through the University of Arizona.
JOB CLOSE DATE: Open until filled.
REVIEW BEGINS: Feb. 1, 2015
APPLICATION MATERIALS: To apply, please include the following: letter of interest, resume, 5-10 page writing sample, law school transcript (unofficial copy is fine), and contact information for three references. Applications may be submitted through the University of Arizona's online system at www.uacareertrack.com using job code #57462, or sent directly to Vanessa Buch at firstname.lastname@example.com.
University of Denver
Lecturer, Legal Externship Program
Job Description
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law (Denver Law) is a top 70 law school with nationally ranked programs in environmental and natural resources law, legal writing, clinical training, trial advocacy and tax law. Rooted in innovative experiential learning opportunities, our curriculum is global in its perspective and our faculty are some of the most accomplished legal scholars in the nation.
This is a two-year faculty appointment, to begin after May 15, 2015. The faculty member will work with the Director of the Legal Externship Program in developing student field placement opportunities; advising students in selecting appropriate externship opportunities; and monitoring, supervising and teaching students throughout the externship experience.
The essential duties for this position are as follows:
Develop and monitor externship placements for students. Work with supervising attorneys to ensure appropriate training and development program exists for the extern and that the extern receives appropriate feedback.
Work with students to ensure selection of appropriate externships. Monitor and supervise students ensuring that the educational goals of the externship are being met and that they are being given adequate training and experience.
Ensure students and placements are in compliance with American Bar Association standards.
Teach one externship class per semester.
Required Experience
A J.D. degree from an ABA accredited law school
5 years post JD legal work
Admitted to the Bar of any state
Knowledge of law office practice
Strong communication and writing skills
Strong interpersonal skills
Instructions for candidates:
In order to be considered for this position, you will need to apply on-line and include a cover letter and CV/resume. Candidates must apply online through www.dujobs.org to be considered (or via link below), only applications submitted online will be accepted. Once within the job description online, please click "New Resume/CV" at the bottom of the page to begin application. If you have questions regarding this position please contact Clint Emmerich (firstname.lastname@example.com).
DU and its Sturm College of Law are committed to enhancing the diversity of our faculty and staff. We are strongly dedicated to the pursuit of excellence by including and integrating individuals who represent different groups as defined by race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, age, disability, national origin, religion and veteran status. The University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. You can view DU's comprehensive benefits summary at www.du.edu/hr/benefits/benefits_summary.html.
Golden Gate University School of Law
Attorney, Women's Employment Rights Clinic
The Women's Employment Rights Clinic at Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco is seeking an attorney with significant litigation experience, knowledgeable about legal issues affecting low-wage and immigrant workers or other marginalized groups, and clinical teaching or supervision experience to serve as a full-time Associate Professor and Clinical Staff Attorney. The clinic addresses issues affecting low wage and immigrant workers through public policy advocacy, direct service, impact litigation, amicus curiae filings and non-litigation projects including educational programs for community based organizations. This is a 2 year long-term, renewable contract. Individuals interested in the position should apply online at http://www.ggu.edu/jobs by February 13, 2015, and include a cover letter highlighting your qualifications, resume, writing sample, and a list of references with contact information to be considered. Questions about this position may be directed to Associate Professor Eleanor Lumsden, Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee: email@example.com.
The Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics of The George Washington University Law School are accepting additional applications for our graduate clinical fellowship program for the academic years of 2015-17. In recognition of the generous gift of Philip Friedman, the Fellows are known as Friedman Fellows. Friedman Fellows obtain LL.M. degrees while examining and engaging in clinical legal education and public interest law.
The 2015-17 Friedman Fellowships begin in the summer of 2015. Each fellowship is affiliated with a specific law school clinic. Although the various clinics provide the fellows diverse responsibilities and experiences, each provides the Fellow with opportunities to co-teach and co-supervise, alongside experienced clinical faculty, the law students enrolled in the clinic.
The Friedman Fellowship program enables every Fellow to learn about clinical education and public interest lawyering through the practice of engaging in each, teaching and supervising law students engaged in these endeavors, and participating in a program of study in which these are the primary topics of inquiry. In the process, Fellows receive mentorship and support from the clinical faculty and administration, and the law school in general.
Fellows enroll in two year-long courses in Clinical Teaching and Scholarship taught by the Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs and other clinical faculty. As part of this course sequence, Fellows receive specific instruction and guidance in teaching and supervising law students, and in writing a publishable thesis. Fellows also enroll part-time in other law school classes, and receive an LL.M. degree upon completion of the class and thesis requirements of the LL.M. program.
We are currently seeking applications from candidates with strong academic, clinical, and lawyering experience. We are especially interested in applications from lawyers with background and experience in the following areas: administrative law, appellate practice, community economic development law, civil legal aid practice, criminal defense practice, litigation, prisoner re-entry issues, and transactional law. Fellows receive an annual stipend between $45,000 and $50,000, tuition remission for the LL.M. program, health insurance and other benefits, and possible student loan deferment. Fellows must be members of a state bar. Candidates who are not members of the D.C. Bar must be eligible for immediate waiver into the D.C. Bar.
Each applicant should send a letter of interest, a resume, a list of references, and a complete law school transcript by February 2, 2015 to Associate Dean Phyllis Goldfarb. The preferred submission method is by email to firstname.lastname@example.com. In the alternative, applications can be mailed to the Jacob Burns Community Legal Clinics c/o Executive Assistant Norma Lamont, The George Washington University Law School, 2000 G St. NW, Washington, DC 20052. The George Washington University Law School is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. The University undertakes special efforts to employ a diverse workforce.
Professor, Restoration and Justice Clinic
Pepperdine University School of Law invites qualified and experienced candidates to apply to teach and direct its new Restoration and Justice Clinic to commence academic year 2015-16. This is a long-term contract position with rank of position to be determined in light of a candidate's qualifications and other factors.
The School of Law seeks a talented, creative professor to launch, teach and direct the Restoration and Justice Clinic. The Clinic's practice will provide legal services to victims and survivors of domestic abuse, sexual assault, human trafficking, prostitution or other gender or sex crimes, including matters related to civil protection orders, civil and human rights, family law, immigration, consumer protection, or housing. Along with the School of Law's administration and faculty, the professor appointed to direct the Clinic will have significant responsibility for initiation and coordination in defining the clinic's mission, parameters, clients and scope of practice. The Clinic will develop curriculum and cultivate multidisciplinary partners in the university and community with whom to collaborate formally.
The new Clinic is part of Pepperdine's expanding program of clinical and experiential education. Pepperdine law students must complete 50 hours of pro bono service and 15 units of professional skills classes, and they can receive dual credit in clinics, practicums and qualifying externships. The Restoration and Justice Clinic will promote diverse curricular offerings with a multidisciplinary, client-centered practice with various and intersecting forms of advocacy. The Clinic's director will have opportunities to participate in the School of Law's Global Justice Mission and to collaborate with existing clinics to serve local, national and international clients.
The successful candidate will be responsible primarily for teaching and directing the Restoration and Justice Clinic, will also teach externship workshops
periodically and will likely have opportunity to teach other courses.
The position is a 12-month appointment.
Candidates must hold a J.D., be licensed to practice law in California (or be willing to obtain a California license as soon as possible), and preferably have experience working with law students on client cases in a clinical, externship or similar setting. The candidate's record should demonstrate superb lawyering skills, leadership and management experience, strong teaching ability, and the communication and interpersonal skills essential to being an effective clinical teacher. Scholarship in the field will be a positive factor in considering candidates.
The School of Law is an ABA accredited, AALS member law school located in Malibu, California. Pepperdine is a Christian university committed to the highest standards of academic excellence and Christian values, where students are strengthened for lives of purpose, service, and leadership. The School of Law welcomes applications from people of all faiths and is particularly interested in receiving applications from candidates who may bring greater racial, ethnic, and gender diversity to the faculty of the School of Law.
Interested applicants should submit letter of interest and current resume or curriculum vitae to Professor Richard Cupp via email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Georgetown Law School
Visiting Professor, Community Justice Project
The Georgetown Law Community Justice Project seeks a visiting professor to direct the clinic for two years (with the possibility of a renewal) while Jane Aiken, the Director of the Community Justice Project, serves as Associate Dean for Experiential Education and has a reduced load. Applicants should have at least 5 years of experience as a lawyer and experience as a clinical teacher. Because the clinic work touches on many areas of law, we do not seek any particular field of expertise but do seek a comfort with the need to gain expertise as the projects demand. The successful candidate will work with Jane Aiken and up to two clinical fellows in this 10-credit clinic, offered for a new group of students each semester. The summer provides opportunity for planning and writing.
Details on The Community Justice Project can be found on the Georgetown Law website at https://www.law.georgetown.edu/academics/academic-programs/clinical-prog...
The Community Justice Project is a clinic where students directly represent clients (our current cases are unemployment insurance appeals) and act as advocates for community, non-profit, educational, faith-based and other organizations and groups.
The Community Justice Project seeks to:
-Provide students with an appreciation for the complexity of working for social justice, an understanding of the variety of skills and strategies that lawyers can use to seek justice, and the faith that students have the capacity to make a difference as a lawyer.
-Help organizations and community groups to tackle complex, high priority projects across a wide variety of subject areas.
Please submit your C.V. and a letter of interest to Professor Jane H. Aiken at firstname.lastname@example.com. All applications should be received by January 31, 2015. Start date is July 1, 2015.
St Peter's College and the Faculty of Law, Oxford
Associate Professorship in Law
Salary: £44,620 - £59,914 p.a., plus £7,467 p.a. housing allowance and other benefits
Applications are invited for a full-time Associate Professorship in Law. The post is tenable from 1 October 2015 or as soon as possible thereafter and will be offered in conjunction with an Official Fellowship in Law at St Peter's College. It will be based mainly at St Peter's College with some responsibilities carried out at the Law Faculty. The post is permanent, upon completion of a successful review.
The main duties of the role will be to engage to engage in research and publication at an internationally competitive level in Law; to take responsibility for the organization, supervision and teaching of Law at St Peter's College including arrangements for the admission of new students and the pastoral care of students reading for law degrees; to teach for the College three undergraduate law subjects, including at least two from a list of compulsory subjects: Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Roman Law, Tort, Contract, Administrative Law, Jurisprudence, Trusts, Land Law and European Union law (preference may be given to someone who is able to teach at least one Law Moderations (ie. 1st year) subject: Criminal Law, Constitutional Law or Roman Law); to give lectures and undertake graduate teaching and supervision on behalf of the Law Faculty (in any undergraduate or graduate subject); to take part in University examining; to act as College Advisor to St Peter's College graduate students in Law and cognate areas; and to participate in the administration of the College and the Faculty. The appointee will be an Official Fellow of St Peter's College.
Applicants should have a doctorate in a relevant subject, or an established record of accomplishment in legal research and a record of high quality research and publication of standing commensurate with their career experience. They should demonstrate a research record of international standing appropriate to the stage of their career, with evidence of potential for producing further distinguished research in law, and the intention to continue researching and publishing. The appointee will be expected to demonstrate evidence of excellence, or the potential for excellence, in teaching Law, particularly to undergraduates, and the ability to lecture at an appropriate level to undergraduate audiences and to conduct graduate classes.
Salary on a combined College and University scale within the range £44,620 - £59,914 p.a., plus £7,467 p.a. taxable and pensionable College housing allowance and other benefits
The duties and responsibilities of the post are set out in the job description, which may be obtained from http://www.spc.ox.ac.uk/content/vacancies-and-scholarships or by writing to firstname.lastname@example.com (tel. +44 (0)1865 278864). The job description also contains details of the application procedure.
The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon (UK time) on Friday 23 January 2015.
Harvard Law School
Bankruptcy Program Research Director
The Harvard Law School Bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring Project is seeking applicants for the position with the title "Research Director and Bankruptcy Program Fellow." Specific responsibilities include academic and policy-based research for the project, supervising the HLS Bankruptcy Roundtable and its student fellows, and assisting in teaching bankruptcy-based courses.
Candidates should have strong academic achievement, as well as interest in and experience with bankruptcy and corporate reorganizations. The position has significant opportunities to interact with faculty at Harvard and elsewhere. Interested applicants should submit a CV, a cover letter, a law school transcript, references, and whatever supporting materials candidates find appropriate.
Please submit materials to Marie Bowen (email@example.com) and Anastasia Tolu (email@example.com) or complete the following online application here, which also contains additional information.
Online application available at: https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGWEbHost/jobdetails.aspx?partnerID=25240&si...
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Regulation Fellowship
The Penn Program on Regulation (PPR) offers a Regulation Fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. Designed for scholars interested in pursuing academic careers related to regulation or administrative law, the Regulation Fellow will enjoy faculty access to Penn Law services and full participation in all events of the Penn Program on Regulation. The Fellowship will provide a full year of funding and will be eligible for renewal for an additional year.
Regulation Fellows must have earned a law degree or have completed or be pursuing a PhD or equivalent in a related field, and should not yet have held a full-time tenure track legal academic appointment. The Regulation Fellows program provides an excellent opportunity for doctoral or postdoctoral research. The Fellow will be expected to produce at least one original academic work during each year of funding, and part of the Fellow's time will include support of the Penn Program on Regulation, including the development of PPR reports and proposals.
To apply, submit the following materials:
Detailed research proposal
Writing sample(s)
Curriculum vitae
Law school and/or graduate school transcript(s)
Two references, minimum (at least one must be an academic reference)
Applications should be submitted by January 15, 2015.
Electronic applications are preferred, and applicants are encouraged to submit the above materials in electronic form to firstname.lastname@example.com. Alternatively, applicants may submit a paper copy of their application to:
Penn Program on Regulation
University of Pennsylvania Law School
3501 Sansom Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6204
Applications for the 2015-2016 fellowship should be submitted by January 15, 2015. Applications submitted after that date will also be considered until the fellowship has been filled. Questions about this program should be sent email@example.com.
University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law
Director of Experiential and Clinical Programs
The University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law (UDC-DCSL) is searching for a new Director of Experiential and Clinical Programs. Here's the link to the announcement:
Each student at UDC-DCSL must take a minimum of two seven-credit clinics. In addition to emphasizing clinic and serving low-income residents of the District of Columbia, our mission focuses on diversity and public interest law. Our LL.M. program is in clinical pedagogy and systems change. UDC is an HBCU; we are among the most diverse law schools in the country in both faculty and study body.
University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas
Clinical Professor and Director, Criminal Defense Clinic
The University of Texas School of Law has an opening for a clinical professor to direct the Criminal Defense Clinic (CDC), beginning in August 2015. The position is a full-time, nine-month appointment. It is a non-tenure track position, with an initial one-year appointment followed by three-year, rolling, presumptively renewable appointments. The successful candidate will join a community of over 25 faculty members who teach in the clinical program.
The CDC has operated at Texas Law since 1974. It is a six-credit, one semester, pass/fail course with weekly classes, skills sessions, and case supervision meetings. Approximately 16 students enroll each semester. The CDC is directed by a full-time clinical professor who works with two part-time supervising attorneys and an administrative assistant.
CDC students represent indigent defendants charged with misdemeanors in Travis County. Typical offenses include DWI, theft, assault, and drug possession. Students function as "first chair" attorneys, with the supervising attorneys sitting as "second chair" during court proceedings. The clinical faculty provides mentorship and supervision for students but students take on primary responsibility for their cases. Students arrange jail releases, interview clients and witnesses, investigate crime scenes, litigate pretrial issues, negotiate with prosecutors, work with court staff, and try cases before judges and juries. The CDC is primarily focused on trials but past students have occasionally worked on appeals (including in the U.S. Supreme Court).
More information about the CDC can be found at: www.utexas.edu/law/clinics/criminal/
1. Member of Texas Bar, eligible to waive in to Texas Bar, or willing to take the Texas Bar Exam in July 2015;
2. At least eight years of experience in criminal defense practice;
3. Familiarity with clinical teaching methods;
4. Experience supervising law students and/or junior attorneys;
5. Experience running a law office or practice area; and
6. Teaching experience (preferred).
The salary for this position is in the $98,000 to $110,000 range for nine months, depending on experience. The position is open until filled.
Applications (with a letter of interest, a resume or c.v., a writing sample, and the names of three references) should be submitted by email by January 9, 2015, to:
Eden Harrington, Associate Dean for Experiential Education
University of Texas School of Law
727 East Dean Keeton Street
Austin, TX 78705
(512) 232-7068
University of Texas School of Law
Clinical Professor, Immigration Clinic
The School of Law at the University of Texas at Austin has an opening for a clinical professor in the Immigration Clinic. The successful candidate will start in August 2015 and will join a community of over 25 faculty members who teach in the clinical program.
The opening is for a full-time, nine-month appointment. It is a non-tenure track position, with an initial one-year contract and thereafter a three-year, rolling, presumptively renewable contract.
The Immigration Clinic has been part of the Clinical Program at UT Law for sixteen years. The successful candidate will join the Immigration Clinic director, Clinical Professor Denise Gilman, in teaching and supervising Immigration Clinic students. The clinic's faculty teaches substantive immigration law and provides instruction and guidance in legal advocacy techniques, while encouraging students to explore models for effective, ethical and collaborative lawyering. The clinical faculty provides mentorship and supervision for students but ensures that students take on the primary responsibility and decision-making authority for their cases. Approximately 16 students enroll in the clinic each semester, as new or advanced clinic students.
The Immigration Clinic represents vulnerable low-income immigrants from all over the world before the immigration and federal courts and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The clinic's caseload varies each semester but is primarily focused on detention and deportation defense and asylum cases. In addition to handling a specific caseload, students in the clinic provide pro-se assistance and direct legal representation to migrants held at immigration detention centers, particularly asylum seekers held at the Hutto and Karnes detention facilities. Clinical faculty and students also engage in larger national and international human rights advocacy projects and collaborate with national organizations to reform and improve the rights of immigrants in the United States.
More information about the Immigration Clinic can be found here:
Responsibilities include:
- Co-teaching (with existing faculty) the classroom component of the clinic;
- Supervising students in their work on cases and other projects;
- Participating in the management of the clinic, including selection of students and budget decision-making;
- Selecting cases and projects for the clinic;
- Directly representing clients in proceedings before the Department of Homeland Security, the immigration court system and the federal courts;
- Engaging in service to the law school, the university, and the community, which may include serving on law school and university committees, participating in scholarly presentations or CLE programs, aiding law-reform efforts, serving as an expert for news media and other audiences as well as other activities.
- Member of any State Bar;
- At least five years of experience in immigration law and practice;
- Fluency in Spanish;
- A demonstrated interest in direct representation of migrants as well as systemic reform;
- Experience supervising law students and/or junior attorneys; and
- Teaching experience preferred.
The annual salary will be $98,000 to $110,000 for nine months, depending on experience.
Applications should be submitted by email, by December 20, 2014, to:
Denise Gilman
Immigration Clinic
University of Texas School of Law
727 East Dean Keeton Street
Austin, TX 78705
(512) 232-1292
Please include a letter of interest, a resume or c.v., a writing sample, and the names of three references.
The University of Texas School of Law is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Georgetown Law School
Community Justice Project
Graduate Teaching Fellow
Application Process
Please submit your C.V. and a letter of interest to Professor Jane H. Aiken at email@example.com. All applications should be received by December 20 2014. Those selected to interview will be interviewed during early January with selection following shortly. Start date is July 1, 2015 and the fellowship is for two years, ending June 30, 2017.
Description of the Clinic
The Community Justice Project opened in the Fall of 2010. The Clinic provides students with training and practice in many lawyering skills and stimulates students to think broadly about the myriad ways to effect change within the legal system. The Community Justice Project cuts across many subject matter areas. Students in this clinic use multiple tactics to achieve client objectives, including advocacy, public relations, the use of media, lobbying, legislative and policy drafting and community organizing.
The clinic embraces a focused and explicit use of clinical education to enhance the students' commitment to social justice. In short, in addition to specific traditional legal skills, The Community Justice Project teaches students about the commitment that will sustain and energize people over the long haul, the tactics that can produce success in particular cases, and the sense of strategy that looks to long-term (perhaps very long-term) success, and participation in a protracted struggle for justice.
Students represent individual clients in Unemployment Insurance Appeal cases, starting with an initial interview and ending with an administrative hearing two weeks later. In addition to their direct representation cases, students are also assigned to a Project Team for the semester. The Projects vary in their substance, size of Project Team, type of client, type of responsibilities, and timelines. Through these projects, students are able to engage in a breadth of lawyering and creative advocacy skills. These Projects provide a platform for students to think strategically about the project of justice and redefine what "winning" means. Our students have done work in the community to provide justice in many areas.
Description of the Fellowship
The Community Justice Project hires one individual to serve as a clinical teaching fellow and supervising attorney each year, for a two year term. Fellows have several areas of responsibility, with an increasing role as the fellowship progresses. First, fellows supervise students in direct representation cases, as co-supervisors with experienced fellows and faculty and then on their own. Second, fellows co-supervise one or more Project Teams of students. Third, the fellows and faculty share responsibility for teaching seminar sessions. Fourth, fellows share in the administrative and case handling responsibilities of the clinic. Finally, fellows participate in a clinical pedagogy seminar and other activities designed to support an interest in clinical teaching and legal education.
Qualifications Sought
We will only consider applicants with at least 3 years of post J.D. legal experience. Applicants must be admitted or willing to be admitted to the District of Columbia Bar. We are most interested in applicants with experience in direct representation, commitment to social justice, and an interest in clinical teaching and legal education.
Send application by e-mail to:
The Community Justice Project
Email: email@example.com
NYU Furman Center
Legal Research Fellow
The Furman Center for Real Estate and Urban Policy at New York University invites applications for a post-graduate legal fellowship. The Furman Center, jointly housed at NYU's School of Law and its Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, is a leading academic research center devoted to the public policy aspects of land use, real estate development, and housing. The Furman Center's law fellowships are designed for promising legal scholars with a strong interest in housing, local government, real estate or land use law. The Fellow's time is shared equally between independent research on topics of their choice and preparation to enter the academic job market, and Furman Center projects, conducted jointly with faculty members, graduate students, and staff. Recent projects have addressed such topics as the consequences of mortgage foreclosures, the effects of inclusionary zoning, and the impact of housing vouchers on crime. The Fellow also helps produce the Center's annual State of New York City's Housing and Neighborhoods report. The Law Fellow is invited to participate in faculty workshops, colloquia, and other scholarly forums at the NYU School of Law. The fellowship typically begins summer/fall of 2015.
A J.D. degree, superior academic achievement, excellent writing skills, initiative, and a demonstrated interest in and commitment to scholarship are required.
To Apply
Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, scholarly writing sample, and the names and contact information of 3 references. Applications are preferred by 1/1/2015 but will be given consideration until the position is filled. Review of applications will begin immediately and will be evaluated on a rolling basis. Candidates of interest only will be contacted.
Application materials and questions should be sent to firstname.lastname@example.com. Please include "Legal Research Position" in the subject line.
New York University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
Easy Bay Community Law Center
Berkeley, CA
Attorney, Housing Practice
Please see job announcement here.
Application deadline: November 2, 2014
Widener Law Delaware
Visiting Faculty Position
Widener Law Delaware invites applications for a Visiting Faculty position starting in the Summer of 2015 as Director of the Veteran's Law Clinic (VLC). The position is a two year Visitorship with the possibility of a tenure track appointment thereafter.
The VLC is an award winning provider of free legal assistance to veterans residing in Pennsylvania and Delaware and surrounding areas with VA claims resulting from a denial of benefits by their Regional Office. The VLC also engages in community outreach, providing wills and other estate documents to low-income veterans and sharing best practices with other clinics around the country. The recent addition of two Equal Justice Works Americorps Legal Fellows, coupled with two part-time graduate student interns (Master of Social Work candidates), has enabled the VLC to provide more holistic advocacy in a broad range of civil legal issues including housing, expungements, discharge upgrades, and consumer law.
The Director is responsible for all aspects of running the VLC, including: course planning and teaching; curriculum development; client selection; intensive supervision and mentoring of law students in representing clients; and clinic administration. The Director may also have opportunities to teach doctrinal courses consistent with the Law School's needs.
Applicants must have a JD and relevant practice experience. Clinical teaching experience is preferred. Widener University is an equal opportunity employer. The Law School is located on its own campus in the suburbs of Wilmington, Delaware. Applicants should submit cover letter and resume to: Interim Dean Erin Daly at: email@example.com
Lecturer in Law and Director
Syracuse University College of Law invites applicants for a Lecturer in Law and Director for our newly-created Veterans Legal Clinic. This is a full-time, non-tenure track faculty appointment.
The Veterans Legal Clinic will enroll students and begin taking clients in January 2015, becoming the law school's ninth clinical course. The cases handled will primarily be initial veterans' benefits claims, appeals of denied claims, and discharge upgrade cases. It will be dedicated to providing an exceptional educational experience through representation of veterans. Students will advocate for clients who are veterans in administrative and judicial proceedings, and engage with the local community in educational advocacy.
The Director of the VLC will supervise students on existing case work, identify appropriate legal work, teach the twice weekly seminar, work with the Director of External Relations on community relations, and participate with other clinical faculty in the operation of the Office of Clinical Legal Education.
J.D. is required and a minimum of five years of relevant practice experience in veterans law. Experience or an interest in teaching is necessary, particularly using clinical methodologies. Attorneys who are faculty in the law clinics must be highly qualified, experienced and motivated.
Pay Range: Commensurate with experience.
Date appointment begins: January 2, 2015
Application deadline: October 31, 2014
Interested applicants should apply to this position at https://www.sujobopps.com
(faculty opportunities – Job #071397)
A CV/resume, letter of interest and a list of professional references must be attached online for consideration.
Syracuse University is interested in candidates who have the communication skills and cross-cultural abilities to maximize their effectiveness with diverse groups of colleagues, students and community members. Women, military veterans, individuals with disabilities, and members of other traditionally underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply. Syracuse University is an equal opportunity employer, as well as a federal contractor required to take affirmative action on behalf of protected veterans.
The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law
Two tenure-track positions
The University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law anticipates hiring two entry level or early career tenured or tenure-track faculty members with a strong commitment to educating lawyers for the twenty-first century, a lifetime of scholarship, and being part of a collegial, collaborative community. We are particularly interested in candidates with research and teaching interests in the following areas: property, environmental law, real estate, land use, contracts, business and entrepreneurship. Additional areas of interest may include professional responsibility, criminal law, and civil litigation.
UMKC is the urban law school of the University of Missouri System and is located on a beautiful landscaped campus in the Country Club Plaza area of Kansas City, Missouri. It is the only law school in a diverse and vibrant metropolitan area of more than two million people and offers courses leading to J.D. or LL.M. degrees for approximately 500 students. It benefits from its metropolitan location, a large and academically talented pool of student applicants, a strong university with opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration, a dedicated faculty and staff, and strong community and alumni support.
UMKC is an equal access, equal opportunity, affirmative action employer that is fully committed to achieving a diverse faculty and staff. The university will recruit and employ qualified personnel and will provide equal opportunities during employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran or status as a qualified individual with a disability. To request ADA accommodations, please call the Director of Affirmative Action at 816-235-1323.
Application Process: The School of Law will review the Faculty Appointments Registry maintained by the AALS. In addition letters of inquiry and resumes may be sent to:
Nancy Levit, Chair
Faculty Appointments Committee
UMKC School of Law
500 E. 52nd St.
Kansas City, MO 64110
Applications for the position go through the University at https://myhr.umsystem.edu/psp/tamext/KCITY/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL?Si...
The University of Michigan Law School is seeking to hire a clinical faculty member with a background in corporate and intellectual property law to teach in its Entrepreneurship Clinic starting next academic year.
Students in Michigan's Entrepreneurship Clinic represent entrepreneurial ventures typically led by University of Michigan students or recent alumni. The Entrepreneurship Clinic represents clients in incorporation, financing, intellectual property, employment law, and other common early-stage legal issues.
The successful applicant will have experience working with emerging technology companies and a demonstrated commitment to excellence in clinical teaching and entrepreneurship-related training and mentoring. Prior clinical or other legal teaching experience (including clinic administration), and scholarship or scholarly potential are highly desirable. A technical background and experience with patents is also desirable. Candidates must hold a J.D. degree and be eligible for licensure in Michigan.
This is a contractual appointment that can lead to Michigan's version of clinical tenure. Clinical faculty are initially appointed to a 3-year contract which will be renewed for a second term if the candidate demonstrates the potential to meet the standards for a presumptively renewable 7-year contract. They are considered for promotion to that presumptively renewable contract near the end of their second 3-year term. Clinical faculty have 9-month academic year appointments and are eligible for summer financial support for case coverage, special projects and writing. They have governance rights that closely parallel tenured and tenure track faculty. Michigan's faculty salaries and benefits are extremely competitive.
Questions can be directed to Associate Dean David Santacroce at firstname.lastname@example.com or 734-763-4319. The application deadline is October 29, 2014. Applicants should send a letter of interest and résumé to:
John W. Lemmer
Experiential Education Business Administrator
The University of Michigan Law School
701 S. State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215
The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity employer.
University of Washington
Associate/Assistant Dean of Clinical Education and Experiential Learning
The University of Washington, in beautiful bustling Seattle, invites applications from innovative national leaders for the position of Associate/Assistant Dean of Clinical Education and Experiential Learning. The Associate/Assistant Dean will work closely with the Dean of the Law School.
Interfacing with law school leaders, faculty, and staff, the Associate/Assistant Dean will advance and coordinate the wealth of clinical, experiential, and public service offerings at the law school. The Associate/Assistant Dean will leverage and build upon the strong collegial internal and external community relations that the law school enjoys. Prior successful leadership experience and substantive engagement in national dialogues regarding experiential education are preferred. The Associate/Assistant Dean will strategically advance the objectives and mission of the law school.
The salary, title, and level of appointment will be based on experience and qualifications. Applicants who are tenured at their current institution will continue to enjoy tenure in addition to the leadership portfolio. Please send expressions of interest, including curriculum vitae, to the Faculty Appointments Chair, Mary D. Fan, via email at email@example.com. Please also feel welcome to contact Prof. Fan, Prof. Jackie McMurtrie or Prof. Scott Schumacher with any questions about the position or about clinical education at the University of Washington. Inquiries will be kept confidential.
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Director, Frank J. Remington Center and Clinical Professor of Law
Official Title:
Degree and area of specialization:
JD degree required.
A license to practice law in Wisconsin, or eligibility to obtain a Wisconsin bar license within six months of start date.
Minimum number of years and type of relevant work experience:
The position requires visionary leadership for the Remington Center's core missions of teaching, service, and scholarship to improve the criminal justice system. Applicants must have:
*Substantial experience as faculty in a law school clinical program (this should include direct supervision of law students);
*An understanding of, and commitment to, the core values of experiential education and the mission of the law school;
*Significant experience in the practice of law and a demonstrated ability to work with leaders representing a variety of constituencies in criminal justice;
*Commitment to high quality representation for underserved individuals;
*Demonstrated interest in cutting-edge, socially relevant scholarship (not necessarily limited to traditional law review scholarship);
*Administrative experience in either the private or public sector;
*Ability to lead creative, independent thinkers.
Principal duties:
The primary job responsibility of the director is to oversee the operation and development of the Remington Center's programs. The law school is in the midst of a strategic planning process. The director of the Remington Center will be expected to help the Center meet the goals of the newly minted strategic plan and to continue to refine its mission of excellence in education, service, scholarship, and law reform. One of the goals of the strategic plan will be to advance the national profile and reputation of the Remington Center to a level commensurate with the quality of work being done by clinical faculty.
Specifically, the director will be expected to maintain and develop the Center's financial resources; set and monitor the Center's budget (in collaboration with the Dean's Office); manage contracting and program contacts with outside agencies; directly supervise clinical students; and at the request of the Dean, teach doctrinal classes. The director may also be expected to participate in identifying grant opportunities and preparing proposals.
The director will play a key role in hiring and mentoring new clinical faculty, and inspiring experienced faculty. The director will foster relevant scholarly research by clinical faculty, participate in efforts for policy reform, and develop educational offerings. (Note: The Remington Center director is not required to engage in his or her own scholarship, though the director may do so as time permits). The director will work to ensure an optimal educational experience for all students.
The director will meet regularly with the Dean's office and other clinical directors to coordinate administrative efforts, guided by the strategic plan. The director will serve on law school committees and in such other roles as to maximize his or her ability to be an active player in the law school's efforts to meet the challenges facing today's students and graduates.
Additional Information:
About the Frank J. Remington Center
The University of Wisconsin Law School is widely renowned for its law-in-action philosophy and its commitment to the "Wisconsin Idea" -the notion that the University serves the citizens of Wisconsin, the nation, and the world. The Frank J. Remington Center embodies law-in-action and the Wisconsin Idea. The Center is one of the country's largest and longest standing experiential learning programs, with a history of excellence in teaching, service, scholarship, and criminal justice reform.
The Center is made up of prison-based, in-house projects and off-site externships, all of which involve partnerships with various criminal justice and correctional agencies. All clinical faculty, including the Director, have 12-month appointments and a substantial portion of the Center's projects currently operate on a 12-month basis. This model provides a significant number of students with a unique summer immersion experience, as well as abundant opportunities for school year participation for other students. The in-house projects are: Legal Assistance to Institutionalized Persons (LAIP), Oxford (Prison) Federal Project, Family Law Project, Restorative Justice Project, Wisconsin Innocence Project, Federal Appeals Project, and Criminal Appeals Project. The externships are Prosecution Project and Public Defender Project.
A criminal background check will be conducted prior to hiring.
A period of evaluation will be required
Employee Class: Academic Staff
Department(s): LAW/LAW SCHOOL
Full Time Salary Rate: Minimum $110,000 ANNUAL (12 months)
Depending on Qualifications
Term: This is a renewable appointment.
Appointment percent: 100%
Anticipated begin date: MAY 15, 2015
Number of Positions: 1
Application must be received by: NOVEMBER 14, 2014
Unless another application procedure has been specified above, please send resume and cover letter referring to Position Vacancy Listing #80870 to:
Peggy Hacker
Phone: 608-890-0899
University of Wisconsin Law School
Fax: 608-263-3380
Frank J. Remington Center, Rm. 4318M
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
975 Bascom Mall
University of New Mexico School of Law
Clinical Law Faculty Position
The University of New Mexico ("UNM") School of Law invites applications for a faculty position in the UNM Clinical Law Program. The Clinical Law faculty position is a full-time tenured or tenure-track position starting in Fall 2015. Entry-level and experienced teachers are encouraged to apply. The Clinical Law Program is recognized as a national leader in clinical education and is consistently ranked a top clinical education program.
UNM's nationally recognized legal education program features innovative classes that combine practical skills training with doctrinal instruction, a 9:1 student-to-faculty ratio, and one of the most ethnically and racially diverse faculties and student bodies in the country.
The University of New Mexico (UNM) provides a diversified package of benefits including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance. In addition, UNM offers educational benefits through tuition remission and dependent education programs.
Minimum Qualifications: Candidates must possess a J.D. degree or equivalent legal degree. Preferred Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include a record of demonstrated excellence, or the promise of excellence, in teaching and academic scholarship and who demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and student success, as well as working with broadly diverse communities. The University of New Mexico is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and Educator.
Here is the link to apply: https://unmjobs.unm.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/frameset/Frameset.jsp?time...
For Best Consideration: 09/29/2014
Georgetown Law School
Clinical Fellowship
The Federal Legislation & Administrative Clinic is currently accepting applications for a Graduate Teaching Fellow for 2015-17. The Fellow will be one of two Teaching Fellows/Supervising Attorneys who help supervise students and work with the Director on all aspects of running the clinic. See below for a description of the Clinic and the Fellowship, and information on how to apply.
The Clinic
The Clinic trains students (10-12 each semester) to be effective "legislative lawyers" – lawyers who use legal skills to advance public policy through the legislative and executive branches of government. The Clinic's core work is our representation of non-profit organizations in their advocacy before Congress and federal departments and agencies. Client organizations and issues are chosen for their capacity to offer Clinic students the best opportunity to get actively involved, on behalf of the clients, in the federal legislative and administrative processes. Current and recent client organizations are the Women's Refugee Commission, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the National Women's Law Center, and Families Against Mandatory Minimums.
Student work for clients includes a wide range of activities, such as: analyzing and researching legislative proposals and their potential impact on existing law; preparing advocacy materials; drafting legislative language and explanatory materials; preparing for and participating in meetings with coalition partners and with decision-makers on Capitol Hill and in the executive branch; and advising the client on policy and strategy questions.
The Clinic experience also includes a seminar on Congressional and administrative processes, as well as relevant skills (e.g., written and oral advocacy, collaboration, and negotiation). In addition, the Clinic runs several intensive written and oral exercises throughout the semester, including a two-week simulation of a Senate committee markup. During the simulation, the students role-play U.S. Senators charged with drafting and marking up legislation to address a pressing national problem.
For more details about the Clinic, see the website at: http://www.law.georgetown.edu/academics/academic-programs/clinical-progr...
The Fellowship
Each Fellow is responsible for supervising five or six J.D. students enrolled in the Clinic—generally, one client "team." Supervision of students' client work includes guiding students on research and analysis, editing and providing feedback on drafts of written work, and preparing students for meetings and advocacy on behalf of the clients. The Fellows hold weekly one-on-one meetings with each student, meet frequently with the students' client teams, and are generally available as resources and guides.
The Fellows also help design and teach Clinic seminar classes, work closely with Director on running Clinic exercises and evaluating student performance, provide extensive written and oral feedback on the students' exercises, and generally collaborate with the Director on the operation of the Clinic.
New Clinic Fellows also enroll in a year-long seminar called Elements of Clinical Pedagogy. The seminar meets monthly and is taught by experienced Georgetown clinical faculty.
The Fellowship provides Fellows an opportunity to prepare for a career in teaching and to enhance their own legislative lawyering skills. In addition, upon completion of the Fellowship, Fellows receive a Master of Laws in Advocacy.
How to Apply
To apply for the Fellowship, please submit a resume, law school transcript, writing sample, and cover letter setting forth your interest in the Fellowship by December 1, 2014 for the 2015-17 Fellowship. Superior writing skills and a strong academic background are required. Experience in teaching and legislative lawyering is highly desirable. Candidates should have at least one year of relevant experience beyond the J.D. degree (e.g., clerkship, government/Hill experience, or private/non-profit practice).
Fellows must be admitted to a Bar prior to commencing the Fellowship. Those Fellows who are not members of the D.C. Bar must apply for admission by waiver upon accepting the Fellowship offer.
Please direct application materials to: Professor Judy Appelbaum, Director, Federal Legislation & Administrative Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center, 600 New Jersey Ave, N.W., Room 340, Washington, D.C. 20001. Please send an electronic copy of all application materials to the Clinic's Executive Assistant, Loretta Moss, at email@example.com.
Director of Housing/Consumer Clinic
UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DAVID A. CLARKE SCHOOL OF LAW (UDC-DCSL) invites applications for an assistant/associate professor to direct and supervise students in the School of Law's Housing/Consumer Clinic. The professor will teach clinical students D.C. tenant law, trial advocacy, and pretrial litigation. The clinic handles a wide variety of litigation matters including tenant cases, consumer cases, tort cases, discrimination cases, administrative cases, and a selection of other pedagogically valuable civil cases. Relevant experience includes a demonstrated knowledge of tenant law (D.C. preferred) and excellent skills in jury trial and civil pre-trial litigation, including civil, administrative, and appellate procedure. A demonstrated potential for outstanding clinical teaching is expected. The rank of the position will depend upon the successful applicant's level of experience. The candidate should be a member of the D.C. Bar or be able to waive into the D.C. Bar.
The mission of the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law is to recruit and enroll students from groups under-represented at the bar, to provide a well-rounded theoretical and practical legal education that will enable students to be effective and ethical advocates, and to represent the legal needs of low-income District of Columbia residents through the school's legal clinics. UDC-DCSL is one of only six American Bar Association (ABA) accredited law schools at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). UDC is the nation's only urban, public land grant university.
UDC-DCSL is ranked seventh in the nation in Law School Clinical Programs (US News and World Report, 2014); first most diverse law school in the U.S. (National Jurist, 2012); first most chosen by older students (Princeton Review, 2014); 2nd most diverse faculty (Princeton Review, 2014); third for clinical opportunities (PreLaw Magazine, 2011); eighth best environment for minority students (Princeton Review, 2014); eighth most liberal students (Princeton Review, 2014); Top 20 most innovative law school (PreLaw Magazine, 2012). UDC-DCSL has a strong commitment to diversity among its faculty and encourages applications from minorities and women.
Although we will accept applications until the position is filled, we strongly encourage interested applicants to submit applications immediately for complete consideration. Interested candidates should apply online at www.udc.edu.
Contact: Professor Andrew G. Ferguson, Co-Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee, University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law, 4200 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20008; e-mail: email@example.com.
Clinical Professor-Legislation
UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DAVID A. CLARKE SCHOOL OF LAW (UDC-DCSL) invites applications for an assistant/associate professor to teach in the School of Law's Legislation Clinic. The professor will teach students the skills necessary for effective legislative advocacy and provide them with opportunities to work on projects that produce law reform through the legislative process. The rank of the position will depend upon the successful applicant's level of experience. Candidates must hold a J.D. degree with a record of strong academic performance and excellent potential for scholarly achievement. Relevant experience and demonstrated potential for outstanding clinical teaching is expected.
The mission of the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law is to recruit and enroll students from groups under-represented at the bar, to provide a well-rounded theoretical and practical legal education that will enable students to be effective and ethical advocates, and to represent the legal needs of low-income District of Columbia residents through the school's legal clinics. UDC-DCSL is one of only six American Bar Association (ABA) accredited law schools at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). UDC is the nation's only urban, public land grant university.
UDC-DCSL is ranked seventh in the nation in Law School Clinical Programs (US News and World Report, 2014); first most diverse law school in the U.S. (National Jurist, 2012); first most chosen by older students (Princeton Review, 2014); 2nd most diverse faculty (Princeton Review, 2014); third for clinical opportunities (PreLaw Magazine, 2011); eighth best environment for minority students (Princeton Review, 2014); eighth most liberal students (Princeton Review, 2014); Top 20 most innovative law school (PreLaw Magazine, 2012). UDC-DCSL has a strong commitment to diversity among its faculty and encourages applications from minorities and women.
Although we will accept applications until the position is filled, we strongly encourage interested applicants to submit applications immediately for complete consideration. Interested candidates should apply online at www.udc.edu.
Contact: Professor Andrew G. Ferguson, Co-Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee, University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law, 4200 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20008; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Queen's University (Canada)
Faculty of Law Appointment
Join Our Faculty
Queen's Law is one of Canada's leading law schools, with a distinguished record of outstanding teaching and research. We provide a unique learning environment with a strong tradition of faculty, staff and student interaction and engagement.
Faculty Appointments
Queen's University Faculty of Law invites applications for a tenure‐stream appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, to begin no later than July 1, 2015. A tenured appointment may be considered for qualified candidates with a proven academic track record. The Faculty welcomes applicants from all areas of legal study.
Please read full announcement here.
Closing Date: September 30, 2014
Georgetown University Law Center Domestic Violence Clinic
Graduate Teaching Fellowship
Description of the Fellowship
The Georgetown University Law Center's Domestic Violence Clinic hires one person to serve as a clinical teaching fellow and supervising attorney each year, for a two-year term. Fellows have several areas of responsibility, including: representing victims of family abuse in CPO cases; designing and teaching Clinic seminar classes; and supervising third-year law students in their representation of clients. The fellowship experience is designed to develop fellows' skills as clinical law professors and launch them on a career in clinical law teaching; all of our fellows who have sought teaching jobs over the past decade or more have successfully obtained a position. Throughout the program, fellows also receive extensive supervision and training on their litigation skills, providing them with a substantial opportunity to improve as public interest lawyers.
Clinic fellows also pursue a program of graduate study, through a seminar titled Introduction to Clinical Pedagogy, taught collectively by the Georgetown clinical faculty. Fellows also may audit regular law school courses. Finally, during the first year, fellows also are members of the Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program, where they have an opportunity to collaborate with lawyers doing a variety of women's rights legal work in Washington, D.C.
The Clinic prefers, but does not require, applications who have a background in family law, domestic violence, or poverty law and who have some trial practice experience. Fellows must have excellent oral and written advocacy skills, and must be admitted to a Bar prior to being offered a position in the program. Those fellows who are not members of the D.C. Bar must apply for admission by waiver upon accepting the fellowship offer.
Description of the Clinic
Students in the Domestic Violence Clinic represent victims of intimate abuse in civil protection order ("CPO") cases in D.C. Superior Court. The Clinic provides students with an intensive, challenging education in the art of trial advocacy, extensive hands-on experience with family law and poverty lawyering, and the opportunity to alleviate a crucial community need for legal representation. Through course work and client representation, students are exposed to every phase of expedited civil litigation. Students also learn to navigate the criminal justice system by working, in cases where it is consistent with their client's wishes, with the U.S. Attorney's Office in prosecutions against those accused of abusing Clinic clients.
Students litigate to obtain Civil Protection Orders ("CPOs") that last for up to one year and can include a broad spectrum of relief designed to effectively end the violence in a family or dating relationship. For example, in a CPO, a judge may direct a batterer to cease assaulting and threatening the victim; to stay away from the victim's home, person and workplace; and not to contact the victim in any manner. The judge may award temporary custody of the parties' minor children, with visitation rights for the non-custodial parent, and award child and/or spousal support, so that a victim is not forced to return to a batterer due to economic necessity. Finally, each semester students develop a group project focused on improving law, policy, or community education, that is designed to expose them to bigger picture ways to pursue social justice for their chosen client base.
To prepare students to appear in court, Clinic faculty provide intensive instruction in evidence, civil procedure, and legal ethics, as well as the civil, family, and criminal law applicable to domestic violence litigation. In the seminar class, students participate in exercises designed to develop and refine essential litigation skills such as conducting direct and cross examination, delivering opening statements and closing arguments, introducing exhibits into evidence, and conducting negotiations. In addition, students hear from expert guest speakers on topics such as the psychological dynamics of battering and victimization, immigration and domestic violence, and counseling programs designed for the perpetrator community.
Application Process
Please complete an application (http://www.law.georgetown.edu/academics/centers-institutes/wlppfp/us/USa...), and submit it both to the Domestic Violence Clinic, c/o Chase Whiting (firstname.lastname@example.com), and to the Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program (email@example.com). Please be sure to indicate your interest in the Domestic Violence Clinic on your application. Applications must be submitted by Friday, November 14, 2014. Selected applicants will be contacted to schedule interviews in December or January, and selection will occur shortly thereafter. Start date is in early July, 2015, and the fellowship lasts for two years, terminating in June, 2017.
Job Openings in Environmental Law
Alabama is planning to hire at least one junior-lateral candidate or entry-level person this year. Four subject matter areas are receiving special attention, one of which is administrative regulation (including the regulatory state and/or regulated industries or activities). Contact: Julia Hill email@example.com
Florida State University College of Law has a tenure/tenure track opening for an established scholar in environmental, land use, and/or natural resources law, among other areas. Senior faculty candidates may be eligible for a Named Professorship. Contact person: Professor David Markell, Chair, Appointments Committee, email@example.com.
Georgetown is seeking a tenure-track hire to direct a transactional clinic. The subject matter of the clinic is open and could include a clean technology or sustainability focus. Contact: Hope Babcock, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Hastings College of the Law is looking to hire an Environmental and Natural Resources Law Professor to start in the 2015-2016 academic year, with particular interest in the subfields of Water Resources, Land Use, Coastal and Estuary Law, Energy Law & Policy, Public Lands & Natural Resources, and/or Constitutional Environmental Law (including Takings). Contacts: email@example.com (for information), Prof. Rick Marcus, firstname.lastname@example.com (to apply).
Pace Law School is looking to hire an Environmental Law Professor this year. Here is the ad: http://czarnezki.com/2014/08/16/pace-law-school-seeks-to-hire-environmen...
Tulane is currently searching for entry-level and pre-tenure lateral candidates to fill an energy law position. We are currently considering entry-level and junior (i.e., pre-tenure) lateral candidates. I'm attaching our ad for this and another unrelated position in case that's helpful. Contact: Adam Feiberlman, firstname.lastname@example.com
University of San Diego School of Law is looking to hire an environmental / energy scholar to assume an institutional leadership role in the field and build our current strengths. The position is likely to be a chaired position. The law school has a journal and concentration in environmental law as well as a very active and nationally known energy policy center, EPIC. Please send a letter of interest and a cv to email@example.com.
Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University, is looking for a tenure/tenure-track entry level or lateral hire in the area of energy/natural resources/oil and gas. We would prefer an interest in teaching Property Law as well. Please contact Jeff Gaba, Chair, Appointments Committee, firstname.lastname@example.com.
The University of New Mexico is seeking to fill a an environmental law faculty position (tenured/tenure track). The ideal candidate will have both teaching and practice experience in environmental law, with an interest in helping the law school establish a new environmental/natural resources clinic and sometimes teaching in the clinic. Contact: Professor Aliza Organick, Chair of the Faculty Appointments Committee, at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The University of North Carolina will be hiring entry level candidates this year. Among the subject matter priorities that will be considered is energy law broadly defined. Contact: Victor Flatt, firstname.lastname@example.com
The School of Law of the University of the South Pacific is advertising a Senior Lectureship or Lectureship specializing in Environmental Law. The School is based in Vanuatu. Contact: Professor Eric Colvin, email@example.com.
Clinical Position
BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL seeks a full-time faculty member interested in establishing and teaching in a transactional clinic that emphasizes entrepreneurship, technology, and the innovation economy. The successful applicant will be expected to expand the offerings of one of our existing clinics or develop a new program, which may include hybrid arrangements with outside institutions such as incubators, corporations or law firms, and may include simulation as a method of instruction. The focus of teaching should be business formation, business transactions, taxation, or intellectual property. The successful applicant will play a major role in determining the clinic's specific emphasis and operation.
JD or equivalent law degree and significant experience in practice or in a clinical teaching environment are required. Candidates must also possess an entrepreneurial spirit and substantial organizational and management skills. Boston College is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly encourage women, minorities and others who would enrich the diversity of our academic community to apply. Boston College, a Jesuit, Catholic university, is located in Newton, Massachusetts, just outside of Boston. Interested applicants should contact: Renée Jones, Chair, Appointments Committee at firstname.lastname@example.com or at Boston College Law School, 885 Centre Street, Newton, MA 02459.
California Western School of Law
Tenure-Track Law Professor
Clinical Internship program
California Western School of Law is seeking a tenure-track faculty member to teach in our Clinical Internship Program, and who has experience and interest in teaching Family Law or Business Law.
We are looking for candidates with some experience in both practice and clinical teaching. Candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our faculty are strongly encouraged to apply.
California Western is located in San Diego. Internship opportunities are available for every student who wishes to participate in the Clinical Internship Program, and over 70% of eligible students do enroll. Placements are allowed in private, public interest and government law offices and judicial chambers, and classes are limited to 12 students. Students receive between 5 and 10 credits for fieldwork, plus 1 credit for the classroom component. More information about the Internship program is available at https://www.cwsl.edu/academics/academic-initiatives/clinical-internship-..., or from the Program Director, Mark Weinstein firstname.lastname@example.com, Associate Dean for Experiential Learning, Linda Morton email@example.com, or Director of the Access to Law Initiative, Bob Seibel firstname.lastname@example.com.
Interested candidates should email their materials to Professor Scott Ehrlich, Chair of the Faculty Appointments Committee, at email@example.com.
University of Mississippi School of Law
Two Clinical Faculty Positions
Director of Child Advocacy Clinic
THE UNIVERSITY OF Mississippi School of Law seeks qualified applicants for the position of Director of the Child Advocacy Clinic, a twelve-month, non-tenure-track faculty position. The faculty member's responsibilities will include developing and teaching a rigorous classroom component for the clinic, providing high quality legal services to the clinic's clients, and providing effective and reflective supervision of the clinic's students. Interested persons should send a résumé and apply online at www.jobs.olemiss.edu. The University of Mississippi is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA Employer.
Director of Transactional Clinic
THE UNIVERSITY OF Mississippi School of Law seeks qualified applicants for the position of Director of the Transactional Clinic, a twelve-month, non-tenure-track faculty position. The faculty member's responsibilities will include developing and teaching a rigorous classroom component for the clinic, providing high quality legal services to the clinic's clients, and providing effective and reflective supervision of the clinic's students. Interested persons should send a résumé and apply online at www.jobs.olemiss.edu. The University of Mississippi is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section 504/ADA/ADEA Employer.
Berkeley Law School
East Bay Community Law Center
Public Benefits & Homeless Rights Director
The East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC), which is part of the Clinical Program at Berkeley Law, is hiring a Public Benefits & Homeless Rights Director. The Director will coordinate and supervise EBCLC's public benefits and homelessness work. The ideal candidate is a strong legal advocate, strategic thinker and supervisor, with excellent project management and organizational skills; prior experience and a love for teaching law students; and a passion for working with low-income people. The Director will be supervised by the Managing Director of EBCLC's Health & Welfare Program.
EBCLC is a non-profit organization founded in 1988 to provide high quality legal services to low-income clients and educational opportunities for law students and community volunteers. As Berkeley's community-based clinic, EBCLC is the largest provider of free legal services for low-income residents in the East Bay, with a staff of 40 and 150 law students assisting 5,000 clients each year. Public benefits and homelessness are areas in which EBCLC has provided services since its inception 25 years ago.
A full description of the position, as well as application instructions, can be found at http://www.ebclc.org/jobs.php Deadline is Sept. 14, 2014, with applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Georgetown University Law Center invites applicants interested in establishing and teaching in a transactional clinic. This position is tenure track. The successful applicant will begin on July 1, 2015. Georgetown seeks to add to its spectrum of business related clinics. Currently we offer clinics that teach business formation in the field of social entrepreneurship, community development and strategic planning, and that assist low income residents in the acquisition, renovation, and operation of their buildings as long-term affordable housing.
At Georgetown Law, professors dedicated to clinical teaching are fully integrated into the faculty. Both entry level and lateral hires are urged to apply. The person selected for this position would join our large clinical community, develop the clinic, be assisted by a clinical fellow and teach the clinic each semester.
The successful applicant will have a strong commitment to promoting access to justice and a demonstrated interest in nurturing student development. Candidates must demonstrate intellectual engagement including scholarly promise (for entry-level candidates) or be a proven scholar (for lateral candidates). Successful applicants will also have subject-matter expertise and a positive reputation in the field, the communication, organizational and collaborative skills necessary to direct and manage a clinic and a commitment to teaching clinically over the long term. Georgetown values excellent teaching and a successful applicant will have pedagogical skills, creativity, and enthusiasm for the academic endeavor. This law school is committed to diversity, and candidates of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Please send a resume, including the names of references and a statement of interest to Hope Babcock, the Chair of the Clinical Subcommittee of the Appointments Committee. Her email is email@example.com.
New York Times First Amendment Fellowship
The New York Times Company is currently collecting applications for a one-year paid First Amendment Fellowship in The New York Times legal department. The fellow will assist The Times legal department in litigating freedom-of-information cases involving national security, law enforcement, and other subjects related to our journalists' reporting; defending libel suits; advising our journalists on the law of newsgathering; doing pre-publication review of articles; and dealing with intellectual property matters. The position, which will have a start date of early September 2015, is designed to be both a learning and work experience for a new lawyer with a serious interest in media law and First Amendment issues. The salary is $80,000 plus benefits.
The ideal candidate will have an outstanding academic record, excellent writing skills, a demonstrated interest in the field, an understanding of digital media, and the ability to work under deadline pressure. The position is for a set one-year term and will not lead to continuing employment with The Times, but it is designed to develop future media lawyers. Preference will be given to 2015 graduates and those serving as judicial clerks. Admission to the New York bar by or before January 2016 is required.
Applicants should submit a resume and cover letter by email on or before September 8, 2014 to the attention of Paulette Durenay-Bordeaux, administrative assistant, at email@example.com.
NYU School of Law
Clinical Positions
NYU School of Law is seeking new or experienced clinical teachers for tenure-track positions on our clinical faculty.
Applicants in any field of practice are welcome to apply: We are not aiming to fill a position in any particular clinic; applicants can elect either to teach in one of our existing clinics (see http://www.law.nyu.edu/academics/clinics) or to create a new clinic. We seek to hire faculty committed to providing a powerful individual and collective learning experience that engages students actively in working collaboratively with underserved individuals and communities as they look to gain access to justice. Our preference is to hire faculty who will create clinics or teach in an existing clinic where students serve as the primary providers of legal services, under close faculty supervision.
Applicants should have practice experience and an academic record that demonstrate the potential for clinical teaching and scholarly achievement. NYU Law School is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity.
If you wish to apply, please send a statement of interest and a résumé to me at email@example.com by no later than November 1, 2014.
Penn Law School
Clinical Positions
PENN STATE DICKINSON LAW invites applications for entry level candidates for two full-time, multi-year contract Clinical Faculty positions, anticipated to begin in the Fall of 2015. We welcome candidates interested in serving as director of one of two new clinics, a Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic or a Legislative Policy Partnership Clinic, to maximize opportunities for students based at our Carlisle location. Dickinson Law is located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, near top-quality health care institutions such as Penn State Hershey Medical Center and government centers in Harrisburg and Washington, D.C. In addition to development and supervision of students in a new clinic, candidates will have the opportunity to teach one or more doctrinal courses in their field, such as courses on Health Care Law, Law and Medicine, Administrative Law, Lobbying, State-and Local Government, etc. We seek applicants with excellent academic records, relevant experience and recommendations, and who have specific interest in supervising law students in practice-based clinical settings. Penn State Dickinson Law, with more than 150 years of history in Carlisle, is one of two fully accredited Penn State law schools. The overarching mission of the faculty at Penn State Dickinson Law is to produce lawyers who are equipped with the skills and competencies necessary to practice and excel in an increasingly global legal market. Commitment to an inclusive community is also part of our educational ethos. These two new clinics will supplement our rich experiential learning tradition, including our existing Community Law Clinic and Children's Advocacy Clinic. Candidates must be a member of the Pennsylvania Bar or willing to become a member as soon as practicable. For general inquiries, contact Carlisle Appointments Chair, Prof. Katherine C. Pearson, Dickinson Law, Pennsylvania State University at 150 South College St, Carlisle PA 17013 (or contact Staff Assist. Anne Porter at email@example.com).
Application Process:
Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the positions are filled. To apply, please submit your cover letter and CV through the Penn State jobs website at http://psu.jobs.
To apply for the position of Clinical Law Assistant Professor for Legislative Policy Partnership Clinic, apply to vacancy #53101 via this link:
To apply for the position of Clinical Law Assistant Professor for Medical-Legal Partnership Clinic, apply to vacancy #53102 via this link: https://app2.ohr.psu.edu/Jobs/External/EVMS2_External/currentap1.cfm#53102
International Human Rights Clinic
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL is seeking qualified applicants for a full-time position leading its international human rights law clinic. The position would begin during the 2015-2016 academic year. The position would be on the law school's clinical professor track, which culminates in long-term renewable contracts. The attorney who fills the position will direct the international human rights law clinic: engaging in case selection, litigation, and other advocacy to promote the clinic's mission and goals; supervising students in all aspects of the clinic's work; and teaching a related seminar and/or clinical skills courses. Candidates must have a J.D., must have at least three years of relevant experience, and be admitted to or eligible for admission to the Illinois bar. Candidates who teach in a law school legal clinic or who have prior experience supervising or teaching law students or other attorneys are strongly preferred. Excellent writing, editing, and supervision skills are required. Each candidate should submit a Curriculum Vitae or reìsumeì, a list of references, a legal writing sample, a law school transcript, a cover letter that includes a detailed description of the candidate's relevant practice and teaching experience, and course evaluations from prior teaching experience if any. Other material relevant to your candidacy may be included as well. Candidates must apply online and upload application material at: http://tinyurl.com/pm8plt8. All application material must be received by December 1, 2014.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, protected veteran status or status as an individual with disability. The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity/disabled/veterans employer.
The University of Alabama School of Law
Assistant/Associate Professor
The University of Alabama School of Law anticipates making at least one tenure-track appointment to its faculty, to begin in the 2015-2016 academic year. The Faculty Appointments Committee seeks applications from entry-level candidates with excellent academic records and demonstrated potential for outstanding teaching and scholarly achievement. We also welcome applications from junior-lateral candidates who possess outstanding academic credentials, including demonstrated teaching ability and a record of distinguished scholarship. Although positions are not necessarily limited by subject matter, we are particularly interested in the following academic subject areas: business law (including enterprise, finance, and/or securities); administrative regulation (including the regulatory state and/or regulated industries or activities); intellectual property (specifically trademark and copyright); and criminal law (including substantive criminal law and/or criminal procedure). Most candidates will have a J.D. degree from an accredited law school. Exceptional candidates who possess an advanced degree, such as a Ph.D., and who have scholarly interests related to the law involving interdisciplinary, jurisprudential, empirical, or social scientific work may be considered even without holding a law degree. The University of Alabama embraces and welcomes diversity in its faculty, student body, and staff; accordingly, the School of Law actively welcomes applications from persons who would add to the diversity of our academic community.
Salary, benefits, and research support will be nationally competitive. The School of Law will treat all nominations and applications as strictly confidential, subject only to the requirements of state and federal law. Interested candidates should apply online at facultyjobs.ua.edu. The positions will remain open until filled. Please refer any questions about the hiring process to Professor Julie A. Hill, Chair of the Faculty Appointments Committee for the 2014-2015 academic year (email: firstname.lastname@example.com).
Lewis & Clark Law School
Earthrise Law Center
Clinical Professor/Staff Attorney
Work with a public interest environmental law firm that National Jurist magazine has called one of the "winningest" legal clinics in the nation! Earthrise is the domestic environmental law clinic at Lewis and Clark Law School in Portland, Oregon, which is consistently ranked as having one of the best environmental law programs in the country. The clinic trains motivated and energetic law students by providing them with opportunities for direct involvement in legal work on complex environmental and natural resource issues. Earthrise's clients are cutting-edge, sophisticated public interest organizations; its docket includes both regionally and nationally significant cases aimed at protecting the environment and establishing positive legal precedents for conservation. Earthrise's staff is dynamic, dedicated, hard-working, team-oriented and fun. Earthrise has a full docket of exciting and complex litigation covering a broad spectrum of environmental laws. To learn more about Earthrise's efforts check out: https://law.lclark.edu/centers/earthrise/about_us/.
Lewis and Clark Law School is located adjacent to a 650-acre forested state park in Portland, Oregon, which is consistently recognized as one of the most livable and bike-friendly cities in the nation. The Cascade Mountains, the Pacific Coast, and the beautiful Columbia River Gorge are all less than a two-hour drive from Portland.
Duties & Responsibilities of a Professor/Attorney
The person who assumes this position will represent public interest environmental organizations in complex environmental and natural resource law litigation. This representation includes: formulating litigation strategy; interacting with clients, opposing counsel and the media; drafting and filing court documents; and appearing before courts and administrative bodies. The Professor/Attorney instructs and supervises law students in all phases of the administrative process and/or litigation. The Professor/Attorney participates with other Earthrise staff in weekly class discussion of ongoing cases and ethical and professional responsibilities, contributes to the organization's fundraising efforts, and contributes to the organization's administrative tasks. The Professor/Attorney will have opportunities to participate as a member of the instructional faculty in academic activities in Lewis & Clark's environmental law program, as well as activities of the broader law school community. The ideal candidate will foster cooperative working relationships, collaborate effectively with other Earthrise attorneys, have an excellent work ethic, and have a good sense of humor.
Qualification Standards
A J.D. from an accredited law school plus at least three years and preferably five or more years of litigation experience in the field of environmental law; either membership in the Oregon Bar or a willingness to waive in or take the earliest bar examination; and an ability to work well alone and with others. A strong interest in teaching and working with law students is also required. Preferred qualifications include experience in litigation involving pollution control laws such as the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
The starting salary is competitive with other public interest organizations and is commensurate with experience. Lewis & Clark also offers an excellent benefits package. Interested persons should send cover letter, resume, list of references, writing sample (or citation to published article(s)), and statement of teaching philosophy to Doreen Corwin, Director of Law Faculty Services, preferably as an email attachment to firstname.lastname@example.com, or by mail to her at Lewis & Clark Law School, 10015 SW Terwilliger Boulevard, Portland, OR 97219. Deadline for submission is September 10, 2014; early application is encouraged. For more information on Lewis & Clark Law School, please visit our web site at http://law.lclark.edu/.
We would like the successful applicant to start as soon as possible, consistent with his or her pre-existing obligations, but certainly by the end of 2014. In furtherance of the Law School's commitment to a diverse faculty, we especially encourage applications from women, racial minorities, sexual minorities, persons with disabilities, and veterans.
University of Oklahoma College of Law
Tenure-track positions
The University of Oklahoma College of Law is recruiting outstanding faculty to our flagship state law school. Over the past decade, the College of Law has built world class facilities, attracted exceptional students and faculty, and dramatically increased endowed faculty positions and resources. We are committed to building on this momentum and seek to hire up to two faculty candidates this year for tenure‐track positions or tenured positions at the ranks of Assistant, Associate or full Professor. We have particular curricular needs in Administrative Law, Professional Responsibility and Civil Procedure, but invite highly qualified applicants regardless of field.
The University Of Oklahoma is located in Norman, a college town near Oklahoma City which has been recognized nationally as one of the best places to live. As an equal opportunity employer, the University encourages applications from women, members of minority groups, and others who would further diversify our faculty. Protected veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants should possess a J.D. or equivalent academic degree, strong academic credentials, and demonstrate a commitment to excellence in teaching and scholarship. Application review will begin immediately, but the positions will remain open until filled. Please contact Mary Sue Backus, Chair of Faculty Appointments Committee, University of Oklahoma College of Law, 300 Timberdell Rd., Norman, OK 73019 or email@example.com.
University of California Hastings College of the Law
Environmental and Natural Resources Law Professor
The University of California Hastings College of the Law is looking to hire an Environmental and Natural Resources Law Professor to start in the 2015-2016 academic year. We are open to both lateral and entry-level candidates. While we will consider candidates from all sub-disciplines of U.S. Environmental and Natural Resources Law, we are particularly interested in candidates with expertise in Water Resources, Land Use, Coastal and Estuary Law, Energy Law & Policy, Public Lands & Natural Resources, and/or Constitutional Environmental Law (including Takings). In addition to teaching courses in one or more of these subject areas, candidates should be able to teach some core 1L or upper division course(s), possibly including our 1L Environmental Law Statutory Analysis Elective.
UC Hastings is a public university, and part of the University of California system; it is a separate, stand-alone campus with its own governing board. We are located in the heart of San Francisco. We will be interviewing at the AALS Conference in Washington D.C. in October. Please feel free to direct informal questions to David Takacs at email@example.com. Formal expressions of interest should go to the Chair of the Appointments Committee, Richard Marcus, email@example.com, UC Hastings College of Law, 200 McAllister Street, San Francisco CA 94102.
Newcastle Law School, University of Newcastle
Lecturer or Senior Lecturer (Two Positions)
The University of Newcastle is seeking to make two appointments in the Newcastle Law School at Lecturer or Senior Lecturer level.
The School is seeking to appoint applicants with a strong record of research as evidenced by publications in leading internationally ranked journals. While the School has curricular needs in Commercial Law (broadly defined), Taxation, Financial Services Regulation, Securities Law, Natural Resources Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Criminal Law, we reserve the right to appoint strong candidates from outside these areas.
Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
Please note: In accordance with the University's Staff Selection Guidelines, your application will be assessed on the selection criteria found at the link below. It is essential that you address each criterion to enable the selection committee to properly assess your application and suitability for interview.
Academic Level B - $84,700 – $100,582 per annum
Academic Level C - $103757 – $119,641 per annum
Plus a generous employer superannuation contribution of up to 17%.
Applications close: Monday 1 September 2014
Details at:
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Clinical Teaching Fellow/Practitioner-in-Residence and
Staff Attorney, Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources
The University of California, Irvine School of Law invites applications for a joint position as (1) Clinical Teaching Fellow or Practitioner-in-Residence in its Environmental Law Clinic, and (2) Staff Attorney in its Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources (CLEANR).
Clinical Teaching Fellow or Practitioner-in-Residence, Environmental Law Clinic
The Clinical Teaching Fellowship is a year-round, full-time contract position designed to provide an attorney with a strong interest in clinical teaching the opportunity to develop and refine his/her teaching and advocacy skills over a two-year period. Alternatively, the Practitioner-in-Residence position is a year-round, full or part-time position that provides an experienced attorney the opportunity to work alongside the Director of the Environmental Law Clinic in the Clinic's representation of clients in litigation and non-litigation matters. The Practitioner-in-Residence is a one-year contract position, with possibility of renewal for a second year. The Environmental Law Clinic is one of several core clinics at UC Irvine that meet the School of Law's clinical requirement. The nature of Environmental Law Clinic's projects varies depending on client need, appropriateness of project for clinical teaching, resource availability, and student and faculty interest, but can be expected to include a mix of advocacy and policy matters in multiple fora.
Staff Attorney, Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources (CLEANR)
The Staff Attorney with CLEANR will help manage the Center's programs. This includes a workshop roundtable series that convenes leading policymakers, practitioners, activists and researchers from the public and private sector to produce action-oriented policy papers, propose legislation, or complete important academic research. The staff attorney will supervise and edit fellow and student research and writing; communicate with participants and advisors; and organize and help facilitate dialogue sessions. The staff attorney will also help plan and organize the Center's other public and student programs, including semi-annual practitioner-focused conferences, periodic academic symposia and speakers, a literature and film series, and an international interdisciplinary summer institute for future sustainability leaders.
Desired start date is open to negotiation, but a start date on or before September 1, 2014 is preferred. The successful candidate will be provided with the standard vacation and benefits package accorded employees of the University of California.
Complete details of this position and directions for on-line applications may be accessed at:
Search for job number 2014-0699
For additional information on the School of Law, please visit www.law.uci.edu
Patti O'Dorisio, Director of Personnel
UC Irvine School of Law
Pace Law School
Environmental Law Professor
Pace University School of Law hopes to hire two full-time tenured or tenure-track-law professors to join our faculty commencing in the 2015-2016 academic year. For at least one of the hires, we are particularly interested in candidates with demonstrated interests and accomplishments in the Environmental Law area, but we are open to outstanding candidates with other interests and talents as well. Although our focus is on entry-level hires, we will also consider applications from experienced candidates. For our Faculty Appointments Procedure, see <http://www.law.pace.edu/aboutpace/policy_appointmentsProcedures.html>.
Candidates should have outstanding writing skills, demonstrated records of scholarly achievement and a strong commitment to enriching both our curriculum and our academic community. We are particularly interested in candidates who can bring diverse viewpoints to the classroom.
Applications are especially encouraged from people of color, individuals of varied sexual and affectational orientations, individuals who are differently-abled, veterans of the armed forces or national service, and anyone whose background and experience will contribute to the diversity of our faculty. Pace is committed to achieving completely equal opportunity in all aspects of University life.
Pace University School of Law is located in suburban White Plains, New York, in Westchester County, approximately 20 miles north of New York City. Our reputation and strong financial aid and scholarship program attract diverse and talented students from several states and a number of foreign countries. The Law School's primary commitment is to provide its students with the skills, knowledge, and values necessary to be effective and ethical lawyers as well as community leaders.
To apply, please send resume, references, and if available, sample publications, teaching materials, and/or evaluations of or by students, to:
Professor Ann Bartow
Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee
Pace University School of Law
78 North Broadway
White Plains, N.Y. 10603
e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Cornell Law School
Clinical Professor of Law
Farmworker's Legal Assistance Clinic
Cornell Law School is soliciting applications for a Clinical Professor of Law to create, supervise and teach a Farmworker's Legal Assistance Clinic addressing the legal needs of indigentfarmworkers in upstate, central New York. This clinic is a new initiative and the clinician hired will have substantial freedom to design the clinic and focus the docket as he or she sees fit. We anticipate the clinic could provide assistance in a variety of areas, such as immigration, wage and hour, occupational safety or civil rights, depending on pressing (and varying) community need and the new clinical faculty member's preference.
Five years legal experience is strongly preferred, as is experience working on behalf of farmworkers, low-wage workers, or immigrant communities. Prior teaching experience is advantageous but not essential. Fluency in Spanish is strongly preferred. The Law School especially welcomes applicationsfrom individuals whose background and experience contribute to the diversity of the faculty. Applications (a cover letter including a statement of interest and a current CV) should be mailed or sent via email sent to John Blume, Director of Clinical, Advocacy and Skills Programs, Cornell Law School,158 Myron Taylor Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 (firstname.lastname@example.com) no later than September 15, 2014.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW invites applications from entry-level and experienced candidates for tenure-track and tenured positions to commence in Fall 2015. Our hiring needs are flexible. We seek applications from candidates with scholarly distinction or promise and a commitment to excellence in teaching. The positions will remain open until filled, but candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible in order to receive maximum consideration.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer and has a strong commitment to diversity among its faculty.
Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to Professor Afra Afsharipour, Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee. Mailing address: firstname.lastname@example.com. Inquires about possible visiting positions should be submitted separately to Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Vikram Amar, at the mailing address above.
Position Summary: The Temple University Beasley School of Law solicits applications for an
assistant/associate clinical professor of law in its new Stephen and Sandra Sheller Center for
Social Justice. The Sheller Center, which opened its doors in October 2013, is an innovative,
dynamic legal program that integrates students into its efforts to address as its main priority
pressing legal problems facing under-served Philadelphians. The position will begin July 1,
2015. This full-time, non-tenured position is renewable yearly initially, but may, depending on
the candidate's qualifications, be eligible for long-term, renewable contracts in compliance with
ABA Standard 405(c). Salary will be commensurate with background, qualifications, and
Minimum Qualifications: An excellent academic record and a J.D. degree; a preferred minimum
of 5 years significant law practice and/or clinical teaching experience; and must be a member of
the Pennsylvania Bar or willing to become a member as soon as practical following appointment.
The ideal candidate will have both significant practice experience, which includes experience
with direct services and/or systemic social justice advocacy, and law teaching experience. Areas
of particular interest include consumer protection, health care, and transactional work (such as
community economic development), though clinic proposals in different subject areas are
welcome. Demonstrated research and writing ability is required, ideally published work in a law
journal or comparable publication. Temple University is committed to a diverse faculty, staff
and student body and is an EEO/AA employer.
To Apply: Please send the following to Prof. Jaya Ramji-Nogales at firstname.lastname@example.com: 1)
cover letter; 2) one page statement of interest, including an explanation of how the applicant's
experiences demonstrate her ability to meet the academic and social justice goals of the Stephen
and Sandra Sheller Center for Social Justice; 3) writing sample, preferably of published work; 4)
resume or c.v. Interested persons are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as interviews will
start in September 2014. The position is open until filled. No calls please.
UC Hastings Refugee & Human Rights Clinic
Clinical Teaching Fellow
See the position description and requirements (available online).
Florida State University College of Law
Faculty Opening
We are searching for an established scholar in environmental/land use/natural resources law, among other areas. Senior faculty candidates may be eligible for a Named Professorship. We have a very collegial and productive group of environmental faculty, including Hannah Wiseman, Shi-Ling Hsu, Donna Christie, Mark Seidenfeld, and Garrick Pursley and we're excited about bringing on a new colleague. I am serving as chair of our Appointments Committee this year. If interested, please send a current vita via e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com.
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Joint Position: Clinical Teaching Fellow/Staff Attorney
The University of California, Irvine School of Law is recruiting for a joint position as (1) a Clinical Teaching Fellow/Practitioner-in-Residence in its Environmental Law Clinic, and (2) a Staff Attorney in its Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources (CLEANR). Approximately a third of the position's time will be spent on the Center's policy activities, and about two-thirds in the Clinic.
The Clinical Teaching Fellowship is a year-round, full-time contract position designed to provide an attorney with a strong interest in clinical teaching the opportunity to develop and refine his/her teaching and advocacy skills over a two-year period. Alternatively, the Practitioner-in-Residence position is a year-round, full or part-time position that provides an experienced attorney the opportunity to work alongside the Director of the Environmental Law Clinic in the Clinic's representation of clients in litigation and non-litigation matters. The Practitioner-in-Residence is a one-year contract position, with possibility of renewal for a second year. The Environmental Law Clinic is one of several core clinics at UC Irvine that meet the School of Law's clinical requirement. The nature of Environmental Law Clinic's projects varies depending on client need, appropriateness of project for clinical teaching, resource availability, and student and faculty interest, but can be expected to include a mix of advocacy and policy matters in multiple fora.
The Staff Attorney with CLEANR will help manage the Center's programs. This includes a workshop roundtable series that convenes leading policymakers, practitioners, activists and researchers from the public and private sector to produce action-oriented policy papers, propose legislation, or complete important academic research. The staff attorney will supervise and edit fellow and student research and writing; communicate with participants and advisors; and organize and help facilitate dialogue sessions. The staff attorney will also help plan and organize the Center's other public and student programs, including semi-annual practitioner-focused conferences, periodic academic symposia and speakers, a literature and film series, and an international interdisciplinary summer institute for future sustainability leaders. The Center for Land, Environment, and Natural Resources (CLEANR) strives to make UC Irvine School of Law a nationally recognized site for scholarship, education, community outreach, and public engagement on environmental, natural resources, and land use law. Early in the planning of the Law School, UC Irvine identified environmental law as a core focus. The center is a key part of that vision, building on UCI Law's strong environmental faculty, its new Environmental Law Clinic, and the University's and Law School's commitment to the interdisciplinary study of environmental problems.
Desired start date is open to negotiation, but a start date on or before September 1, 2014 is preferred. The successful candidate will be provided with the standard vacation and benefits package accorded employees of the University of California. Complete details of this position and directions for on-line applications may be accessed at: https://staffing2.hr.uci.edu/CSS_External/CSSPage_Welcome.asp. Search for job number 2014-0699
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Clinical Professor of Law Michael Robinson-Dorn at firstname.lastname@example.com or Professor of Law and CLEANR Director Alejandro Camacho at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Wharton University of Pennsylvania
Legal Studies & Business Ethics Department
Faculty Positions
The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for tenured and tenure-track positions in its Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics. The Department has eighteen full-time faculty who teach a wide variety of business-oriented courses in law and ethics in the undergraduate, MBA, and Ph.D. programs and whose research is regularly published in leading journals. The Wharton School has one of the largest and best-published business school faculties in the world. In addition, the school has a global reach and perspective, as well as an interdisciplinary approach to business issues (embracing ten academic departments and over twenty research centers).
Applicants must have either a Ph.D., J.D., or both, from an accredited institution (an expected completion date no later than July 1, 2016 is acceptable) and a demonstrated commitment to scholarship in business ethics, business law, or a combination of the two fields. Specific areas of potential focus for hiring include corporate governance, normative ethics related to business, social impact/sustainability, securities regulation, and health law/bioethics. The appointment is expected to begin July 1, 2015.
Please submit electronically your letter of introduction, c.v., and one selected article or writing sample in PDF format via the following website by November 1, 2014: APPLY. Some decisions for interviews will be made before the deadline, so candidates are encouraged to apply early.
The University of Pennsylvania is an equal opportunity employer. Minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, protected veterans are encouraged to apply.
Pace Law School
Tenure track position
Pace Law School in White Plains, NY will be looking to fill at least one tenure-track position this year. The top priority is environmental law, but they will likely be considering other areas as well. Interested candidates should contact committee chair Ann Bartow at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Providence, RI
Application Deadline: 10/01/2014
Date Posted: 06/23/2014
Job Type: ATTORNEY
Schedule Type: Full Time
Practice Areas: Children's Rights, Civil Rights & Liberties/Racial Justice Issues, Class Action, Consumer Protection/Debt/Bankruptcy, Domestic Violence, Education, Employment/Labor, Environmental, Gender/Sexuality, Homelessness/Housing/Landlord-Tenant, Immigration, LGBTQ, Litigation, Non-Profit, Prisoner Rights, Public Benefits/Social Security
Job Description
The Center for Justice is a start-up, non-profit public interest law center with a mission to increase legal assistance to low-income communities by providing free civil legal representation to people unable to afford it. The Center for Justice strengthens and expands the public interest bar in the state by training and mentoring recent law school graduates to become highly-skilled attorneys. Furthermore, the Center fosters lasting relationships with community-based organizations to insure that representation meets community needs.
The Center for Justice is seeking to hire a Legal Director for the 'beta' program launch in October of 2014. This position requires the ability to work collaboratively with the community, staff, funders, other members of the Rhode Island Bar, and the Roger Williams University School of Law (RWUSOL) to provide legal representation and supervision that aligns with the Center's goals of:
In the Center's 'beta' year, the substantive focus area is housing. The legal director will be responsible for developing and implementing new programs for training fellows, engaging with the community, identifying strategic litigation, educating new members of the Bar, and coordinating with law students and pro bono attorneys.
The Center for Justice is a start-up organization; the fellowship program is immersive and intensive. The legal director will be expected to engage deeply in collective work towards meaningful social change. S/he should expect to work hard, be available some evenings and weekends, and contribute to a safe, inclusive work environment and culture.
The duties and responsibilities of the supervising attorney will include:
Personal attributes:
The Center is an equal opportunity employer. The Center does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religious creed, national original, ancestry, disability, or sexual orientation.
This position will include periodic reviews, and is salaried at $65,000/year, plus benefits. Depending on individual circumstances, this position may qualify for national loan forgiveness.
Language(s): Spanish preferred, not a requirement
Application Instructions:
To apply please send a pdf file of a cover letter and resume to Keally Cieslik at email@example.com
Questions or inquiries may also be directed to firstname.lastname@example.com
Contact Information:
Keally Cieslik
Phone: 401-453-1500
Fax: 4014531501
Rhode Island Center for Justice
199 North Main Street
Providence, RI 02903
Application Deadline: 10/01/2014
Mediation Clinic Director
Faulkner University
Start date: January 1, 2015
Position Description
Faulkner University's Thomas Goode Jones School of Law (Faulkner Law) is seeking well qualified applicants for one clinical faculty position commencing January 1st, 2015. We are particularly interested in candidates with clinical interest in the fields of Arbitration, Mediation and Negotiation. Candidates must possess a strong academic background and demonstrate potential for excellence in teaching. Faulkner University is a Christian University and gives preference in hiring qualified candidates who are members of the churches of Christ. Additionally, Faulkner Law is actively recruiting candidates who would add to the racial and gender diversity of the faculty. Information regarding Faulkner Law's mission and programs are available at: www.faulkner.edu/jsl/info/default.aspx.
This position is full-time, 12-month. The position is funded. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. The review of applications will begin immediately. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Employment is conditional upon a satisfactory background check and verification of work authorization through E-Verify.
Position Requirements
- Juris Doctorate from an ABA accredited institution required*
- Candidates must be enrolled or qualify to enroll as a Mediator with the Alabama Center for Dispute Resolution
Required Documents
Applicants will need to submit the following documents during the application process.
• Resume
• A letter of interest
• A list of at least three professional references (including phone and email contact information)