ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW in Bristol, Rhode Island, invites applications for a two year full-time position as a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law to direct and teach in our newly established Community Economic Development Clinic.  The position will commence in the summer of 2013, with clinic operations expected to commence in August of 2013.  The focus of the clinic will be the provision of services to small businesses and not-for-profit organizations in Rhode Island and Southern Massachusetts.  Students enrolled in the clinic will work with small business owners or operators in determining and facilitating their legal needs, including determining which legal entity choice is best, assisting with the filing of organizational documents and corporate necessities, creating agreements between owners, and creating basic leases and other contracts for the businesses.  The primary goal of the clinic will be to teach the practice of transactional lawyering while providing service to underserved entrepreneurs and organizations.  Consequently, a candidate should have or be willing to obtain a significant familiarity with the pedagogy of clinical education.

The candidate must hold a J.D. or LL.B degree and either be a member in good standing of the Rhode Island bar or be willing to take and pass the Rhode Island Bar Examination at the first possible administration.  The candidate must also have at least three years of transactional law experience.  Prior teaching experience is preferred but not required.

Although we will accept applications until the position is filled, we strongly encourage interested applicants to submit applications by no later than November 5, 2012.  Interested candidates should send a letter of interest and a resume, in electronic form, to Professor Bruce I. Kogan, Chair, Clinical Education Committee, at bkogan@rwu.edu.

The Criminal and Juvenile Justice Law Clinic at the University Of San Francisco School of Law is seeking a Clinical Law Fellow to assist in the supervision and management of the Clinic. The anticipated starting date is August 1, 2013.

The Criminal and Juvenile Justice Law Clinic Fellow's duties include direct supervision of case work by clinic students and clinic classroom teaching in coordination with clinic faculty. The Fellow will also pursue professional goals in conjunction with his or her clinic duties, including opportunities for scholarship.

A successor to our first in-house program, the criminal clinic remains a core component of the USF Law Clinics. Students enrolled in this clinic represent indigent defendants in all phases of criminal proceedings, from arraignment through trial and occasional interlocutory appeals. They also represent defendants in juvenile court delinquency proceedings. 

The Clinical Teaching Fellowship offers an opportunity for practicing attorneys to explore the possibility of embarking upon a full-time career in law school clinical education and to make the transition from the practice of law to legal education. The educational goals of the program are to provide an opportunity to strengthen legal practice skills, to reflect on legal practice, to learn clinical teaching methodology under the supervision of an experienced faculty member, and to develop scholarship interest. The program provides time for research and writing as well as representing clients, community outreach, trainings and classes, and supervising students.

Qualifications: commitment to public interest practice, two or more years of practice in criminal law or juvenile justice, excellent oral and written communication skills, strong academic record and/or other indicia of high performance ability, ability to work with a wide range of people, including students, clients, attorneys, and court officials, commitment to work with low income clients, a strong interest in teaching, interest in writing, and membership in the California Bar for three years.

Salary: $50,000 salary per year, plus all benefits available to a full-time University employee.  This is a two-year fellowship position and is not renewable.

Applications from minority group members, women, and others whose background or interests will enhance the diversity of the faculty are highly encouraged. 

Applications are due by November 1, 2012. To apply, submit a letter of interest, curriculum vitae (including references), and writing sample electronically to: lawfellowship@usfca.edu.

If you are unable to submit materials electronically, please send hard copy items to:

 

Bill Ong Hing

Chair, Skills and Fellows Task Force
University of San Francisco School of Law
2130 Fulton Street

San Francisco, CA 94117

 

The University of San Francisco is an equal opportunity employer. 

Position Summary: The University of Connecticut School of Law solicits applications for two assistant clinical professor of law to serve as a supervising attorney in the Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Law Clinic beginning January 1, 2013. The position are subject to the Law School's policy on long-term renewable contracts for clinical faculty, which complies with ABA Standard 405(c).

Minimum Qualifications: An excellent academic record; significant law practice and/or clinical teaching experience; demonstrated research and writing ability; and membership in the Connecticut bar or the ability to become a member within one year of hire, are required. The ideal candidate will also have significant intellectual property experience; some transactional business-lawyering experience; and be a member of the Patent Bar.

Appointment Terms: Positions are at the Law School campus in Hartford and clinic location in East Hartford. These are a full-time, non-tenured position, renewable yearly. Salary will be commensurate with background, qualifications, and experience.

To Apply: Applications must be submitted online using Husky Hire at www.jobs.uconn.edu. Please upload a letter of interest, and a resume. Review of applications will begin immediately.

Potential candidates with questions regarding the position, their qualifications, or any related matter are encouraged to contact Professor Hillary Greene, Faculty Director of the Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Law Clinic at hillary.greene@law.uconn.edu, (860) 570-5211. The University of Connecticut is an EEO/AA employer.

This job posting is scheduled to be removed at 11:59 PM eastern on 10/31/2012.

Founded in 1911, Southwestern Law School is a nonprofit, nonsectarian independent law school approved by the American Bar Association and a member of the Association of American Law Schools.  Southwestern is known for its innovative programs, for being a national leader in legal education reform, and for its award-winning campus. Southwestern has taken a leadership role in curricular innovation: it was the first school in the country with a conceptual two-year J.D. program and one of the first to offer a part-time day J.D. program designed for students with child-care or elder-care responsibilities. Recognized by the Carnegie Foundation for innovation, Southwestern's first-year curriculum provides a unique opportunity for J.D. students to choose one of three tracks in their legal research and writing course – appellate, negotiation or trial advocacy. Recent upper division enhancements include a January intersession, capstone courses, and special "mini-term" courses.
 
Taking advantage of its location in the center of Los Angeles, Southwestern is a leader in the area of entertainment law. Southwestern was the first school in the United States with an Entertainment and Media Law Institute, the first to establish an LL.M. program in Entertainment and Media Law, and the first to offer an online LL.M. in Entertainment and Media Law. Southwestern is also known for graduating students who are practice-ready, with one of the largest externship programs in the country, three legal practicum programs, three legal clinics (Children’s Rights, Immigration Law, and Street Law), and a large public service program.
 
One of the most diverse law schools in the United States, Southwestern has an enrollment of just over 1,000 students in two, three and four-year full-time and part-time J.D. programs of study. The school has also established dual-degree affiliations with the Drucker Graduate School of Management of Claremont Graduate University for a J.D./M.B.A. and J.D./M.A. in Management, as well as California State University, Dominguez Hills for a J.D./M.A. in Negotiation, Conflict Resolution, and Peacebuilding, and a unique certificate program with the Pardee RAND Graduate School (PRGS). LL.M. programs are also offered in individualized studies and entertainment and media law.
 
The law school’s collegial faculty are productive scholars and talented teachers, who make significant contributions to the community. The law school is also fortunate to have an exceptional and dedicated staff. The law school’s 15,000 alumni include prominent leaders in law, business and public service in virtually every state and more than two dozen foreign countries. More than 400 alumni have served in the judiciary, including the California Supreme Court, and others have served in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives, as Treasurer of California, as Mayor of Los Angeles and in other elected offices.
 
Southwestern’s award-winning campus encompasses nearly two city blocks and includes the acclaimed art deco Bullocks Wilshire landmark. Southwestern's Leigh H. Taylor Law Library is the second largest academic law library facility in California, and the Julian Dixon Courtroom and Advocacy Center is one of the most technologically sophisticated centers of its kind. The law school's new on-campus student housing complex is currently under construction and scheduled to open in Fall 2013, with additional campus expansion plans in development.
 
Reporting to the Board of Trustees, the Dean/CEO is the chief academic and administrative officer responsible for the leadership, stewardship, and management of the law school. The successful dean candidate will be expected to continue to build on the school’s achievements and recent momentum. Applicants for Dean should possess a distinguished record of teaching, scholarship, professional experience, a national reputation and public service appropriate for a tenured professor of law. Applicants should also possess administrative, managerial, and fundraising skills to lead the law school as CEO.
 
Additional information about Southwestern Law School can be found at www.swlaw.edu.
 
Southwestern Law School has retained the services of Isaacson, Miller to assist with this search. Confidential nominations, inquiries, and applications (including resume, cover letter and the names and contact information for eight references) should be forwarded to:
 
Julie Filizetti
Cathy R. Daniels
Isaacson, Miller, Inc.
649 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105
Electronic submissions are strongly encouraged to 4655@imsearch.com.
 
Southwestern Law School is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications and nominations from women and minorities.

The Rutgers University School of Law-Newark, through its Special
Education Clinic, is looking to hire an attorney with 1-3 years of
post-graduate experience to serve as a Clinical Law Fellow in a newly
created medical-legal partnership with the Department of Pediatrics at
the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The
medical-legal partnership, known as the H.E.A.L. (Health, Education,
Advocacy & Law) Collaborative, has a threefold mission: (1) To improve
children’s health and well-being by providing free legal services to
indigent families of children with disabilities to meet their
educational, developmental and health needs; (2) to educate front-line
health and medical professionals on identification of social issues with
legal remedies that adversely affect child health and family well-being
and methods for resolving these issues without resort to legal
involvement; and (3) to enhance the educational experiences,
professional development, knowledge and skills of those studying and/or
working in the fields of law, medicine and social work through
collaboration in a multi-disciplinary setting.

The Clinical Law Fellow will work collaboratively with the Legal and
Medical Directors and medical/health/social work professionals and
students, and will be directly supervised by the program’s Legal
Director. Responsibilities include:

●    Interview patients who present with legal problems and triage
the issues presented;
●    Provide advice, referrals, consultation and direct legal
representation to patients/clients in the areas of special education
and, to a lesser extent, public benefits;
●    Consult and collaborate with medical and hospital staff on all
aspects of program development and, as appropriate, on specific cases;
●    Organize and participate in cross-training sessions; and
●    Assist in all aspects of program implementation, development and
evaluation.

The Clinical Law Fellow will be based primarily at UMDNJ, although
workspace in the Rutgers Law School Clinic will be provided as well. The
ideal candidate will have a J.D. degree and be licensed to practice law;
1-3 years legal experience; excellent written and oral advocacy skills;
a background in or some knowledge of special education law and process;
and an interest in and demonstrated commitment to working with
low-income children and families.  In addition, the ideal candidate will
be a self-starter as well as a team player. Prior interdisciplinary work
experience and proficiency in Spanish are a plus.

Salary will be commensurate with other post-graduate public interest
fellowships and will include benefits.  Any interested candidates should
send a resume and cover letter to Jennifer Rosen Valverde, Clinical
Professor of Law at jvalverde@kinoy.rutgers.edu as soon as possible and
by no later than October 31, 2012.

Rutgers University is committed to enhancing the diversity of its
faculty and staff.  Applications from women, minorities, and people with
disabilities are particularly encouraged.  Rutgers is an EEO/AA
employer.

UNIVERSITY OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DAVID A. CLARKE SCHOOL OF LAW (UDC-DCSL) invites applications for the grant funded position of Director of the Low Income Tax Clinic (LITC), beginning academic year 2013-2014.  We will consider exceptionally talented applicants at the assistant professor level. Candidates must demonstrate a record of strong academic performance and excellent potential for scholarly achievement. The salary range for Assistant Professor is $73,533 to $110,300.
 
 
The mission of the University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law is to recruit and enroll students from groups under-represented at the bar, provide a well-rounded theoretical and practical legal education that will enable students to be effective and ethical advocates and represent the legal needs of low-income District of Columbia residents through the school’s legal clinics.  UDC-DCSL is one of only six American Bar Association (ABA) accredited law schools at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).  UDC is the nation’s only urban, public land grant university.  UDC-DCSL is highly ranked: Top 10 in the nation in Law School Clinical Programs ((US News and World Report, 2012); 3rd most diverse faculty (Princeton Review, 2012); 5th most chosen by older students (Princeton Review, 2012); 4th best environment for minority students (Princeton Review, 2012); and Top 20 most innovative law school (PreLaw Magazine, 2012). UDC-DCSL has a strong commitment to diversity among its faculty and encourages applications from minorities and women.
 
 
Although we will accept applications until the position is filled, we strongly encourage interested applicants to submit applications by October 31, 2012 for complete consideration. Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume.  Contact:  Professor Wilhelmina Reuben-Cooke, Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee, University of the District of Columbia, David A. Clarke School of Law, 4200 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Building 52, Room 315A, Washington, D.C. 20008.  wreuben-cooke@udc.edu

USC Gould School of Law is seeking applications for the Audrey Irmas Clinical Teaching Fellowship.

This two year fellowship was created in 2011. Candidates should have two to five years practice experience, experience or interest in advocating on behalf of women and children, and an interest in pursuing a career in law school clinical teaching. The salary range is $60,000 to $75,000 per year, plus USC benefits. The two year fellowship will begin in the summer of 2013.

The Irmas Clinical Teaching Fellowship will offer opportunities for clinical teaching in one or more clinical programs, including the Immigration Clinic, the International Human Rights Clinic, or the Post-Conviction Justice Project. The Irmas Clinical Teaching Fellow will work under the supervision of the clinical faculty members who teach and direct those Clinics and will concentrate on cases or projects involving or affecting the rights of women and children.

To learn more about the USC Clinics, please visit their websites at: http://weblaw.usc.edu/why/academics/clinics/

Duties will include:
--Intensive supervision of clinical and summer students;
--Co-teaching portions of the linked clinical seminar(s);
--Curriculum development;
--Individual case or project work; and
--Organizing occasional programmatic events.

Requirements for candidates:
--Demonstrated interest in the rights of women and children;
--Experience with one or more of the following areas is desirable-
o immigration law,
o international human rights and / or international criminal law,
o criminal law;
--Excellent academic record;
--Two to five years of practice experience;
--Admission to a State bar (admission to the California Bar is required for candidates who want to work in the Post- Conviction Justice Project);
--Excellent analytical and writing skills;
--Aptitude for student supervision;
--Prior teaching experience is a plus; and
--Bilingual ability in Spanish or another language(s) is desirable.

USC values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity in employment. Women and men, and members of all racial and ethnic groups, are encouraged to apply.  

Applications should be submitted through the below link and must be received by 5:00 PM PDT, Friday, November 30th, 2012.    

<https://jobs.usc.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=66589>

THOMAS JEFFERSON SCHOOL OF LAW invites applications and nominations for the position of President and Dean of the School of Law.  The next President and Dean must possess integrity and high academic and personal standards, be energetic and persistent in the pursuit of excellence, and be enthusiastic about the School of Law’s values and mission.  She or he will inspire and lead the community during a time of great opportunity and significant challenges for law schools nationwide.  The successful candidate will bring passion, insight, and expertise to advancing the School of Law’s educational and scholarly missions and to managing and further developing a dynamic and maturing institution of higher education.
 
Thomas Jefferson School of Law is an independent, fully ABA-approved, AALS member law school located in the heart of San Diego, California.  The School of Law enrolls more than 1200 diverse and engaged law students from across the nation and throughout the world in its J.D., LL.M, J.S.M., and J.S.D. programs, and offers full-time, part-time, day, evening, and online programs, as well as a joint J.D.-M.B.A. program in collaboration with San Diego State University.  The dynamic, diverse, and highly productive faculty is characterized by its deep commitment to teaching and scholarship.  Since the spring of 2011, the School of Law has occupied a new, technologically advanced, eight-story, 177,000 square foot, state-of-the-art, environmentally sustainable facility in the East Village area of downtown San Diego.
 
The Dean is the President of the School of Law, reporting directly to the Board of Trustees.  The ideal candidate will have significant experience and expertise leading and developing legal academic institutions, overseeing large and sophisticated budgets, managing multiple and complex institutional projects, cultivating and inspiring diverse and dynamic faculty and staff, catalyzing an educational culture conducive to developing excellent law students and law graduates, fundraising from diverse sources, and communicating with accrediting organizations and other important institutions in legal education.  The successful candidate will also satisfy the School of Law’s criteria for appointment with tenure.
 
The term of this Dean and President will commence July 1, 2013.  Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. However, to allow for the most complete consideration, applications should be submitted by October 15, 2012.  The School of Law strongly encourages applications from women, minorities, and others who may enhance the diversity of the School of Law.
 
Candidates are asked to provide a cover letter discussing their interest in and qualifications for the position along with their curriculum vitae (c.v.).  Materials should be sent electronically (Adobe PDF or MS Word format) to Judge William McCurine, Chair, Dean Search Committee at the secure email address: DeanSearch@tjsl.edu.  The c.v. should include the names and contact information of references.  Such references, however, will not be contacted without the permission of the candidate.  Nominations of candidates for the position are also welcome.
 
All applications and inquiries will be treated as confidential unless otherwise indicated by the candidate. Any inquiries about the position should be directed to Judge William McCurine, at the email address above. For more information, please visit www.tjsl.edu/dean-search.
 
Thomas Jefferson School of law is an equal opportunity employer, and fosters diversity in its faculty, administration, staff, and student populations.

CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW invites applications for a full-time faculty position to begin in the 2013-2014 academic year as a clinical professor in the Bette & Wylie Aitken Family Violence Clinic.  The clinic represents low-income clients in immigration and protection order matters.  Students elect to enroll in either the immigration track or the protection order track.  The clinical professor will teach the immigration track of the clinic seminar, supervise immigration track students, perform intake interviews with prospective clients, represent clients in immigration matters, and assist with clinic fund-raising efforts.  Candidates should have a J.D. or its equivalent along with either great promise or a record of excellence in teaching.  We especially prefer candidates with experience in immigration practice.  Chapman University is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to providing career opportunities to all people, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.   Final candidates will be required to undergo a background check. Contact: Interested candidates should send a cover letter and resume to Professor Scott Howe, Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee.  Contact address: swhowe@chapman.edu. 

Please complete an application, and submit it to both the Domestic Violence Clinic and the Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program at dvclinic@law.georgetown.edu and wlppfp@law.georgetown.edu.  Please be sure to indicate your interest in the Domestic Violence Clinic on the application.  Applications must be submitted by Friday, November 16, 2012.  Those selected to interview will be interviewed in December or January, with selection following shortly thereafter.  Start date is in early July, 2013, and the fellowship is two years, terminating in June, 2015.

Description of the Clinic
Students in the Domestic Violence Clinic represent victims of intimate abuse in civil protection order ("CPO") cases in D.C. Superior Court. The Clinic provides students with an intensive, challenging education in the art of trial advocacy, extensive hands-on experience with family law and poverty lawyering, and the opportunity to alleviate a crucial community need for legal representation. Through course work and client representation, students are exposed to every phase of expedited civil litigation. Students also learn to navigate the criminal justice system by working, in cases where it is consistent with their client's wishes, with the U.S. Attorneys Office in prosecutions against those accused of abusing Clinic clients.

Students litigate to obtain Civil Protection Orders ("CPOs") that last for up to one year and can include a broad spectrum of relief designed to effectively end the violence in a family or dating relationship. For example, in a CPO, a judge may direct a batterer to cease assaulting and threatening the victim; to stay away from the victim's home, person and workplace; and not to contact the victim in any manner. The judge may award temporary custody of the parties; minor children, with visitation rights for the non-custodial parent, and award child and/or spousal support, so that a victim is not forced to return to a batterer due to economic necessity.

To prepare students to appear in court, Clinic faculty provide intensive instruction in evidence, civil procedure, and legal ethics, as well as the civil, family, and criminal law applicable to domestic violence litigation. In the seminar class, students participate in exercises designed to develop and refine essential litigation skills such as conducting direct and cross examination, delivering opening statements and closing arguments, introducing exhibits into evidence, and conducting negotiations. In addition, students hear from expert guest speakers on topics such as the psychological dynamics of battering and victimization, immigration and domestic violence, and counseling programs designed for the perpetrator community.

Description of the Fellowship
The Domestic Violence Clinic hires one person to serve as a clinical teaching fellow and supervising attorney each year, for a two-year term.  Fellows have several areas of responsibility, including: representing victims of family abuse in CPO cases; designing and teaching Clinic seminar classes; and supervising third-year law students in their representation of clients.  The fellowship experience is designed particularly to develop the fellow's skills as a clinical instructor and to introduce fellows to a career in clinical law teaching. Throughout the fellowship, fellows also receive extensive supervision and training on their litigation skills.

Clinic fellows also pursue a program of graduate study, through an Introduction to Clinical Pedagogy seminar, taught by the Georgetown clinical faculty. Fellows also may audit regular law school courses. Finally, during the first year, fellows also are members of the Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program, where they have an opportunity to collaborate with lawyers doing a variety of women's rights legal work in Washington, D.C. For a description of the Women's Law and Public Policy Fellowship Program visit their webpage at http://www.law.georgetown.edu/academics/centers-institutes/wlppfp/us/index.cfm.

The Clinic prefers, but does not require, applications who have a background in family law, domestic violence, or poverty law and who have some trial practice experience. Fellows must have excellent oral and written advocacy skills, and must be admitted to a Bar prior to commencing the fellowship. Those fellows who are not members of the D.C. Bar must apply for admission by waiver upon accepting the fellowship offer.