University of Connecticut, School of Law

Position ID:      UConn-School of Law-497207 [#24339, 497207]

Position Title: Visiting Instructor of Law (Teaching Fellow) - Tax Clinic

Position Type: Non tenure-track faculty

Position Location:       Hartford, Connecticut 06105-229, United States [map] sort by distance

Subject Area:   Law

Appl Deadline: (posted 2023/02/16, listed until 2023/08/15)

Position Description:     https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/24339

INTRODUCTION

The University of Connecticut School of Law invites applicants to serve as a Teaching Fellow in its Tax Clinic, an intensive in-house clinical program, beginning in the summer of 2023. This is a full-time, 2-year (renewed annually), end-date appointment, subject to annual review and renewal, that does not lead to academic tenure or other permanent employment.

This position offers an attorney with an interest in clinical teaching the opportunity to teach, supervise students, and work with experienced faculty members in a law school clinical program. The fellow's duties will include planning and teaching clinic classes, supervising clinic students’ casework, and direct client representation before the IRS and U.S. Tax Court. The fellow will work closely with the Clinic’s faculty director and will have opportunities to collaborate with faculty and students in the Law School. The fellow will also have the opportunity and support to work on scholarship and pursue other learning goals.

The School of Law is especially interested in candidates who will add to the diversity of our faculty and community. We welcome applications from individuals underrepresented in the legal academy, as well as candidates with experiences, backgrounds, and viewpoints that will enrich the diversity of our community.

The Tax Clinic is one of 19 clinics and field placement programs operated by the Law School, including a robust in-house clinical program that comprises clinics focusing on asylum, criminal defense, tax, intellectual property, housing, and animal law, and clinics run in partnership with non-profits affiliated with the Law School that focuses on child advocacy, environmental law, elder law, veterans’ benefits, and disability rights. UConn Law was an early leader nationally in clinical legal education, and its clinics and field placement programs continue to garner recognition statewide for training lawyers and providing outstanding service to members of the community.

Additional information about the clinics at UConn Law School can be found on the Law School’s website, at https://www.law.uconn.edu/academics/clinics-experiential-learning/clinics-field-placements. A recently-published short book, “Born Fighting: Clinical Education at the University of Connecticut School of Law,” traces the clinic’s fifty-year history: https://today.uconn.edu/school-stories/new-book-describes-history-uconn-law-clinic/.

Founded in 1881, UConn is a Land Grant and Sea Grant institution and member of the Space Grant Consortium. It is the state’s flagship institution of higher education and includes a main campus in Storrs, CT, four regional campuses throughout the state, and 13 Schools and Colleges, including a Law School in Hartford, and Medical and Dental Schools at the UConn Health campus in Farmington. The University has approximately 10,000 faculty and staff and 32,000 students, including nearly 24,000 undergraduates and over 8,000 graduate and professional students. UConn is a Carnegie Foundation R1 (highest research activity) institution, among the top 25 public universities in the nation. Through research, teaching, service, and outreach, UConn embraces diversity and cultivates leadership, integrity, and engaged citizenship in its students, faculty, staff, and alumni. UConn promotes the health and well-being of citizens by enhancing the social, economic, cultural, and natural environments of the state and beyond. The University serves as a beacon of academic and research excellence as well as a center for innovation and social service to communities. UConn is a leader in many scholarly, research, and innovation areas. Today, the path forward includes exciting opportunities and notable challenges. Record numbers of undergraduate applications and support for student success have enabled the University to become extraordinarily selective.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Planning and co-teaching the clinic seminar classes.

Supervising clinic students’ casework outside of court hearings.

Supervising students in matters before the IRS and U.S. Tax Court.

Conducting and supervising client interviews and making referrals.

Providing short consultations to clinic callers.

Planning and participating in advocacy, research, education, and outreach projects related to the clinic.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

A J.D. degree.

Membership in the Connecticut bar or the ability to become a member within three months of hire (Connecticut’s bar admission rules allow faculty members to be admitted without taking the Connecticut bar examination in some circumstances).

Excellent written and oral communication and advocacy skills.

Demonstrated commitment to public interest or pro bono legal work.

Demonstrated ability to work both collaboratively and independently.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Practice experience in the field of tax law.

An outstanding law school and/or law practice record.

APPOINTMENT TERMS

The position is at the Law School campus in Hartford. This is a non-tenure track 2-year (renewed annually), end-date appointment, subject to annual review. The annual salary is $65,000. Benefits include health insurance and research support.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Employment of the successful candidate is contingent upon the successful completion of a pre-employment criminal background check.

TO APPLY

Please apply online to Academic Jobs Online https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/24339 and submit the following application materials:

A cover letter

Curriculum vitae

Commitment to diversity statement (including broadening participation, integrating multicultural experiences in instruction and research and pedagogical techniques to meet the needs of diverse learning styles, etc.)

Writing sample

Contact information for three (3) letters of reference

At the University of Connecticut, our commitment to excellence is complemented by our commitment to building a culturally diverse community.

This position will be filled subject the budgetary approval.

All employees are subject to adherence to the State Code of Ethics which may be found at http://www.ct.gov/ethics/site/default.asp.

The University of Connecticut is committed to building and supporting a multicultural and diverse community of students, faculty and staff. The diversity of students, faculty and staff continues to increase, as does the number of honors students, valedictorians and salutatorians who consistently make UConn their top choice. More than 100 research centers and institutes serve the University’s teaching, research, diversity, and outreach missions, leading to UConn’s ranking as one of the nation’s top research universities. UConn’s faculty and staff are the critical link to fostering and expanding our vibrant, multicultural and diverse University community. As an Affirmative Action/Equal Employment Opportunity employer, UConn encourages applications from women, veterans, people with disabilities and members of traditionally underrepresented populations.

Application Materials Required:

Submit the following items online at this website to complete your application:

Cover letter

Curriculum Vitae

Commitment to Diversity Statement

Writing Sample

Three references (no actual letters, just names and email addresses help popup)

And anything else requested in the position description.

Further Info:

https://www.law.uconn.edu/

 

University of Connecticut School of Law

55 Elizabeth Street

Hartford, CT 06105-229

YALE LAW SCHOOL CLINICAL FELLOWSHIPS

 

in the Veterans Legal Services Clinic

and Housing and Community & Economic Development Clinics

Yale Law School seeks applicants for two clinical fellowships in the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization, within Yale Law School’s clinical program. These Fellowships are two-year positions with a third-year option, beginning on or about July 1, 2023, and are designed for lawyers with at least three years of practice who are considering a career in law school teaching. Each fellow will work with a different clinic. Responsibilities include representing clients, supervising students, assisting in teaching classes, and pursuing a scholarship agenda. Fellows also have an option to co-teach a section of a six-week fall program for first-year students, Introduction to Legal Analysis and Writing, for additional compensation. Candidates must be prepared to apply for admission to the Connecticut bar (candidates may qualify for admission without examination). All work will be conducted with the support of the clinical faculty and will focus on providing legal assistance to low-income and civil rights clients and organizations. 

 

The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization is committed to building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff to teach and work in a multicultural environment. Candidates must be able to work both independently and as part of a team, and must possess strong written and oral communication skills. Experience in creative and community-driven advocacy is a strong plus. Annual salary is $75,000-80,000. In addition, Fellows will receive health benefits and access to university facilities. 

Email a resume, cover letter, writing sample, and names, addresses and telephone numbers of three references to Osikhena Awudu, Program Manager, The Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization, osikhena.awudu@yale.edu.  Please indicate the clinic or clinics to which you are applying. Applications will be accepted until March 15, 2023 but will be reviewed on a rolling basis (early applications encouraged).

 

More details about each fellowship follow below.

Veterans Legal Services Clinic (VLSC)

 

VLSC is a semester-long, in-house clinic whose students represent veterans and their organizations in VA benefits, record correction, and civil rights litigation in administrative, state, and federal courts, and in state and federal policy advocacy.

 

Illustrative cases include representation of individual veterans seeking disability compensation benefits for injuries incurred during military service, in initial applications, administrative appeals, and judicial review in federal court; former service members in applications to upgrade a less-than-honorable discharge before Defense Department boards and on judicial review in federal court; plaintiffs in federal civil rights cases, such as a woman raped while a cadet at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and Black veterans seeking reparations for historic discrimination in VA benefits programs; three nation-wide classes of Iraq and Afghanistan Era veterans who received less-than-fully-honorable discharges, despite having PTSD or related conditions attributable to their military service; a nation-wide class of U.S. Air Force veterans exposed to radiation after cleaning up two hydrogen bombs accidentally dropped on Spain in 1966, in the first appeals class action certified in the history of the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims; and local and national veterans’ organizations in campaigns to address gender discrimination in congressional nominations to the military service academies; curb retaliation against servicemembers who report sexual harassment or assault; and make veterans with bad paper eligible for state veterans’ benefits.

 

The principal supervisor for the position will be Professor Michael Wishnie.

   

Housing and Community & Economic Development Clinics

 

The Community & Economic Development (CED) is a semester-long, in-house clinic that provides transactional legal services to clients seeking to promote economic opportunity and mobility. CED’s clients include affordable housing developers, community development financial institutions, farms and farmer’s markets, fair housing advocates, and neighborhood associations. CED’s legal services help our clients to expand access to financial services, bring arts institutions and grocery stores to chronically under-resourced communities, break down barriers to affordable housing development in high-opportunity communities, promote access to healthy foods, and facilitate entrepreneurship among low-income people.

The Housing Clinic is a semester-long, in-house clinic that represents tenants facing evictions and substandard housing conditions; homeowners facing foreclosures and seeking affirmative relief for illegal behavior by mortgage lenders and servicers; and individuals and advocates in affirmative fair housing litigation.

 

On behalf of our clients, our students represent clients in federal and state courts; negotiate and draft contracts; provide advice on the tax consequences of deal structures and entity choices; structure and carry out real estate transactions; represent borrowers and lenders in financings; engage in legislative and regulatory advocacy; form for-profit and not-for-profit entities; and resolve land use and environmental issues. In addition to representing clients, students in their first semester of the clinic take a seminar which covers federal, state and local policies affecting urban and suburban places; substantive law in tax, real estate development, and corporate governance; and transactional and regulatory lawyering skills, such as negotiation and drafting contracts.

 

The principal supervisor for the position will be Professor Anika Singh Lemar.

 

Yale University considers applicants for employment without regard to, and does not discriminate on the basis of, an individual’s sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, status as a veteran, or national or ethnic origin; nor does Yale discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 protects people from sex discrimination in educational programs and activities at institutions that receive federal financial assistance. Questions regarding Title IX may be referred to the University’s Title IX Coordinator, at TitleIX@yale.edu, or to the U.S. Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights, 8th Floor, Five Post Office Square, Boston MA 02109-3921. Telephone: 617.289.0111, Fax: 617.289.0150, TDD: 800.877.8339, or Email: ocr.boston@ed.gov.

14-Feb-2023

Staff Attorney

Harvard Law School

61569BR

Job Summary

The Emmett Environmental Law & Policy Clinic at Harvard Law School is inviting applications for a full-time Staff Attorney.   

The Clinic works with scientists, medical professionals, nonprofit and public interest organizations, and state, municipal, and tribal government clients on environmental and energy issues at the federal, state, and local level.  The work includes writing comments and briefs about federal and state regulations, drafting climate change mitigation and adaptation regulations and policies for municipalities, preparing guidance documents and manuals for non-lawyers, drafting model legislation, and preparing policy papers.  The Clinic’s current core areas of work are: 

·         Supporting the Transition to a Carbon-Free Energy System; 

·         Assisting Municipalities and Tribes in Developing Innovative Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies; 

·         Advocating for Strong, Science-based Federal Environmental Regulations;  

·         Advancing Access, Equity, and Environmental Justice. 

Given the breadth of the Clinic’s work, the Staff Attorney should be interested, and able, to dive deeply and relatively quickly into new areas of law. 

Position Description

As a Staff Attorney you will: 

·         Manage a portfolio of Clinic projects; 

·         Train and teach students enrolled in the Clinic using the tools of clinical pedagogy; 

·         Meet regularly with students and student teams to discuss progress, provide feedback on work, and strategize about next steps; 

·         Provide detailed written and oral feedback on student work product; 

·         Assist with teaching the Clinic’s classroom component; 

·         Participate in researching, writing, and editing briefs, comment letters, petitions for rulemaking, complaints, legislation, and other case and project documents; 

·         Develop Clinic projects, relying on the expertise and network you bring to the role as well as the Clinic’s current and ongoing projects and relationships; and 

·         Assist in managing the administration of the Clinic’s practice and operations. 

Basic Qualifications

·         J.D. earned at least five years ago; 

·         Five or more years of relevant legal or policy experience; and 

·         Admission to state bar and willingness to seek admission to the Massachusetts bar. 

Additional Qualifications and Skills

We are looking for people who have: 

·         Some specialized knowledge and/or experience in environmental law, administrative law, energy law, and/or local government law; 

·         Experience with teaching, mentoring, and motivating students and beginning attorneys; 

·         Experience working sensitively with a diverse population of clients, partners, students, and staff; 

·         Strong research, writing, editing, and oral advocacy skills; 

·         Good time management; 

·         Ability to work both independently and as part of a team; and 

·         A commitment to public-interest lawyering and clinical teaching.

Additional Information

This full-time, benefits-eligible position is a three-year term appointment with potential for renewal, subject to the Director’s approval and departmental funding and need. 

We regret that Harvard Law School is unable to provide visa sponsorship for staff positions. 
 
All offers to be made by HLS Human Resources. 

To Apply

Please apply at the following link on Harvard Careers:  https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/home/HomeWithPreLoad?partnerid=25240&siteid=5341&PageType=JobDetails&jobid=1985915

Visiting Faculty Position Directing the Social Enterprise & Nonprofit Law Clinic

Georgetown Law seeks applications for a Visiting Professor of Law to direct the Social Enterprise & Nonprofit Law Clinic during the 2023-24 academic year.

One of nineteen in-house clinics at Georgetown Law, the Social Enterprise & Nonprofit Law Clinic offers pro bono business and transactional legal services to social enterprises, nonprofit organizations, worker cooperatives, and select small businesses headquartered in Washington, D.C. and working locally or internationally. Through the Clinic, law students learn to translate legal theory into legal practice by engaging in the supervised practice of law for educational credit.

The visitor will be co-director of the clinic, working with the current director and a clinical teaching fellow. The ideal visitor will have at least five years of experience teaching a transactional clinic at a law school.  

Candidates should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and references to Alicia Plerhoples, Associate Dean for Clinics and Experiential Learning, at aep65(at)law.georgetown.edu. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Georgetown Law has a strong commitment to diversity among its faculty and encourages applications from women, racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.

                                                                                                           

Texas Tech University School of Law, Lubbock, Texas

Texas Tech University School of Law invites applications to serve as Clinical Instructor (HR: Lecturer) and Director of the Texas Tech Low Income Taxpayer Clinic (LITC) (Requisition 32319/Lecturer). The Clinical Instructor (HR: Lecturer) is a non-tenure track faculty position on a 12-month appointment. Lecturers are eligible for continuing appointment. Lecturers on continuing appointment are eligible for promotion to the rank of senior lecturer. The Clinical Instructor/Director position is partly funded by Texas Tech University and partially funded by an IRS grant, a grant which has been successfully renewed for over 20 years.

The LITC Director duties include supervising and teaching students, managing the LITC docket, providing service to the Law School and the surrounding community, active participation in tax-related programming of the Law School, and working with staff to ensure compliance and renewal of the IRS grant.

Applicants must have a J.D. degree and be a member in good standing of the bar of any U.S. jurisdiction with a preference for admission to the State Bar of Texas.  Must also be admitted to practice before the U.S. Tax Court or eligible for such admission. Prefer that a candidate have at least three (3) years of practice experience with sufficient tax law expertise to perform and oversee the substantive and procedural aspects of client representation in controversies with the IRS.  Desire a candidate with a commitment to or demonstrated record of exemplary teaching, supervision/mentorship of law students or new attorneys, and institutional or public service.  Experience working with diverse student populations and first-generation law students is highly desirable. Service to the School of Law and University is expected and may include relevant extracurricular activities.

Texas Tech University, located in Lubbock, Texas, is a state-supported National Research University with an enrollment that exceeds 40,000 students. In addition, Texas Tech University is a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI). The law school has approximately 431 students and 38 full-time faculty members. The law school is an integral part of the University and offers 10 dual-degree programs with other Texas Tech schools and colleges. The Lubbock metropolitan area is home to over 300,000 people, enjoys affordable housing, abundant sunshine, friendly people, and offers easy access to other parts of the country. For more information, visit our website at http://www.depts.ttu.edu/law.

As an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer, Texas Tech University is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse faculty committed to teaching and working in a multicultural environment. We actively encourage applications from all those who can contribute, through their research, teaching, and/or service, to the diversity and excellence of the academic community at Texas Tech University. The university welcomes applications from minoritized candidates, women, protected veterans, persons with disabilities, and dual-career couples.

Please submit your cover letter, resume, and contact information for three professional references electronically to the attention of Professor Larry Spain, Chair, Search Committee, at the Texas Tech Jobs website: https://www.depts.ttu.edu/hr/workattexastech.

You may also contact Professor Spain at larry.spain@ttu.edu  The submission of applications is preferred by March 17, 2023. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

CRIMINAL DEFENSE AND JUSTICE CLINIC FRIEDMAN FELLOW CLINICAL TEACHING POSITION

George Washington University Law School’s Criminal Defense and Justice Clinic seeks a clinical fellow for the 2023-2025 academic years. In recognition of the generous gift of Philip Friedman, the fellows are known as Friedman Fellows.

The 2023-2025 Friedman Fellowships begin July 1, 2023. The fellow will be based in the Criminal Defense and Justice Clinic. The Clinic focuses primarily on representing indigent people facing misdemeanor charges in D.C. Superior Court, as well as related policy and advocacy initiatives that promote systemic reform. Friedman Fellows closely supervise law students in their legal work and teach in the classroom alongside experienced clinical faculty.

We currently seek applications from candidates with strong academic and lawyering experience. Lawyers with background and experience in indigent criminal defense are preferred. A competitive applicant will have relevant experience in criminal defense; teaching; and/or related public interest litigation. We particularly seek applicants who took a clinic in law school and who have an interest in clinical and/or law school teaching.

Minimum qualifications: J.D.; at least three years practice experience in criminal defense; commitment to serving low-income individuals; strong written and oral advocacy skills; excellent time management, priority-setting, and organizational skills; excellent interpersonal skills, flexibility, and demonstrated ability to work well independently and as part of a team.

Throughout their two years in residence, fellows receive specific instruction and guidance in teaching and supervising law students and in writing scholarship for publication. The program provides fellows with mentorship and support from the clinical faculty and administration.

Fellows receive an annual stipend and are eligible for University employment benefits, such as health insurance, tuition assistance, and other benefits related to law school affiliation. Fellows must be members in good standing of a state bar. Candidates who are not members of the D.C. Bar must be eligible for immediate waiver into the D.C. Bar.

By February 13, 2023, applicants should send a letter of interest addressed to Dean Laurie Kohn, a resume, a list of references, a writing sample, and a complete law school transcript to clinicadmin@law.gwu.edu. Questions can also be submitted to clinicadmin@law.gwu.edu. The George Washington University does not unlawfully discriminate against any person on any basis prohibited by federal law, the District of Columbia Human Rights Act, or other applicable law, including without limitation, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression. This policy covers all programs, services, policies, and procedures of the university, including admission to education programs and employment.

Vermont Law & Graduate School (VLGS) seeks a Staff Attorney and Clinical Faculty to support its new Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic (FAAC). The FAAC empowers students to become effective legal and policy advocates for animals through hands-on training in real life matters. Under the leadership of the FAAC director and lead professor, the FAAC staff attorney and clinical professor will support the FAAC by teaching and supervising students and managing a docket of litigation, legislative, and other strategic law and policy matters. 

Position Summary:

Vermont Law & Graduate School (VLGS) seeks an experienced Staff Attorney and Clinical Faculty to support its new Farmed Animal Advocacy Clinic (FAAC). The FAAC empowers students to become effective legal and policy advocates for animals through hands-on training in real life matters. Under the leadership of the FAAC director and lead professor, the FAAC staff attorney and clinical professor will support the FAAC by teaching and supervising students and managing a docket of litigation, legislative, and other strategic law and policy matters. The staff attorney will also support the development of FAAC matters, relationships, publications, and outreach, and will support fundraising efforts in coordination with the FAAC director. 

Essential Functions and Principal Accountabilities:

Legal Advocacy

• Development and implement of matters that embrace, support, and contribute to the FAAC’s mission.
• Analyze the probable outcomes of potential matters.
• Advise clients.
• Interpret laws, ruling, and regulations.

Teaching and Student Mentorship

• Develop and teach clinic seminar sessions. 
• Supervise FAAC students.
• Encourage and build mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among employees and students. 
• Establish long-range objectives and specify the strategies and actions to achieve them. 
• Create checklists and other instructional materials.
• Assist students in facilitating relationships with external organizations and constituencies.

Office Management: 

• Assist with expense reports/travel reimbursements.
• Maintain both electronic and paper files.
• Support fundraising efforts.

Marketing and Publications:

• Liaise with marketing and communications team to increase awareness of the FAAC.
• Draft internal and external documents on behalf of the FAAC.
• Promote the FAAC, including through presentations and at events. 

Requirements

Required Education, Skills and Experience:

• Juris Doctorate (JD) degree from an American Bar Association-approved law school.
• 4 years or more of relevant legal advocacy experience, with substantial weight given to strategic litigation and administrative proceeding experience.
• Admission to the bar in any US jurisdiction, and admission or willingness to apply for admission to the Vermont bar.
• Excellent research, writing, and oral advocacy skills.
• Ability to manage multiple complex legal matters, including litigation, and manage partners, students, and co-counsel effectively without extensive supervision.
• Understanding of and appreciation for inclusion, including the ability to work with students, faculty, and staff from diverse backgrounds, identities, and viewpoints. 
• Experience working in Windows/Microsoft environment with expertise in Microsoft Outlook, Teams, Calendar, Word, and Excel. Willingness to learn and use VLGS-specific learning management systems such as ExamSoft, Canvas, and others.
• Experience working with case management (e.g., Clio) and e-discovery software (e.g., Relativity)
• Ability and willingness to learn new technologies and adapt to changing technological work environment.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work effectively in collaborative relationships.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously, manage time effectively, establish priorities, and communicate expectations to stakeholders.
• Ability to discretely handle confidential information.
• Demonstrated familiarity with and commitment to the field of animal law and policy generally, and farmed animal advocacy specifically.
• Ability to supervise students. 
• Clinical or teaching experience preferred. 
• Good team member, interpersonal skills, and a sense of humor. 

Other Requirements:  

• Respect – Understanding and interest in incorporating VLS Diversity, Equity and Inclusion values into the classroom and workspace. 
• Adaptability and Flexibility - Ability to adapt to new and emerging technology as established and communicated by VLGS to carry out the administrative duties associated with teaching.
• Work Ethic – Willingness and ability to work remotely in emergency situations. Ability to work the occasional after-hours and weekend hours required to support students in this position. Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and deadlines and reorganize under pressure. Ability to work independently to assist in meeting required deadlines and goals, as well as part of a team. Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities and deadlines while maintaining a personable approach to faculty and students.
• Communication – Ability to talk and/or listen to convey or exchange information; communicate effectively and efficiently in written correspondence and technical correspondence in English; process and comprehend written material; exchange ideas, information, and opinions with others to formulate policies and programs and/or jointly arrive at conclusions, solutions, or dispute resolution. 
• Professional Discretion – Ability to exercise thoughtful judgment and meet deadlines; develop and maintain effective professional relationships with others; function effectively under stress; adapt to changing environments; display flexibility; and function in the face of uncertainties and ambiguities. 
• Collaboration - This position requires collaboration with peers and colleagues as well as students, and ability to independently manage deadlines and multiple projects. 
• Service- Faculty and staff at VLGS provide service to students, the community, and one another through service on committees and appropriate volunteer opportunities both on-and off-campus. 
• Scholarship - Faculty at Vermont Law School are encouraged to pursue research and scholarship opportunities as a critical part of their own continuous learning process. 
• Safety - Willingness and ability to follow any current or future health and safety policies or protocols laid out by the school.  
• Must be able to work legally within the United States without sponsorship.
• Physical ability to perform all essential functions of the job with or without basic accommodations.

Note: All job requirements are subject to possible revision to reflect changes in the position requirements or to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a threat or risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to which will be required in this position. Employees will be required to follow other job-related duties as requested by their supervisor/manager (within guidelines and compliance with Federal and State Laws). Continued employment remains on an “at-will” basis. 

Link to Application

Director of Clinical Operations

Law School - Experiential Education

78458BR

University Job Title

Manager 4

Bargaining Unit

None - Not included in the union (Yale Union Group)

Time Type

Full time

Duration Type

Regular

Compensation Grade

Administration & Operations

Compensation Grade Profile

Senior Manager; Senior Program Leader (26)

Wage Ranges

Click here to see our Wage Ranges

Work Location

Central Campus

Worksite Address

127 Wall Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Work Week

Standard (M-F equal number of hours per day)

Searchable Job Family

Administration

Total # of hours to be worked:

37.5

Position Focus:

Overseeing operations within the Jerome N. Frank Legal Services Organization (LSO) at Yale Law School. LSO is a law firm that provides a wide range of pro bono legal services to people and organizations in need. Staff management. Fiscal management (including management of bank accounts, budgets, and monthly reports). Firm operations (including overseeing website development process, conflict system, communications, and policy development in consultation with LSO faculty and LSO Director). LSO space management and updating student workrooms and other collective spaces. Investigating and implementing efficiency resources (including for reimbursements, data management, class action management, travel policies, and student certifications). Keeping the bank of LSO policies. Overseeing recruitment and hiring of Clinical Fellows. Keeping track of clinical offerings in LSO. With LSO Faculty Director, coordinating LSO-wide meetings and gatherings. Fielding questions on experiential requirements from students (including applicable professional responsibility and bar requirements). Ensuring compliance with bar and professional licensing requirements. Coordinating/overseeing trainings for new clinic students, including the professional responsibility training.

Essential Duties

1. Reviews and determines staffing needs, job posting requirements, salary guidelines, and labor agreement interpretations for exempt and non-exempt staff in one or more functional department of the University. 2. Manages the administrative support needs for exempt and nonexempt staff and provides recommendations, improvements, solutions and assistance as needed. 3. Manages and monitors technology needs, conducts inventory, and system requirements for the assigned departments. 4. Develops and prepares budgets, financial forecasts, and financial analyses and the actual vs. budgeted performance reports for the departments. 5. Manages the use of facilities in one or more departments including office space, work stations, equipment, and office supplies. 6. Manages administrative support for activities of one or more departments to ensure timely completion of projects. 7. Manages and coordinates training sessions for assigned departments when new policies or practices are adopted. 8. Ensures compliance with University and federal regulations as they apply to the assigned departments. 9. Identifies, plans, and develops administrative policies for the assigned departments. 10. Assists in reviewing and implements University and departmental policies as they pertain to the administrative functions of the assigned department. 11. Assesses and makes recommendations regarding staff development and staffing levels. 12. Monitors, develops, plans, and executes systematic research on user requirements through such mechanisms as surveys, interviews, focus groups and competitive analysis. 13. Manages a staff of exempt and non-exempt employees. 14. May perform other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

Bachelor’s Degree in related field and six years of related experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Skill/Ability 1:

Exceptional organizational and written communication skills; excellent analytical, organizational and data management skills; must be able to modify and write sophisticated reports or have proven ability to learn to.

Required Skill/Ability 2:

Demonstrated ability to work well with diverse constituents and to foster an inclusive workplace.

Required Skill/Ability 3:

Commitment to public service and to the clinics’ educational mission.

Required Skill/Ability 4:

Advanced ability and demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office suite-Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook; ability to learn and master new computer programs and software; familiarity with electronic filing and archiving.

Required Skill/Ability 5:

Ability to balance competing priorities and to complete tasks proactively in a fast-paced environment; keen attention-to-detail and record-keeping abilities.

Preferred Education, Experience and Skills:

JD, MBA, or other advanced degree preferred.

Weekend Hours Required?

Occasional

Drug Screen

No

Evening Hours Required?
Occasional

Health Screening?
No

Background Check Requirements

All candidates for employment will be subject to pre-employment background screening for this position, which may include motor vehicle, DOT certification, drug testing and credit checks based on the position description and job requirements. All offers are contingent upon the successful completion of the background check. For additional information on the background check requirements and process visit "Learn about background checks" under the Applicant Support Resources section of Careers on the It's Your Yale website.

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Thank you for your interest in employment at Yale University. Please also note that the university has a COVID-19 vaccination and booster requirement for all students, staff & faculty which is described in the COVID-19 Vaccine Program. As you search our open positions, you will see that all postings list their on-site addresses which gives more detail on the on-campus work location of the role.

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LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS COLLEGE OF LAW is a clinical faculty in the law school's Family Law Section.

Clinic Faculty Position - Family Law Section

Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, a Jesuit institution, invites applications for a clinic faculty position focused on family law. The Law Clinic advances a dual mission of providing experiential, live-client clinical experience for law students and outstanding legal representation to underserved clients and community partners. The Clinic is dedicated to fulfilling the Jesuit Mission of pursuing justice while educating persons for others by exposing students to critical legal needs in the community. Clinic faculty must have a demonstrated commitment to justice. The Clinic serves as a large, well-respected social justice law organization within New Orleans and around the country.

Loyola Clinical Programs currently include teaching in children’s rights, criminal defense, externships, family law, immigration, special education, and workplace justice.

The successful candidate must be eligible to practice law in Louisiana. The family law clinic faculty position is expected to collaborate with clinic law professors, students, staff attorneys, and staff in developing and maintaining outstanding work in all areas of instruction and practice including but not limited to: client selection, intake, and representation. All clinic faculty report to the Dean and the Law Clinic Director.

The successful candidate will have teaching and supervisory experience and must be willing to maintain a caseload. Candidates must demonstrate 1) a strong practice background in Louisiana family law; 2) a good track record of engagement with social justice lawyering and the legal education community, 3) a capacity and commitment to effective teaching and student supervision, 4) a capacity for scholarship, 5) an outstanding commitment to justice, 6) demonstrated leadership and supervisory skills, and 7) excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Prior clinical teaching experience is preferred.

Loyola is committed to building and supporting a vibrant, multicultural, and diverse community of students, faculty, and staff. As such we encourage applications from traditionally underrepresented populations.

Appointment and rank will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Outstanding junior lateral candidates are encouraged to apply.

Please include a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, a list of three references from both academic and legal practice, and an official transcript to resumes@loyno.edu.

The Georgetown Health Justice Alliance (HJA) Law Clinic seeks a two-year clinical teaching fellow to begin in summer 2023 to teach and supervise law clinic students providing civil legal services through an innovative medical-legal partnership. Georgetown Law and HJA are committed to diversity in hiring.

Clinic Description

HJA is medical-legal partnership between Georgetown University’s Law and Medical Centers. Launched in August 2017, HJA’s Law Clinic integrates law students directly into Georgetown community-based health clinics serving children and families living in poverty in Washington, D.C. Law students provide civil legal services to address barriers to patient health and well-being in collaboration with medical students, physicians, and other healthcare providers.

HJA’s local focus not only allows the Clinic to give back to the community it calls home, but also gives students an opportunity to explore and understand the challenges and strengths of the D.C. community beyond the Georgetown Law campus. Students learn not only law’s impacts on the health and well-being of residents, but also the history and policies that have facilitated health injustice and the ways that law can be used instead to promote health equity.

Patients referred by our medical partners face complex, civil legal needs, many of which negatively impact their health and well-being. Among the needs currently being served are those related to housing, public benefits, education, and family law. By partnering directly with medical providers who provide low-barrier access to healthcare to high needs families in Washington, D.C., the HJA Law Clinic offers a unique method for reducing the barriers to justice confronted by people living in poverty, which contribute to racial economic and health disparities. Medical students rotate into the law clinic and collaborate with law students providing holistic advocacy to client families.

Description of the Fellowship

HJA is hiring a clinical teaching fellow / supervising attorney for two years beginning in summer 2023 and ending in summer 2025. The fellowship is ideal for a legal services attorney interested in transition into legal academia and developing teaching and supervisory abilities in a setting that emphasizes a dual commitment—clinical education of law students and poverty lawyering—in the context of an interdisciplinary medical-legal partnership. The fellow will (i) supervise law and medical students in casework and clinic projects and serve as a mentor and role model to law students in the clinic, including students from historically underrepresented backgrounds, (ii) share responsibility for designing and teaching law clinic seminar classes and facilitating case rounds, and (iii) share in the administrative and case handling responsibilities of the Law Clinic and its medical-legal partnership. The teaching team is highly collaborative and uses a team-based approach to pedagogy planning, student supervision, and casework.

Fellows also participate in a clinical pedagogy seminar and other activities designed to support an interest in clinical teaching and legal education, and are offered support in writing a law review article. Successful completion of the fellowship results in the award of an L.L.M. in Advocacy. Teaching fellows receive an annual stipend of approximately $57,000 in the first year and $60,000 in the second year, health and dental benefits, and all tuition and fees covered in the LL.M. program. In addition to training in clinical pedagogy, fellows have access to programming and support around scholarship and entry into the legal teaching market and professional development opportunities. As Georgetown University

students, fellows may qualify for deferment of their student loans and/or may be eligible for loan repayment assistance from their law schools. Onsite childcare is offered at the law school as available.

Fellows also benefit from their affiliation with the clinical program at Georgetown Law, the broader HJA cross-campus initiative, the law school and university’s health law and policy programs, and the Georgetown Law and Georgetown University communities. Georgetown is a vibrant institution with a deep commitment to public service and social justice. Georgetown Law is widely recognized as having the country’s top ranked clinical program, with 19 law school clinics, which have clinical teaching Fellows who convene regularly for educational, professional, and social events. Because the program is widely respected by both the public interest bar and the academy, Fellows have enjoyed considerable success obtaining full-time teaching or advocacy positions after completion of the Fellowship.

Qualifications

The Health Justice Alliance Law Clinic seeks a prospective fellow with:

• Experience providing civil legal services to low-income clients (housing, public benefits, special education and/or family law are areas of particular need);
• Minimum of 3 years of post-J.D. legal experience;
• Membership in the District of Columbia Bar (if not a member of the D.C. Bar, must apply for admission by waiver upon accepting the fellowship offer);
• Demonstrated commitment to economic and racial justice;
• An interest in clinical teaching; and
• Prior medical, health-related, and/or mental health-related experience a plus.

Application Instructions:

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis but early application is encouraged. Please submit a cover letter addressing your interest in this fellowship and in clinical teaching, résumé/CV, complete law school transcript, a list of at least three references, and a writing sample (max. 10 pages) to HealthJusticeAlliance@georgetown.edu with the subject heading “Application for Clinical Teaching Fellowship” no later than Friday, February 24, 2023. If you have any questions, please contact Daniella Blake-Aranbayeva, Office Manager for the Health Justice Alliance Law Clinic, at db1571@georgetown.edu.

Note: Georgetown Law has a strong commitment to diversity and is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer.