GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER seeks a Clinical Fellow for its Racial Equity in Education Law and Policy Clinic.

The Clinic is hiring a lawyer to serve as a Clinical Teaching Fellow and Supervising Attorney for a two-year term, beginning in fall of 2022. The Fellow will have several areas of responsibility, with an increasing role in the Clinic as the fellowship progresses. The Fellow will:

•     Supervise students in day-to-day work related to Clinic projects, working closely with students on improving their legislative lawyering skills, including written and oral advocacy and legal and legislative analysis.

•     Provide students with formal and informal feedback in timely, constructive, and respectful ways.

•     Share responsibility for designing and teaching seminar sessions.

•     Take  an  active role  in  project  development  and  assist  with the  administrative  and  project oversight responsibilities of the Clinic.

•     Participate in a clinical pedagogy seminar to strengthen clinical    teaching    

skills and other activities designed to support an interest in clinical teaching and legal education.

•     At the end of the fellowship, be awarded an LL.M. in Advocacy from the Law Center.

This fellowship offers an opportunity to work on timely issues of racial justice and education law. Fellows assume substantial responsibility  for projects  at an early  stage of  their  careers and generally play a more important role in the decision-making process than do their contemporaries in other types of law practice. They also have an opportunity to work on a variety of client matters, at different stages of development, so they gain a broader understanding of how laws and public policies are developed and how the legislative process works. Fellows work closely with a broad range of clients, meeting others who are involved in public interest law and seeing how the entities function. For those with an interest in clinical teaching, Fellows get first-hand experience in clinical supervision, and also participate in, and often co-teach, seminars.

Qualifications:

•     A demonstrated commitment to addressing issues of racial justice and social justice;

•     Preferred:

-  Experience in education, policy or legislative advocacy, or racial justice

-  Admission to (or desire to waive into) the District of Columbia Bar.

Pay and Other Benefits:

The  annual  stipend for the  position  will  be $57,000 the first year and, $60,000 the second year, an LL.M. in Advocacy, plus group health insurance and other benefits. The fellowship will start in the summer of 2022 and end in the summer of 2024.

Application Instructions:

Please submit a cover letter, résumé/CV, two references, a writing sample (no longer than 5 pages) preferably by April 15, 2022 (open until filled), and transcript to Katrecia Banks at kb328@georgetown.edu.