West Virginia University College of Law is seeking candidates to serve as Director of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Law Clinic (EILC) (tenure-track/tenure or teaching faculty).  Candidates for the EILC Director position should have expertise in business and commercial law, entrepreneurship, and/or intellectual property (with particular focus on Trademark and Patent Law), and be willing to work with other entrepreneurship centers and experts at WVU.  The EILC provides legal services to start-up companies, small businesses, non-profits, and individuals, and it plays a vital role in economic development and job creation in the region.  Additional information about the EILC is available online at http://law.wvu.edu/clinics/entrepreneurship.

WVU Law is committed to building a multicultural and inclusive work force that includes diversity in race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, military service, disabilities, social background, and experience. Appointment and rank will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Please address applications to Appointments Committee Chair Robert Bastress, West Virginia University College of Law, P.O. Box 6130, Morgantown, WV 26506-6130, or via email to Robert.Bastress@mail.wvu.edu.  Clinicians Valena Beety and Marjorie McDiarmid are also on the Appointments Committee and they are both happy to speak with potential applicants with any questions.  They can be reached at marjorie.mcdiarmid@mail.wvu.edu and valena.beety@mail.wvu.edu. 

Yale Law School established the Liman Program in 1997 to honor its 1957 graduate, Arthur Liman. The Liman Program funds post-graduate and summer fellowships; teaches classes at Yale Law School; convenes an annual colloquium; and undertakes research projects related to access to justice and the criminal justice system in particular. This work reflects the commitments of Arthur Liman, who graduated from Yale Law School in 1957 and who, before his death in 1997, was a partner at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, and served as chief counsel to the New York State Special Commission on Attica Prison; President of the Legal Aid Society of New York and of the Neighborhood Defender Services of Harlem; Chair of the Legal Action Center in New York City; and Chair of the New York State Capital Defender’s Office. 

 Since its inception, the Liman Program has grown — from one post-graduate Yale Law School Fellow to now more than 8-12 annually, for a total of 108 Law School graduate Fellows including this year’s group.  In addition, the Liman Program helps to support summer Fellows at Barnard, Brown, Harvard, Princeton, Spelman, Stanford, and Yale. Many Liman Fellows – past and current – work on criminal justice, prisoners’ rights, immigration detention, workers’ rights, civil legal assistance, gender equality, and environmental justice.  In addition, beginning in 2011, the Liman Program has hosted one or more Senior Fellows in Residence, experienced practitioners, who join the Liman Professor and Director in teaching students, and conduct research on access to legal services and criminal justice from detention through incarceration, release, and reentry.  

 At the Law School, the Liman Program faculty co-teach a weekly “workshop” one semester each year.  Examples of recent seminars include Rationing Law: Subsidizing Access to Justice in Democracies; Incarceration; Moving Criminal Justice: Practices of Prohibition, Abolition, Regulation, and Reform; Borders; and Racial Justice and Immigrants’’ Rights: Debates and Dialogues.  Similarly, annual colloquia reflect these concerns. Over the last several years, the colloquia topics have been:  Detention on a Global Scale: Punishment and Beyond; Isolation and Reintegration: Punishment circa 2014; Navigating Boundaries: Immigration and Criminal Law; and Accessing Justice, Rationing Law.  These conferences bring together faculty, students, Fellows, practitioners, lawmakers, government officials such as judges and prison administrators, officials from non-profit organizations and foundation, individuals affected by the problems, academics from related fields to consider the current challenges and useful interventions.  

In addition, the Liman Program’s research work comes under the umbrella of the Liman Projects. The 2015-2016 project is entitled From Prosecution to Prisons.  Students and faculty work together on research and advocacy related to how to reduce the number of people incarcerated, the degrees of isolation imposed on prisoners, and the distances that both women and men (especially in the federal prison system) are from homes and families. In such efforts, we have collaborated with other institutions and organizations, including the Association of State Correctional Administrators, the American Bar Association, and John Jay College of Criminal Justice.

The Liman Director

In collaboration with the Liman Professor, the Liman Director is responsible for overseeing and administering all elements of the Liman Public Interest Program.  Duties include: 

• Managing all elements of the Yale Law School Fellowship program, from recruiting and advising applicants, to working with Fellows and their host organizations throughout the fellowship year.
• Developing curricula for the Liman Workshop and the Liman Project, and co-teaching these courses in collaboration with the Liman Professor and the Senior Liman Fellow in Residence;
• Working with faculty and program administrators at Yale and six other colleges and universities to administer the Liman Summer Fellows program;
• Planning and overseeing the annual Liman Colloquium, and other public interest programs at the Law School;
• Managing the drafting, production, and distribution of the annual Liman Report, along with all other publicity and fundraising activities;
• Helping to write and distribute other books, reports, and collection of materials;
• Supervising the Liman Program Assistant, the Liman Student Directors, and other administrative support staff; and
• Developing and managing the program budget, in conjunction with the Liman Professor.
• Working with colleagues at the Law School doing related work on public interest, fellowships, access to justice, and global human rights.

The successful applicant will be a law school graduate with a distinguished academic record; significant experience in public interest lawyering;  administrative talents; knowledge about the shape and structure of public interest lawyering and the organizations that provide such services; ease and enjoyment in writing essays, demonstrated through publications, research papers, dissertations, briefs, or other materials authored by the applicant; and the ability to work with students, alumni/ae; faculty, staff, and lawyers working outside the University.  Teaching experience is relevant but not required. 

The salary is competitive and based upon experience.  For more information, please contact Johanna Kalb, Liman Director, Johanna.Kalb@yale.edu, (203) 436-3520.  To apply, please provide a resume, lists of references (including at least one academic reference and at least one reference with whom the applicant has worked closely within the last two years); examples of written work (including copies of relevant publications, reports, research papers, essays or briefs); and a law school transcript. 

The Rutgers Law School, Newark Campus will have an opening for a Professor to teach in and direct the Law School’s  Constitutional Rights Clinic Clinical and teach other courses in the school’s core curriculum.  The Constitutional Rights Clinic (CRC) is the school’s oldest clinic and has been directed by its founder, Distinguished Professor of Law, Frank Askin for the past 45 years. Professor Askin has announced his retirement at the end of the 2015-16 school year. The CRC initiates civil rights and civil liberties cases and projects and instructs law students in the hands-on practice of civil rights law and the enforcement of constitutional and civil rights. Representative cases and projects have involved voting rights and electoral and ballot access, fairness and integrity including a challenge to advance voter registration under the New Jersey constitution, protection of free speech and fair and open elections in privately governed common interest communities under the state constitution, advocacy of educational rights and educational access for undocumented immigrants, and challenges to the disparate racial impact of certain residency requirements in municipal employment.

Candidates should have at least five years of relevant civil rights lawyering experience.  Previous clinical and other law teaching experience is a plus. Salary commensurate with experience.  The position will be a tenured, tenure track or clinical scholar track position, based on the candidate’s interests and experience. In addition to directing and teaching in the CRC, the position will also involve some teaching in the classroom curriculum.

Interested candidates should forward a resume and letter of interest by September 25, 2015 to: the Rutgers School of Law,  Co-Chair, Appointments Committee, Professor Jon Dubin by e-mail at Jdubin@kinoy.rutgers.edu.

Rutgers is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and people of color are particularly encouraged to apply.

Please distribute the above and feel free to contact me if you have any questions at jdubin@kinoy.rutgers.edu

The Law School at the University of Chicago is seeking qualified applicants for a full-time position in the Kirkland & Ellis Corporate Lab Clinic. The position, which is on the Law School’s clinical professor track culminating in long-term renewable contracts, begins during the 2015-16 academic year. Title and level of appointment will depend upon qualifications and experience.

Reporting to the Director of the Law School’s Corporate Lab Programs, the successful candidate will participate in all activities of the Corporate Lab, and will assist the Director with developing clients, supervising students, managing the Speaker Series and Lab events and initiatives connecting law students to the legal community, curriculum design, classroom teaching, student evaluation and all other Lab Clinic activities. (For more information, see: http://www.law.uchicago.edu/corporatelab)

Candidates must have a J.D.; must have at least three years of relevant legal experience, and be a member in good standing of the Bar of Illinois or another state.  Prior teaching experience is highly desirable but not required. Excellent writing, editing, supervision, and team skills are required.

Each candidate should submit a curriculum vita or resume, a list of references, a legal writing sample, a law school transcript, a cover letter that includes a detailed description of the candidate’s relevant practice experience and teaching experience, and course evaluations from prior teaching experience if any.  Other material relevant to candidacy may be included as well.  Candidates must apply on line and upload application material at: https://academiccareers.uchicago.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=54285   Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled or until March 1, 2016, whichever is sooner.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or status as an individual with disability.

The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity / Disabled / Veterans Employer. 

Job seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-702-5671 or email ACOppAdministrator@uchicago.edu with their request.

NYU School of Law is seeking new or experienced clinical teachers for tenure-track positions on our clinical faculty.

Applicants in any field of practice are welcome to apply: We are not aiming to fill a position in any particular clinic; applicants can elect either to teach in one of our existing clinics (see http://www.law.nyu.edu/academics/clinics) or to create a new clinic.  We seek to hire faculty committed to providing a powerful individual and collective learning experience that engages students actively in working collaboratively with underserved individuals and communities as they look to gain access to justice.  Our preference is to hire faculty who will create clinics or teach in an existing clinic where students serve as the primary providers of legal services, under close faculty supervision.

Applicants should have practice experience and an academic record that demonstrate the potential for clinical teaching and scholarly achievement. NYU Law School is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity.

If you wish to apply, please send a statement of interest and a résumé to me at randy.hertz@nyu.edu by no later than November 1, 2015.

The University of Idaho, College of Law, invites applications for a full-time, academic-year clinical faculty position, to begin in May 2016 to direct its Main Street Legal Clinic and to teach pre-trial and Trial Advocacy courses. Although an academic-year appointment, the person who fills this position will generally be required to run the Main Street Legal Clinic during the summer for 8-12 weeks, with the exact amount of time and pay to be determined by separate contract each year. The Main Street Legal Clinic represents clients in a wide variety of cases including family law, misdemeanor defense, consumer protection, and civil rights matters.

Candidates must have 1) a J.D. from an accredited school or the equivalent; 2) a distinguished academic record; 3) a record of or the promise of teaching excellence; 4) at least five years of post JD practice, clerking or teaching experience; and 5) a demonstrated commitment to service in the law school and the community. Candidates also must be a member of a bar in good standing and eligible for admission to the Idaho State Bar as a supervising attorney within one year of the hire date.

The College has a long history of clinical education and public service. Its clinical programs are nationally recognized and include six in-house clinics as well as an extensive externship program. For more information on clinical and practical skills offerings at the College of Law, please review our website: http://www.uidaho.edu/law/academics/practical-skills.

Situated in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, the University of Idaho is a comprehensive research institution that is enriched by its geographic proximity to Washington State University and its programs in Boise, Idaho. Information about the College of Law is available on its website at www.uidaho.edu/law. Interested people should apply online at www.uidaho.edu/humanresources and include in their application material information addressing the requirements for the position, a resume showing evidence of academic distinction and teaching and service potential, and at least three references relevant to the candidate’s qualifications. The Faculty Appointments Committee will begin reviewing applications on August 24, 2015 and will give priority consideration to applications received before October 1, 2015.

The University of Idaho is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. The University has an institution-wide commitment to diversity, human rights, multiculturalism and community. It expresses that commitment by actively recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and student body, and by building and sustaining a welcoming, supportive campus environment.

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL invites applications for an entry level position teaching in its award-winning Clinic and Justice Center. We are especially interested in candidates with experience and expertise in tax, business transactions, or not-for-profit corporations, who could establish a pedagogically appropriate Tax or Transactions Clinic. As a member of the Clinic and Justice Center, the successful candidate will have teaching and caseload responsibilities based on a model of clinical teaching concentrating upon the education of participating students through the representation of real clients in matters having a life span of one or two semesters. Appointment will be made at the Assistant Professor Level. Candidates must demonstrate 1) a strong academic background, 2) a capacity for and a commitment to excellence in scholarship, and 3) a capacity for and a commitment to be an effective teacher in the classroom and to spend significant time outside of class working with students.

ALBANY LAW SCHOOL is a small, independent private school in New York State’s capital. Established in 1851, it is the oldest independent law school in the nation and the oldest law school in New York. You can learn more about the school by visiting our website: http://www.albanylaw.edu/

Application (electronic preferred) should include cover letter, curriculum vitae, a list of publications, and three references and be sent to Faculty Recruitment Committee c/o Barbara Jordan-Smith, Dean’s Office, Albany Law School, 80 New Scotland Ave., Albany, NY 12208-3494, bjord@albanylaw.edu.

The University of Idaho College of Law seeks to fill a full-time, tenure track faculty position to begin in May 2016. This position could be hired as an assistant professor or an associate professor, depending on teaching experience. This position is responsible for supervising our Immigration Clinic and teaching Immigration Law, and may include serving as part of our Trial Advocacy team. The College has a strong integrated clinical program with six full-time faculty. The College earned a grade of “A-“ for practical training by pre-Law magazine, which also ranked our clinical program, in particular, #13 in the country, and our externship program # 15. 

Applicants must have a J.D. from an ABA accredited law school or the equivalent with a distinguished academic record and at least five years of post-J.D. practice, clerking, or teaching experience, two years of which must have been spent exclusively or primarily on immigration law. Applicants must be a member of a bar in good standing and must be eligible for admission to the Idaho Bar as a supervising attorney. Applicants must also be eligible and in good standing to practice law in the federal courts and before administrative agencies in the area of Immigration Law. Priority consideration will be given to applications received by September 25, 2015. The position will be open until it is filled. 

The University of Idaho has an institution-wide commitment to diversity, human rights, multiculturalism and community, It expresses that commitment by actively recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and student body, and by building and sustaining a welcoming supportive campus environment, The University of Idaho provides outstanding leadership opportunities for people interested in promoting and enhancing diversity, nurturing creativity and building community. More information about the College of Law is available at www.uidaho.edu/law.

Situated in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, the University of Idaho is a comprehensive research institution that is enriched by its geographic proximity to Washington State University and its programs in Boise, Idaho.

The Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic is an innovative program that combines the training of environmental law students with vigorous legal representation for public interest environmental causes.  The Clinic’s primary client is the Hudson Riverkeeper.   In operation for nearly thirty years, the Pace Environmental Litigation Clinic has pioneered clinical environmental legal education with its unique partnership between a law school clinic and grass roots advocacy organization.  Students gain in-depth professional training in environmental law while having a measurable impact on the management of one of the premiere natural resources on the East Coast: the Hudson River-Long Island Sound estuarine system.  The Clinic has won a series of precedent-setting cases, prosecuting governments and companies, expanding citizen access to the shoreline, suing sewage treatment plants and landfills to comply with a variety of environmental statutes.  Clinic students gain first hand experience in advocacy litigation, including trying cases, arguing motions, negotiating, participating in administrative proceedings on environmental regulations, evaluating scientific data from field studies or scientific analyses, interaction with other community-based citizens organizations, and use of publicity and news media.

The Supervising Attorney will work with the Clinic Co-Directors on cases representing individuals, community groups and non-profit environmental and conservation organizations.  In this role, the Supervising Attorney will also work closely with and supervise Student Legal Interns.  The Supervising Attorney is expected to be lead counsel and take primary professional responsibility for the Clinic’s case docket.

This position will have primary responsibility for the full range of tasks associated with litigating cases in a small law firm setting before state and federal courts and state administrative agencies, at both the trial and appellate levels.  Cases litigated by the Clinic may range from challenges to administrative agency decisions where judicial review is on the administrative record to full-scale evidentiary trials.  The Clinic caseload emphasizes federal environmental citizen enforcement suits.

The Supervising Attorney will have primary responsibility for mentoring and supervising Legal Interns and will co-teach the Clinic seminar and practicum along with the Clinic Co-Directors.  The Supervising Attorney will also assist the Clinic Co-Directors in the day-to-day administration of clinic operations.

Cardozo Law School seeks to hire a fulltime clinical teaching fellow focusing on international human rights and asylum law, with the rank of lecturer, in the Law School's Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic. The position, known as the Clinical Teaching Fellow, is for one year, but reappointment for a second year is possible. 

Reporting to the Director and working collaboratively with the other clinicians, the Fellow will: supervise student work on the Clinic’s cases and projects, including client representation in the U.S. asylum process; manage and develop existing human rights cases and projects; develop future projects in partnership with NGOs, international criminal tribunals, and UN agencies; work with the Director and other Clinic teachers to develop teaching materials and teach in the Clinic; and manage aspects of a website related to the Clinic. The position is ideal for a candidate interested in the substantive areas of international human rights law, international criminal law, and refugee law, and with a strong interest in clinical teaching.

The Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic currently is structured as a semester-long clinic in which students represent individuals seeking asylum as well as individuals and institutional clients in international human rights cases and projects. The overall objective of the Clinic is to provide students with first-hand experience in the range of activities in which lawyers engage to promote respect for human rights and the diverse ways the law is utilized to promote social change. The Clinic is divided into two pedagogical components: first, a weekly seminar, including skills training and second, asylum casework and human rights project work. In the spring semester, the Advanced Human Rights And Atrocity Prevention Clinic continues the work of the Clinic with a select group of students.

Qualifications:

Candidates must have: 1) JD or equivalent; 2) strong academic record; 3) strong international human rights background, as exhibited by significant experience in human rights work and/or an LL.M or the equivalent in international human rights; 4) experience or interest in refugee or asylum law; 5) experience or interest in teaching; 6) proven management or organizational skills; 7) minimum 2-5 years relevant legal experience since law school. Fluency in English is required. Candidates with fluency in Spanish and/or Portuguese are strongly preferred.

Each candidate should submit a cover letter, resume or curriculum vitae, a list of three (3) references, law school transcript(s), and a legal writing sample of not more than 15 pages. We are receiving applications on a rolling basis. Review of candidates will begin immediately and continue until filled. Please submit your application electronically by email to Angel Sutjipto at cardozo.clihhr@yu.edu.

Contact: Angel Sutjipto

Human Rights and Atrocity Prevention Clinic

Attn: Clinical Teaching Fellow Application

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law

Email Address: cardozo.clihhr@yu.edu 

The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to the principle of diversity.  It is interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of applicants, including minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities.