The Mills Legal Clinic of Stanford Law School is seeking a new instructor to work with existing co-directors of the Stanford Supreme Court Litigation Clinic (“Clinic”).  The instructor will join the thriving clinical community at Stanford Law School where, together with the clinical faculty and staff, she or he will represent clients and train law students at one of the country’s leading institutions for legal scholarship and education.

The Clinic instructor will work in collaboration with Professors Jeffrey Fisher and Pamela Karlan, co-directors of the Clinic. The instructor will participate in all activities of the Clinic, including: supervising students on case research and brief writing; delivering seminar-style instruction on the Supreme Court and elements of appellate advocacy; and identifying and scrutinizing opportunities for the Clinic to become involved in new cases. The Clinic instructor will be required to be at Stanford full-time while the Clinic is running (about 25 weeks per year) and to be available as needed during other time periods. The anticipated start date for this position is August 2016. The possible terms of appointment include a lectureship, a position as Professor of the Practice, or a tenure-track clinical faculty position, depending on experience and circumstances.

The Supreme Court Litigation Clinic is one of eleven clinics comprising the Mills Legal Clinic, which occupies an entire floor in an award-winning central campus building opened in summer 2011.  The Stanford clinical program is distinctive in that students participate in a clinic on a full-time basis; the clinic is the only course a student takes during the term of enrollment. 

For more information on Stanford’s Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, please visit our website: http://www.law.stanford.edu/organizations/clinics/supreme-court-litigation-clinic

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must have:

• ·       at least five years of distinguished practice experience in Supreme Court litigation and appellate advocacy
• ·       superior writing, editing and oral skills
• ·       outstanding academic credentials
• ·       sound judgment and exceptional ethical standards
• ·       demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching and student supervision

The salary is based on a formula that is competitive with similar positions.

Resumes will be accepted at http://stanfordcareers.stanford.edu, job number 70614. Applications should be submitted as soon as possible and will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. 

In addition, applicants should send the following materials electronically or in hard copy as referenced below:

• a statement no longer than three pages describing prior experience and providing information relevant to the applicant’s interest and potential for clinical supervision and teaching
• a resume
• a list of at least three references

Applicants may send the materials electronically to Judy Gielniak, the Mills Legal Clinic associate director, at jgielniak@law.stanford.edu.  Alternatively, hard copies may be sent to:

Jeffrey L. Fisher

Professor of Law

Co-Director, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic

Stanford Law School

Crown Quadrangle

559 Nathan Abbott Way

Stanford, CA 94305-8610