BOSTON COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL seeks applicants for a Clinical Visiting Assistant Professor during the spring 2023 and spring 2024 semesters, to teach and supervise in the law school’s Civil Litigation Clinic (CLC), and to gain clinical teaching, research, and writing experience, and prepare for the law school teaching market. In the CLC, students advise and represent indigent clients in every aspect of civil litigation from initial client interview through case resolution. Stages include interviewing, case planning, fact investigation (including discovery), motion practice, case assessment, negotiation, trial, and appeal. Case types are housing, unemployment, and family law.
The clinician will be assigned a primary senior faculty mentor to provide advice and support on teaching, scholarship, and preparation for the legal academic teaching market. Clinical VAPs participate fully in the life of BC Law, including but not limited to attendance at faculty workshops, opportunities to workshop papers and present at BC Law’s Junior Faculty Forum, and access to teaching support through Boston College’s Center for Teaching Excellence.
This position requires in-person teaching and the Clinical VAP is expected to be in full-time residence at BC Law during the academic semester. Boston College Law School prioritizes those whose clinical teaching includes issues relating to race and the law or whose work addresses causes of and solutions to structural racism.
Scholars will be appointed at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor of Law. The salary, benefits and research support will be competitive with other well-regarded law fellowship and VAP programs.
Qualifications
Educational Qualifications:
A JD or equivalent (including LLM or JSD)
Admitted to and in good standing to a state bar
Required Qualifications:
Strong potential for excellence in clinical legal teaching;
Three years of relevant practice experience (excluding clerkship)
Strong potential for excellence in legal scholarship or systemic law reform;
Demonstrated contributions to diversity, equity and inclusion; and
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Application Instructions
To apply, an applicant should submit the following through http://apply.interfolio.com/100778:
Cover letter, including a statement of applicant's desire to supervise in one of the Law School's clinics
CV
Diversity statement
Graduate and professional transcripts (including law school transcripts)
Three letters of reference providing support for the applicant’s potential as a clinical teacher.
Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. For more information, please contact Mary Holper, Associate Dean for Experiential Learning, at holper@bc.edu.