Duquesne University School of Law invites applications for the position of Assistant Clinical Professor, Supervising Attorney. The successful candidate will be appointed to a 12-month, renewable, 405(c), non-tenure-track, assistant clinical professor position.  The successful candidate will create, direct, and teach two law school clinics, one in the day and one in the evening. Both clinics must be eligible for IOLTA funding (see https://www.paiolta.org/grants/eligibility-applications/).

Minimum requirements include a J.D. degree and admission to the practice of law in Pennsylvania.  Ideal candidates will have clinical teaching experience. The selected candidate must have excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills, strong organizational skills, and the ability to work with a wide range of constituents. The position will begin in August 2015.

Interested candidates should submit a letter of interest and a curriculum vitae to apply.interfolio.com/29164.  We especially encourage applications from racial minorities, women, and others who would enrich the diversity of our academic community.

Motivated by its Catholic and Spiritan identity, Duquesne values equality of opportunity both as an educational institution and as an employer.  Duquesne University is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a diverse faculty that reflects contemporary society, serves our academic mission, and enriches our campus community.  As a charter member of the Ohio, Western PA, and West Virginia Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), we encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups and support dual-career couples.

Founded in 1878 by its sponsoring religious community, the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne University is Catholic in mission and ecumenical in spirit.  Its Mission Statement commits the University to “serving God by serving students—through commitment to excellence in liberal and professional education, through profound concern for moral and spiritual values, through the maintenance of an ecumenical atmosphere open to diversity, and through service to the Church, the community, the nation, and the world.”  Applicants for this position should describe how they might support and contribute to this mission.

The position will stay open until filled; however, the application period will close no later than March 31, 2015.