THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW’s Experiential Program is pleased to announce that it is hiring a Director of its Externship Program. The Director will have the opportunity to join the vibrant and supportive experiential learning community at the School of Law. The position is anticipated to begin on December 1, 2022. Applicants will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible and no later than September 30, 2022. Applicants should have a JD and five years post-JD work. Law teaching experience is preferred but not required. Questions should be directed to the hiring committee at ExperientialLearning@law.miami.edu.

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THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW’s Clinical Program is pleased to announce that it is hiring a Director of its Environmental Justice Clinic, one of ten clinics offered at Miami Law. The position is anticipated to begin on July 1, 2023.  Applicants will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible and no later than September 30, 2022.

The Director will have the opportunity to join the vibrant and supportive clinical community at the School of Law. The Director’s duties include teaching clinic classes, supervising students, managing cases/projects, and representing clients in litigation. The Clinic is engaged in projects and cases before local, state, and federal administrative tribunals and courts, and other domestic and international fora, as well as other forms of advocacy including fact-finding investigations, report-writing, law reform and legislative initiatives, and community organizing campaigns.

The Director will join the vibrant and supportive Miami Law clinical program, currently ranked in the top 30 on U.S. News and World Reports list of best clinical training programs. The Director will have the opportunity to articulate a vision to take the clinic’s strong foundation to the next level.  The Director will run all aspects of the clinic including the teaching of clinic classes, supervising students and managing cases and projects. The position is designed for a lawyer with deep practice or clinical experience in the environmental field. The candidate should have teaching experience or a demonstrated interest in pursuing a career in law school clinical teaching. The Director will have the opportunity to participate in the academic life of the law school and in relevant academic and advocacy conferences and to collaborate with the University of Miami’s Abess Center for Ecosystem Science & Policy and Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science (RSMAS).  

Qualifications

Applicants should have

·       At least five years of legal practice experience;

·       Significant experience in environmental law;

·       Teaching experience or an enthusiasm for clinical teaching, student development, and training;

·       A demonstrated commitment to social justice and public service;

·       Strong oral and written communication skills;

·       Demonstrated organizational skills or experience managing a team of attorneys and other professionals; and

·       A Florida Bar license (or willingness to sit for the Florida Bar).

Responsibilities

Job responsibilities include:

·       Develop a vision for the Environmental Justice Clinic to achieve the highest quality legal experience for students, representation for clients and contribution to the community.

·       Teach the classroom component of the clinic, including developing a syllabus, designing course materials, and delivering high quality instruction.

·       Handle all aspects of the Clinic’s claims and projects and supervise students to ensure the highest standards of ethical representation.

·       Oversee and manage all aspects of running the Clinic’s practice.

·       Contribute to the law school, legal education, the legal profession or the public good through leadership, service or publications that foster the professional development of our students or advance social justice.

Salary

Commensurate with qualifications and experience. This position is an Educator Faculty appointment at the Associate Professor of Professional Practice rank. Lateral hires at the rank of Professor of Professional Practice will also be considered. Educator Faculty have governance rights and the possibility of presumptively renewable long-term contracts. The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, including medical and dental benefits, tuition remission, vacation, paid holidays, and much more.  For more information, please contact Chair of the Appointments Committee, at AppointmentsCommittee@law.miami.edu.

To apply for this position, please submit the following materials via the University of Miami employment portal: (1) resume/CV; (2) statement of interest,  including career goals and prior experience providing legal services, teaching, and other relevant experience; (3) two recent writing samples; (4) a list of at least three references and their contact information;  and  (5) a complete law school transcript. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled, however applicants are strongly encouraged to apply as soon as possible and no later than September 30, 2022. 

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here for additional information.

THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW's Clinical Program is pleased to announce that it is hiring a Director of its Investor Rights Clinic, one of ten clinics offered at Miami Law. The position is anticipated to begin on July 1, 2023.  Applicants will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible and no later than September 30, 2022.

Launched in 2012, the Investor Rights Clinic represents under-served investors in securities arbitration claims against their brokers before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the largest forum for arbitration of securities claims in the United States.  Most of the Clinic’s clients are retirees with limited income and assets and no meaningful prior investment experience. In addition to individual claims, the Clinic seeks to improve the law and give voice to small investors through strategies such as comment letters on rules proposed by federal and state regulators, amicus briefs and advocacy on Capitol Hill. The Clinic also conducts financial literacy and community education focused primarily on preventing fraudulent investment schemes and broker misconduct targeting the elderly and other vulnerable populations. 

Offered as a one-semester, six credit course, the Clinic provides second and third-year law students with the opportunity to develop a range of professional and legal skills including client interviewing and counseling, fact development and analysis, motion practice, negotiation, and oral and written arbitration advocacy skills.  The Clinic has a classroom component where students learn lawyering skills and substantive law on federal and state securities law and broker-dealer regulation. For the field component, students work in teams on all aspects of the arbitration from intake to final settlement or arbitration.

 

The Director will join the vibrant and supportive Miami Law clinical program, currently ranked in the top 30 on U.S. News and World Reports list of best clinical training programs. The Director will have the opportunity to articulate a vision to take the Investor Right Clinic’s strong foundation to the next level and build on the Clinic’s national reputation.  In collaboration with an Associate Director, the Director will run all aspects of the clinic including the teaching of clinic classes, supervising students, managing claims and projects, and representing clients in arbitration matters. The position is designed for a lawyer with deep practice or clinical experience in securities law or related fields. The candidate should have teaching experience or a demonstrated interest in pursuing a career in law school clinical teaching. The Director will have the opportunity to participate in the academic life of the law school and in relevant academic and advocacy conferences.

Qualifications

Applicants should have

·       At least five years of legal practice experience;

·       Significant experience in securities law, broker-dealer regulation or related field;

·       Teaching experience or an enthusiasm for clinical teaching, student development, and training;

·       A demonstrated commitment to social justice and public service;

·       Strong oral and written communication skills;

·       Demonstrated organizational skills or experience managing a team of attorneys and other professionals; and

·       A Florida Bar license (or willingness to sit for the Florida Bar).

Responsibilities

Job responsibilities include:

·       Develop a vision for the Investor Rights Clinic to achieve the highest quality legal experience for students, representation for clients and contribution to the community.

·       Teach the classroom component of the clinic, including developing a syllabus, designing course materials, and delivering high quality instruction.

·       Handle all aspects of the Clinic’s claims and projects and supervise students to ensure the highest standards of ethical representation.

·       Oversee and manage all aspects of running the Clinic’s practice.

·       Contribute to the law school, legal education, the legal profession or the public good through leadership, service or publications that foster the professional development of our students or advance social justice.

Salary

Commensurate with qualifications and experience. This position is an Educator Faculty appointment at the Associate Professor of Professional Practice rank. Lateral hires at the rank of Professor of Professional Practice will also be considered. Educator Faculty have governance rights and the possibility of presumptively renewable long-term contracts. The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, including medical and dental benefits, tuition remission, vacation, paid holidays, and much more.

The University of Miami School of Law will consider lateral candidates to join our intellectual community beginning in the 2023-2024 academic year,  For more information, please contact Chair of the Appointments Committee, at AppointmentsCommittee@law.miami.edu.  

To apply for this position, please submit the following materials via the University of Miami employment portal: (1) resume/CV; (2) statement of interest,  including career goals and prior experience providing legal services, teaching, and other relevant experience; (3) two recent writing samples; (4) a list of at least three references and their contact information;  and  (5) a complete law school transcript. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled, however applicants are strongly encouraged to apply as soon as possible and no later than September 30, 2022. 

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here for additional information.

THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI SCHOOL OF LAW’S Clinical Program is pleased to announce that it is hiring a faculty position as Lecturer in Law and Associate Director of its Immigration Clinic, one of ten clinics offered at Miami Law. The position is anticipated to start in either January 2023 or May to mid-August 2024. Applicants will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Preference will be given to applicants who apply before September 30, 2022.

Launched in 2009, the Immigration Clinic represents low-income immigrants in immigration court and before the Board of Immigration Appeals. The clinic engages in affirmative individual and class action litigation in the U.S. District Courts and the U.S. Courts of Appeals.
 

The Lecturer/Associate Director will join the vibrant and supportive Miami Law clinical program, currently ranked in the top 30 on U.S. News and World Reports’ list of the best clinical training programs. The Lecturer/Associate Director will have the opportunity to work with the Director to articulate a vision to take the Immigration Clinic’s strong foundation to the next level and build on the Clinic’s national reputation. In collaboration with the Director, the Lecturer/ Associate Director will run all aspects of the clinic, including teaching clinic classes, supervising students, managing cases and projects, and representing clients. The candidate should have teaching experience or a demonstrated interest in pursuing a career in law school clinical teaching. The Lecturer/Associate Director will have the opportunity to participate in the academic life of the law school and in relevant academic and advocacy conferences.

Qualifications

Applicants should have:

·       JD Degree;

·       At least three years of legal practice experience;

·       Significant experience in the field of immigration law;

·       Teaching experience or an enthusiasm for clinical teaching, student development, and training;

·       A demonstrated commitment to social justice;

·       Strong oral and written communication skills; and

·       A bar license from any state. Willingness to sit for the Florida Bar is preferred to permit appearance as counsel in U.S. District Court in Florida.

·       Proficiency in Spanish or Creole is not required but is a strong plus.

In addition to working on litigation, clinic students, collaborate with other immigrant rights groups on projects that reform the law and advance the cause of social justice for immigrants. The clinic is dedicated to being an integral part of the wider immigrant and human rights advocacy community in South Florida and the nation.

Responsibilities

Job responsibilities include:

·       Helping to develop a vision for the Immigration Clinic to achieve the highest quality experience for students and clients and to advance the cause of immigrant rights.

·       Co-teaching the classroom component of the clinic, including developing a syllabus, designing course materials, and delivering high quality instruction.

·       With the Director, handling all aspects of the Clinic’s cases and projects and supervise students to ensure the highest standards of representation.

·       With the Director, managing all aspects of running the Clinic.

·       Contributing to the law school, legal education, the legal profession, and social justice.

Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience. This lecturer position is a non-tenure track faculty appointment that has the potential to lead to longer term (3 year) contracts. The University of Miami offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits package, including medical and dental benefits, tuition remission, vacation, paid holidays, and much more.

For more information, please contact the Chair of the Appointments Committee, at AppointmentsCommittee@law.miami.edu.

To apply for this position, please submit the following materials via the University of Miami employment portal: (1) resume/CV; (2) statement of interest, including career goals and prior experience providing legal services, teaching, and other relevant experience; (3) two recent writing samples; (4) a list of at least three references and their contact information; and (5) a complete law school transcript.

The University of Miami is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Females/Minorities/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities are encouraged to apply. Applicants and employees are protected from discrimination based on certain categories protected by Federal law. Click here for additional information.

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO LAW SCHOOL is hiring a clinical faculty position in the Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Clinic.

The University of Colorado Law School invites applications from entry-level and lateral candidates for a full-time clinical faculty position to lead the Getches- Green Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law Clinic at the start of the 2023-24 academic year. The position may be on the clinical teaching track or tenure track, depending on the candidate’s interest and experience. Rank and appointment classification will depend on qualifications and experience.

We welcome applications from candidates at all levels of seniority. We seek candidates with great potential for, and/or records of, strong practice experience, engaged teaching, and/or innovative scholarship if seeking a tenure track appointment. Candidates must hold a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.

We strongly encourage applications from people of color, women, individuals with disabilities, LGBTQ people, veterans, and others whose background, experience, and viewpoints would contribute to the diversity of our faculty. The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

Application materials will not be accepted via email. For more information or to apply, please see https://cu.law/clinical-jobs. For full consideration, candidates should apply by Sept. 1, 2022, although we recommend that you submit your materials as soon as possible.

For questions, please contact Professor Colene Robinson, Chair, Clinical Faculty Appointments Committee, Colene.Robinson@Colorado.EDU.

CHICAGO-KENT COLLEGE OF LAW, ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY is hiring a Supervising Clinical Attorney in its C-K Law Group.

The C-K Law Group of Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, is now accepting applications for one or more full-time in-house clinical faculty members from established attorneys who are interested in combining their practices with a teaching career.  We are specifically, but not limited to, considering attorneys who practice in the following areas:    Business Transactions, Real Estate, Probate and Estate Planning, Intellectual Property, Privacy and Technology, Environmental Law, and Human Rights.

The successful candidate already has a robust and transferable client base. As a clinical professor, primary duties include teaching lawyering skills to enrolled student interns, supervising their assigned client case work, and mentoring them through the myriad associated professional issues.  

The attorney’s salary is negotiable and based on experience, but will be primarily determined by the amount of fees the attorney is able to generate from the clients he or she represents. 

For more information, see the posting:  https://iit7.peopleadmin.com/postings/7764

STANFORD LAW SCHOOL is hiring a clinical supervising attorney and lecturer-in-law in its International Human Rights Clinic.

The Mills Legal Clinic of the Stanford Law School invites applicants for a clinical supervising attorney and lecturer-in-law position with its International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC). The clinical supervising attorney (CSA) will join the thriving clinical community at the Stanford Law School where, together with the clinical faculty and staff, they will represent clients, work alongside project partners, and train law students at one of the country’s leading institutions for legal scholarship and education.

The Mills Legal Clinic
IHRC is one of eleven clinics comprising the Mills Legal Clinic. The Stanford clinical program is unique in that students participate in a clinic on a full-time basis; the clinic is the only course a student takes during the term of enrollment. Students work in the clinic space each business day, and they focus exclusively and intensively on their clients, cases, and projects. This model allows for highly intentional, reflective, and iterative project work and the ability to provide deep supervision and mentoring to students. The Mills Legal Clinic is also committed to ensuring diversity, equity, and inclusion in all of its office and practice management, advocacy, and teaching and learning efforts. The Mills Legal Clinic occupies an entire floor in an award-winning, central-campus building opened in summer 2011.

International Human Rights Clinic
IHRC is inviting applications for a clinical supervising attorney and lecturer-in-law position. The Clinic engages students in innovative and interdisciplinary advocacy to advance human rights and foster just and lasting peace globally. Students divide their time between an intensive clinical seminar and clinical advocacy projects. The projects are designed and implemented in partnership with impacted communities and civil society groups around the world, and community agency and power are values that underlie all the work of the Clinic.  Clinic projects adopt a range of methodologies from the human rights and peacebuilding fields which may include fact-finding investigations and advocacy efforts, human rights reporting, legislative and policy drafting, engagement with judicial and quasi-judicial processes, advocacy to the UN, media or governments, coalition building across regions and disciplines, conflict analysis, and designing and facilitating dialogues in conflict-affected regions or across identity groups. In the upcoming academic year, some of these projects will focus on addressing identity-based discrimination and fostering peace in diverse regions around the world using strategies from both the human rights and peacebuilding fields.

The Clinic is also a space for students to examine key critiques of the human rights and peacebuilding fields, reflect on how to mitigate these critiques, and brainstorm how to engage in transformative and rights-based work. Additionally, students will reflect on their own identity as advocates and its implications for their work, and how to work collaboratively in teams and with project partners to advance change. Through the seminar and projects, students will develop the skills to become thoughtful, critical, adaptive, strategic, and creative advocates.

The Clinical Staff Attorney Position and Candidate Qualifications
The CSA will play an important role in designing and implementing all aspects of the Clinic, including setting up and leading clinic projects in partnership with impacted communities and civil society organizations, co-creating the syllabus with the Director of the Clinic, leading and participating in seminar and case rounds discussions, fostering a sense of deep and supportive community within the Clinic, and supervising SLS students in all aspects of their work, including through individualized coaching and mentoring. The CSA may also need to supervise students during travel that takes place during the quarter. The CSA will be involved with human rights programming at the Law School and university, and will have the opportunity to engage in scholarly research and writing.

Mills Legal Clinic attorneys are part of the intellectual community within the clinical program and the Law School and university at large.  The clinic provides resources for its lawyers to participate in continuing education and any other professional development/training/mentorship activities that support the CSA’s individual learning goals. Finally, the CSA will be a part of the Mills Legal Clinic’s efforts to ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion in our teaching, practice management, and advocacy work.

Qualifications

Minimum qualifications

• Strong academic credentials;
• J.D. or equivalent legal degree;
• A minimum of five years of human rights experience, including experience training, teaching, or mentoring law students or advocates, and a strong interest in teaching and clinical pedagogy; and
• Admission to practice in California or eligibility and willingness to sit for the next California Bar exam.

Preferred qualifications

• Demonstrated commitment to rigorous, innovative, strategic, and self-reflective social justice work;
• Significant experience implementing a wide range of tactics and tools employed in the human rights field;
• Substantive legal and practical knowledge of human rights issues, including related to identity-based discrimination;
• Experience and ability to design and direct complex, innovative, and interdisciplinary projects that attempt to prevent, redress, and transform human rights issues;
• Deep commitment and demonstrated ability to work in strong, collaborative, and rights-respecting partnerships, including in particular with clients, impacted communities, and civil society organizations;
• An understanding of and engagement with critiques of human rights and peacebuilding fields, as well as experience with responding to and overcoming those critiques in practice;
• Excellent teamwork, collaboration, and interpersonal skills;
• Strong organizational / management skills and attention to detail;
• Ability to work in a self-directed and entrepreneurial environment; and
• Second language abilities.

The salary is based on a formula that is competitive with similar positions.

The Application Process
Applicants should submit resumes and other materials through http://jobs.stanford.edu, referencing job number 95365. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit their materials by August 12, 2022. The CSA will ideally begin work with IHRC on or before October 1, 2022.

The following materials should be submitted:

• A cover letter no longer than two pages describing the applicant’s interest in the position;
• a one-page statement of the applicant’s vision of clinical education, and any clinical project the applicant would propose to develop at Stanford. Ideally, the project will involve some element of addressing identity-based harms;
• a resume;
• a list of at least three references; and
• a complete law school transcript.
• The candidate may also submit a writing sample of no longer than 15 pages.

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Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires an accommodation to perform essential functions of the job.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Stanford Law School seeks to hire the best talent and to promote a safe and secure environment for all members of the university community and its property. To that end, new staff hires must successfully pass a background check prior to starting work at Stanford University.

UC-BERKELEY LAW is hiring a Policy Research Fellow for its Policy Advocacy Clinic

The Berkeley Law Policy Advocacy Clinic (PAC) is seeking to hire a Policy Research Fellow to support the national Debt-Free Justice (DFJ) campaign for a one-year term position, with the possibility of renewal. This position is open until filled. 

For more information about the position, including required qualifications and application materials, please visit: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/apply/JPF03543. If you have questions about the position, please contact academicpositions-law@berkeley.edu. 

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

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL is hiring a Clinic Faculty Position for its Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL invites applications for a full-time clinical faculty member in the Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program. The faculty appointment may be a Clinical Professor of Law, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, or Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, depending on the candidate’s extent and type of experience.

The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program

The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program (“HIRC”) seeks to advance immigrants’ rights through clinical education. Working closely with clinical supervisors, law students take the lead in representing low-income immigrants who are fighting deportation and seeking immigration status in the United States. Students utilize a range of legal advocacy tools on behalf of their clients, including direct representation, impact litigation, policy advocacy, and community outreach.

HIRC has four primary components. First, the Immigration and Refugee Advocacy Clinic represents individuals seeking humanitarian protection and advocates for immigrants’ rights. Second, the Crimmigration Clinic focuses on the intersection of criminal law and immigration law and advocates for the decriminalization of immigration status. Third, the HLS Immigration Project, a student-run practice organization, engages in limited direct representation, community outreach, and policy advocacy. Finally, the Harvard Representation Initiative serves as an in-house counsel for members of the Harvard community whose immigration status is at risk.

HIRC offers students the opportunity to practice immigration and refugee law through work on a variety of litigation, administrative, and policy projects. This includes work with community groups, medical professionals, and nonprofit and public interest organizations at the federal, state, and local levels. HIRC also collaborates with other clinics and student-practice organizations at the Law School, including the Criminal Justice Institute, the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, Harvard Defenders, among others. 

HIRC’s team is interdisciplinary. A licensed clinical social worker and social work interns work closely with clinical law students, staff, faculty, and clients to ensure that HIRC’s approach is holistic and trauma-sensitive.

Through HIRC, students gain legal research, writing, and oral advocacy skills. Past and current projects include direct appeals and amicus support before the Board of Immigration Appeals, federal courts of appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as district court litigation, including habeas petitions, Freedom of Information Act, mandamus, and other lawsuits. Students also engage in policy advocacy at the local, state, and national levels, drafting reports and white papers, as well as model regulations and legislation.

Role and Responsibilities

The clinical faculty member will work with clinic staff and students to manage the legal work and operations of HIRC in conjunction with the Director and Managing Attorney, will supervise clinical instructional fellows and/or clinical instructors and administrative staff, and will have responsibility for identifying and leading various projects and initiatives. The clinical faculty member will also teach or co-teach clinical courses relating to HIRC’s work and may have the opportunity to teach additional courses at the Law School, as proposed and approved through regular curricular planning and approval processes.

Beyond HIRC, the clinical faculty member will have access to the many opportunities for engagement, collaboration, and community through the wider clinical program and intellectual life of Harvard Law School.  As a faculty member, the successful candidate will have opportunities to participate in various faculty programs, initiatives, and (unless the appointment is to a visiting position) governance.

Qualifications

All applicants must have:

·       A minimum of five years of practice experience in immigration law and policy.

·       A J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.

·       Admission to the Massachusetts bar, OR

·       Eligibility to practice and supervise students under Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rule 3:04 while pursuing admission.

Qualified candidates will have:

Legal Qualifications

·       Expertise and substantial lawyering experience with public interest lawyering, in particular, with issues relating to immigrants’ rights and the intersection between immigration and criminal law. 

·       A commitment to community-based legal advocacy. This commitment can take many forms but requires a demonstrated record of public interest lawyering that is responsive, adaptive, and creative. 

Teaching Qualifications

·       A track record of successful clinical teaching as demonstrated by student engagement, learning and evaluation, OR

·       Significant experience teaching and mentoring law students or junior lawyers in non-clinical education contexts. 

·       A record of contributing to scholarship, and/or legal training programming and materials, and/or other types of writing in service of the profession. 

Management and Strategy Skills

·       Ability to set vision and direction for clinical law practice and pedagogy.

·       A record of effective supervision of team members and support for individual practitioner growth and development.

·       Meaningful experience in program or project leadership.

·       Demonstrated practice and commitment to building an inclusive working and learning environment.  

Other Skillsets and Values

·       Superior oral and written communication skills.

·       Superior interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence. 

·       Collaboration and teamwork ability.

·       A demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and racial justice.

Apply via https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/11428

Please include a letter of interest, a resume, and a list of three or more references. If applicable, please feel free to submit teaching evaluations for the last three years and/or up to three publications.

The application period will be open until September 6, 2022. Only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. The successful candidate will be expected to begin work no later than January 1, 2023.

Harvard Law School is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, or any other characteristic protected by law.

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL is hiring a Clinic Faculty Position for its WilmerHale Legal Services Center

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL invites applications for a full-time clinical faculty member to join its WilmerHale Legal Services Center, a community-based legal services program that is home to six in-house Harvard Law School clinics. The faculty appointment may be a Clinical Professor of Law, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, Visiting Clinical Professor, or Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, depending on the extent and type of the candidate’s experience.

The WilmerHale Legal Services Center

Founded in 1979 by the trailblazing clinicians Gary Bellow and Jeanne Charn, the WilmerHale Legal Services Center (LSC) of Harvard Law School is located at the crossroads of Jamaica Plain and Roxbury in the City of Boston.  LSC’s longstanding twin mission is to pursue justice for community members of limited means while educating Harvard Law Students for practice and professional service.  Through six clinics—Consumer Protection, Family Law/Domestic Violence, Low-Income Taxpayer, Housing, LGBTQ+ Advocacy, and Veterans Law and Disability Benefits—and numerous projects and pro bono initiatives, LSC advocates and student attorneys provide essential legal services to community members from nearby neighborhoods in Boston, to residents of Greater Boston and Massachusetts, and in some instances, where cases present unique law reform opportunities, to clients from across the country.  

Across its many practice areas, LSC works to improve the lives of individual clients, to seek systemic change for the communities it serves, and to provide clinical law students with a singular opportunity to develop fundamental lawyering skills within an immersive and community-based, legal services practice setting. LSC’s clinics use a variety of advocacy tools—including high-volume civil legal services, cutting-edge litigation and policy advocacy, and innovative outreach and community legal education strategies.  Central to LSC’s model of legal advocacy and clinical education is an understanding that legal crises do not arise in isolation, that many clients face multiple and intersecting legal and non-legal needs, and that a holistic approach to lawyering best serves client and community interests.  LSC actively partners with a diverse array of community groups, prioritizes cooperation and inter-disciplinary work, including through two medical-legal partnerships, and regularly adapts its practice areas to meet the changing legal needs of client communities. To learn more about LSC and its individual clinics, projects, and initiatives, please visit here.

Role and Responsibilities

Harvard Law School welcomes applicants who have an interest in any one of LSC’s six clinical areas of practice. We also welcome applicants who may have an interest in building new practice areas that are connected to one or more of LSC’s existing clinics, projects, or initiatives.

The clinical faculty member will teach or co-teach a clinical seminar, supervise law students, maintain and manage a docket, facilitate community outreach and engagement, and foster organizational partnerships as needed. The clinical faculty member will also collaborate as appropriate across LSC clinics and projects, serve as a member of LSC’s leadership team, and contribute to LSC-wide initiatives. In addition, the clinical faculty member will provide leadership and direction for the clinic and, as applicable, supervise clinic team members.  

Beyond LSC, the clinical faculty member will have access to the many opportunities for engagement, collaboration, and community through the wider clinical program and intellectual life of Harvard Law School.  As a faculty member, the successful candidate will have opportunities to participate in various faculty programs, initiatives, and (unless the appointment is to a visiting position) governance.  The clinical faculty member may also have opportunities to teach additional courses as proposed and approved through regular curricular planning and approval processes. 

Qualifications

All applicants must have:

·       A minimum of five years of practice experience in the area(s) of law relevant to one or more of LSC’s clinics

·       A J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.

·       Admission to the Massachusetts bar, OR

·       Eligibility to practice and supervise students under Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rule 3:04 while pursuing admission.

Qualified candidates will have:

Legal Qualifications

·       Expertise and substantial public interest lawyering experience in the practice area or areas upon which they propose to focus their clinical work and teaching at LSC.  This includes a minimum of five years of practice experience in the area(s) of law relevant to one or more of LSC’s clinics.

·       A commitment to community-based legal advocacy. This commitment can take many forms but requires a demonstrated record of public interest lawyering that is responsive, adaptive, and creative. 

Teaching Qualifications

·       A track record of successful clinical teaching as demonstrated by student engagement, learning and evaluation, or

·       Significant experience teaching and mentoring law students or junior lawyers in non-clinical education contexts. 

·       A record of contributing to scholarship, and/or legal training programming and materials, and/or other types of writing in service of the profession. 

Management and Strategy Skills

·       Ability to set vision and direction for clinical law practice and pedagogy

·       A record of effective supervision of team members and support for individual practitioner growth and development

·       Meaningful experience in program or project leadership

·       Demonstrated practice and commitment to building an inclusive working and learning environment.   

Other Skillsets and Values

·       Superior oral and written communication skills

·       Superior interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence. 

·       Collaboration and teamwork ability

·       A demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, and racial justice

Apply via https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/11429

Please include a letter of interest, a resume, and a list of three or more references. If applicable, please feel free to submit teaching evaluations for the last three years and/or up to three publications. The letter of interest should specify in which LSC clinic(s) the applicant proposes to teach and work. The letter of interest should also explain the extent to which the applicant proposes to contribute to an existing practice area within an LSC clinic or to build a new practice area that is connected to one or more of LSC’s practice areas.

The application period will remain open until September 6, 2022. The Law School will consider candidates who seek a July 2023 start date, as well as those who would prefer or are open to a January 2023 start date.  Only those candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. 

Harvard Law School is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, or any other characteristic protected by law.