THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LAW CENTER (UHLC) invites applications for a promotion-eligible, non-tenure track clinical assistant/associate professor position and Director of the Immigration Clinic for the academic year 2023-2024. The contract is for nine months, 9/1/2023 to 5/31/2024, the "FY 24 Contract," beginning when classes start in late August 2023 and continuing through the middle of May 2024.
The Immigration Clinic handles all types of family‐based and humanitarian cases, with emphasis on asylum, withholding of removal, and Convention Against Torture cases, in addition to other violence‐related claims, such as Violence Against Women’s Act, Special Immigrant Juvenile cases, humanitarian parole, and crime victims (U visas). The clinic also handles T visas, and has helped in a variety of Crimmigration cases where the respondents were detained in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention and needed a habeas petition in federal district court.
The Immigration Clinic has a classroom component that meets for two hours a week for 14 weeks over the course of the semester. The classroom component focuses on teaching advocacy skills and substantive immigration law to equip students to represent immigrants before the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Justice's Executive Office for Immigration Review and other federal agencies.
The position will cover the classroom component of the clinical instruction and the case supervision component. The position will also supervise at least two staff attorneys and manage grants that fund the clinic’s work.
The non-tenure track appointment will have a one-year probationary contract period with no presumption of renewal. However, based upon continued positive evaluations of the appointee, the position may lead to additional annual contract periods followed by a presumptively renewable multi-year contract. The initial salary range for this position is expected to be approximately $80,000 for a nine-month academic year for the Assistant level. Candidates with sufficient direct experience for hiring at the Associate level will be considered for salary commensurate with experience and UHLC salaries for these positions. Subject to generally applicable policies at UHLC, this promotion eligible NTT faculty position is eligible to receive an annual allotment for travel and professional development and eligible to participate in a summer research program which awards funds to faculty to support their scholarship. An attorney appointed to the position must, at a minimum, hold a J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school. As an NTT position, the appointee will accrue no time toward tenure at the University of Houston.
Please reference and review the University of Houston’s NTT Faculty Policy, available at this link: http://www.uh.edu/provost/faculty/current/non-tenure-track.
Also applicable are the UHLC bylaws provisions relating to the NTT position of Clinical Professor: https://www.law.uh.edu/faculty/P-T-CEAsections--UHLC-BylawsApril2018_ver1c_4_6_2018.pdf
Further information about the Law Center and its programs is available at: https://www.law.uh.edu/
This search is coordinated by a member of UHLC's faculty appointments committee, Professor Chris Heard, cdheard@central.uh.edu. In addition to the formal application made in response to this posting, applicants should send Prof. Heard a short email expressing their interest, attaching a resume or curriculum vitae to that email.
The University of Houston Law Center boasts an accomplished and collegial faculty, of which over 20 are members of the American Law Institute. The Law Center features top-ranked centers of excellence in health law, intellectual property law, environmental law, and tax law. With almost 40% of the students from underrepresented backgrounds, 55% women students, and almost 80% of students being first generation law school students, the Law Center has one of the most diverse student bodies in the country and a diverse faculty. And as of Fall 2022, the Law Center occupies a brand-new, world class facility designed by award-winning architects.
We strongly encourage applications from candidates whose background, experience, and viewpoints would contribute to the diversity of our faculty. The University of Houston Law Center is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment.
The University of Houston is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution. Minorities, women, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.
Qualifications: J.D. degree or equivalent from an ABA-accredited law school
Notes to Applicant: Official transcripts are required for a faculty appointment and will be requested of an appointee. All positions at the University of Houston are security sensitive and will require a criminal history check.
Required Attachments by Candidate: Curriculum Vitae, Cover Letter/Letter of Application
Employee Status: Regular/Benefits
LINK TO APPLY: https://uhs.taleo.net/careersection/ex2_uhf/jobdetail.ftl?job=FAC002506&tz=GMT-05%3A00&tzname=America%2FChicago