The Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School is seeking a new Clinical Supervising Attorney and Lecturer in Law (“CSA”) to work with the Director and existing Clinic Supervising Attorney in the Environmental Law Clinic (“ELC”). The new CSA 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 ELC, established in 1997, 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.
The ELC works on environmental, natural resource, and energy matters representing non-profit conservation organizations and institutions. The ELC’s docket focuses primarily on marine resources, endangered species, water quality, public lands, environmental justice, and climate change issues. We engage in a mix of federal and state court litigation and policy advocacy work. Students enrolled in the clinic investigate cases, develop strategies, advise clients, work with scientific experts, build and review administrative records, draft complaints, briefs, petitions, substantive letters, and policy papers, and present oral arguments.
The CSA will report to, and work in collaboration with, Professor Deborah Sivas, director of the ELC. The CSA will participate in all activities of the ELC, including substantial responsibility for directing litigation in trial and appellate courts and before administrative agencies, supervision of student work (involving close review and iterative editing of written student work and preparation of students for oral advocacy), active participation in field trips and weekly seminar sessions focused on core lawyering skills, oversight of general clinic rounds, and development of new cases or project opportunities for the ELC. In addition, the CSA will function as part of the Environmental and Natural Resource Law & Policy Program, working with the existing CSA and environmental faculty to meet the Program’s student mentoring and alumni stewardship needs.
Mills Legal Clinic attorneys are part of the intellectual community within the clinical program, Stanford Law School, and Stanford University at large. CSAs are invited to attend weekly faculty workshops at which scholars from Stanford and throughout the world present research and works in progress. The Law School also provides resources for its lawyers to participate in continuing education and other professional development activities. This is a full-time, yearround continuing position, but case load allowing, CSAs may have time during summers to pursue their own scholarship.
More information on the ELC can be found at: https://law.stanford.edu/environmental-law-clinic/
POSITION REQUIREMENTS
Applicants should have:
- at least seven to ten years of state/federal environmental law practice experience, including significant litigation experience
- membership in the California bar
- superior writing, editing and oral skills
- outstanding academic credentials
- sound judgment and exceptional ethical standards
- demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching and student supervision
- strong organizational and team work skills
The salary is based on a formula that is competitive with similar positions. Applications should be submitted as soon as possible and will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Start date is no later than September 1, 2016.
Resumes will be accepted at http://stanfordcareers.stanford.edu, job number 71642. 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 in environmental law and providing any other information relevant to the applicant’s interest and potential for clinical supervision and teaching
- a resume
- a writing sample
- a complete law school transcript
- a list of at least three professional references
Applicants may send the materials electronically to elc@law.stanford.edu. Hard copies should be sent to:
Deborah A. Sivas
Luke W. Cole Professor of Environmental Law
Director, Environmental Law Clinic
Stanford Law School
Crown Quadrangle
559 Nathan Abbott Way
Stanford, CA 94305-8610
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Stanford Law School is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, disability, gender, nationality, ethnicity, sexual orientation or other prohibited category. We strongly encourage women, people of color, LGBTQ individuals, people with disabilities, and all qualified persons to apply for this position.