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FORDHAM LAW SCHOOL invites applications for a contract clinical faculty position to found and teach our Samuelson-Glushko Intellectual Property and Information Law Clinic. This new clinic will enable Fordham Law students to participate in intellectual property and information law
cases that seek solutions to difficult legal issues presented by information technologies. The Clinic will serve underrepresented individuals and organizations in connection with litigation and will strive to advance public interest values in connection with policy
rule-making proceedings. Specifically, the Clinic is charged to (i) provide direct legal services to low-income individuals, small businesses and not-for-profit organizations for intellectual property and information law litigation that has an important public interest
dimension and (ii) participate in furtherance of public interest values as amicus curiae or otherwise as appropriate in litigation and regulatory proceedings involving significant intellectual property and information law issues.
The Clinic will combine in-class instruction in intellectual property and information law and lawyering skills with an impact oriented practice on issues of public importance in Federal and State courts and
administrative agencies. Anticipated projects include litigation in defense of fair use claims and consumer rights in IP law, litigation related to technology patents such as software business methods, litigation in defense of individuals’ rights in the online environment
including privacy and free speech, litigation in the public interest involving online libel, defamation and harassment, representation of public interest organizations in government regulatory and policy making
proceedings, and filing amicus briefs in significant intellectual property and information law matters. The Samuelson-Glushko Intellectual Property and Information Law Clinic will work closely with the Law School’s intellectual property and information law faculty and
with the Center on Law and Information Policy (CLIP). Information about CLIP is available at: http://law.fordham.edu/clip.
Fordham seeks candidates who are excited by the opportunity to start a new clinic and who have the entrepreneurial skills to develop the clinic as a top ranked program. The clinical faculty member will, in
consultation with others, develop the clinic’s litigation and policy docket and will supervise students in their work on cases and proceedings. Candidates must be admitted or eligible for admission to the New York
Bar and have significant experience in intellectual property and information law. Experience in teaching or demonstrated exceptional promise as a teacher, particularly clinical teaching, is required.
The Samuelson-Glushko Intellectual Property and Information Law Clinic will be Fordham Law School’s 14th clinical offering and the successful candidate will join a clinical faculty of more than 20, dedicated to forming outstanding lawyers in the service of others. Clinical faculty participate fully in the intellectual life of the Law School, including regular and robust conversations about clinical pedagogy.
Resumes and letters of application should be forwarded to the Fordham Law School Samuelson-Glushko Intellectual Property and Information Law Clinic Selection Committee at IPILClinicsearch@fordham.edu or to:
Ms. Diana Marin
Samuelson-Glushko IP/IL Clinic Selection Committee
Fordham Law School
33 West 60th Street, Third Floor
New York, NY 10023
For further information, please contact Ms. Diana Marin at 212 636-6220
Fordham University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.
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