The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois, is seeking a Director of its Business Enterprise Law Clinic, or ³BELAW.² BELAW is a student-practice clinic that provides representation to low-and moderate-income individuals, entrepreneurs, and business organizations to start and grow businesses in underserved and disenfranchised communities in and around Chicago. Through its work, BELAW seeks to help build restorative economies in communities that have suffered plant closures, disinvestment, discriminatory policies, and loss of jobs and livelihoods.

Thus, BELAW promotes access to resources and opportunities in order to allow individuals to live, work, and own businesses in economically and environmentally sustainable and thriving communities. For more on BELAW, see www.jmls.edu/belaw/

The Director is responsible for the overall direction and operation of BELAW; teaching the seminar component of the clinic; supervising student work; supervising cooperating attorneys; developing and designing projects; conducting community outreach; selecting clients; and implementing BELAW's development and fundraising plans.

BELAW is part of the JMLS Community Legal Clinics, a comprehensive clinical legal education program that provides student-practice experience and legal services in fair housing, veterans benefits, civil rights, domestic violence, international human rights, intellectual property, and more. Students at JMLS are required to take a clinic or approved externship prior to graduation.

Applicants for the Director position should have an excellent academic background, including a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school. Applicants should have practiced business or transactional law for at least five years, or the equivalent practice and clinical teaching experience.

Applicants should have experience or a strong interest in clinical teaching. Well qualified applicants should have some experience in supervising, managing, and mentoring transactional attorneys or clinical law students.

The Law School enthusiastically encourages qualified candidates from historically underrepresented groups to apply for this or any open position. The Law School operates as an Equal Opportunity & ADA compliant Employer.

Please send questions to Professor Steven D. Schwinn, Director of the Community Legal Clinics, at sschwinn@jmls.edu.

To apply, please send a resume and cover letter to Professor Steven D.Schwinn at sschwinn@jmls.edu.