Northwestern University School of Law invites applications for a clinical assistant professor position beginning in the 2015-2016 academic year in the Bluhm Legal Clinic’s Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center. We seek applicants for this faculty position with distinguished academic records; a strong, demonstrated commitment to practicing in the area of civil rights and working on criminal justice policy issues; and one to two years’ experience in a judicial clerkship or other entry level position.

The Roderick and Solange MacArthur Justice Center is focused on the litigation of complex civil rights cases and other advocacy projects relating to the improvement of the Illinois criminal justice system.   The work of the Center varies as its docket of cases changes and evolves.  Currently, the Center is litigating cases relating to prison reform, parole practices, and transparency in public government.  The Center also has cases involving the use of torture by police officers under the command of Jon Burge to extract confessions, as well as cases in which wrongfully accused persons are suing police for damages for the consequences of the false charges.   

The Bluhm Legal Clinic currently includes clinical faculty teaching in its Roderick and Solagne MacArthur Justice Center, Children and Family Justice Center, The Center on Wrongful Convictions, The Center on International Human Rights, the Entrepreneurship Law Center, and other clinical programs that include appellate advocacy, criminal defense, civil litigation (predatory lending cases, civil suits arising from wrongful convictions, an landlord tenant cases), externship, negotiations and trial advocacy.

Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer of all protected classes including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Hiring is contingent upon eligibility to work in the United States.

Applications must be submitted by May 1, 2015. Please send your curriculum vitae and cover letter to Brianne Williams at brianne.williams@law.northwestern.edu.