Suffolk University Law School in Boston invites applications for a tenure-track clinical faculty member to direct its Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic (“IPEC”) starting in the 2017-2018 academic year. We seek candidates with strong academic records and a commitment to excellence in teaching and scholarship. Prior experience with clinical teaching is preferred, though not required. Applicants must be admitted or eligible for admission to the Massachusetts bar. Admission to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office is preferred. At least three years of intellectual property experience is required.
IPEC is a dynamic inter-disciplinary clinic that collaborates with Suffolk’s Sawyer Business School. It provides free legal services to underserved clients on issues relating to new and emerging businesses, with a focus on intellectual property (copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets). Law students supervised by the clinic director provide a broad range of intellectual property and transactional services. Clients include entrepreneurs, inventors, scientists, software developers, artists, and others, and are individuals, for-profits, and nonprofits. This innovative clinic provides students with hands-on, practical experience needed to navigate the rapidly evolving fields of intellectual property and entrepreneurship.
The ideal candidate will be a self-motivated individual who will “grow” the clinic by developing relationships with alumni, members of the academy and external entities. In addition to teaching a full-year clinic, all clinical faculty teach one non-clinical course in a related field.
IPEC is one of nine in-house clinics in the Clinical Programs and is part of the Intellectual Property Concentration, which integrates doctrinal and experiential offerings. Suffolk’s Clinical Programs have been ranked among the top 30 such programs in U.S. News & World Report for the last nine years, and they are currently ranked 17th in the country.
We encourage applications from women, minorities, and others whose backgrounds will contribute to the diversity of the faculty. Please apply online at www.jobvite.com.