IE UNIVERSITY invites applications for the position Clinical Assistant Professor of Law for IE Law School´s Legal Clinic. The Clinical Professor will be in charge of developing and managing the IE Law School Legal Clinic.
The IE Law School Legal Clinic has grown exponentially in its first few years of existence. It has reached more than 70 agreements with law firms, foundations, professional associations, NGOs and social entrepreneurs. It provides cutting-edge legal assessment on issues related to diverse topics such as the use of technology to improve access to justice, data protection, corporate and associations law, taxation, contracts, and labour law, particularly in situations with a cross-border component.
We are looking for an outstanding individual to lead the Clinic in a new, exciting phase of development. The selected candidate must have a demonstrated knowledge and experience on how legal clinics work and the capacity to generate new clients and funding. In particular, she/he will have to select cases, accompany our students in their entire clinical work, design and teach legal clinic courses, and interact with the Clinic's stakeholders.
The position is tenure-track at the level of Assistant Professor. The successful candidate shall commit to an academic legal career in an international and innovative environment.
Key duties and responsibilities:
- Management and coordination of IE Law School Legal Clinic, according to the description of the position.
- Development and delivery of graduate and undergraduate courses with an international and practice-oriented focus using innovative methodologies (including active methodology and online teaching).
- Personal advisor to students.
- Research on legal education and clinical legal education
Requirements:
- Proven experience in clinical legal education
- Professional legal qualifications
- Specialist knowledge in a relevant area of law. Knowledge of both civil law and common law will be highly valued
- Ph.D. in a relevant area of law
- Fluency in English. Knowledge of Spanish will be highly valued.
Salary range: Competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience.
Start date: September 2021
Application process: Apply by January 30, 2021 via INTERFOLIO at http://apply.interfolio.com/81457
The following documents will be requested: Cover letter, Long CV (including publications and research projects) and 2 Letters of recommendation. We may ask some applicants for a video interview. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to present online. For general enquiries, contact Sara Flores, Faculty Recruitment Coordinator at sara.flores@ie.edu
About IE University: IE University holds a leading position in Europe among institutions of higher education for excellence in innovation and learning technologies.
IE University is the number one Spanish university and the 25th in the world in the Times Higher Education’s Global University Employability Ranking 2020.
IE Law School is one of the top law schools in the world and has been listed among the best law schools worldwide in the Financial Times’ Global Legal Education report.
IE University has campuses in Madrid and Segovia, Spain. Madrid is a vibrant, cosmopolitan capital city of 5+ million that offers an enormous range of professional and leisure opportunities. Segovia is a beautiful World-Heritage city that offers the pleasures of a small city environment and easy access (30 minutes by bullet train) to the heart of Madrid.