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  • 09 Sep 2016 12:56 PM | Laura McNally-Levine

    Boston University School of Law is seeking to hire a full-time Clinical Instructor in its Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Clinic (the "Clinic"). This Clinic is part of BU Law's Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property & Cyber Law Program, which is a unique collaboration between BU Law and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

    The Clinic's mission is to provide law students with the skills and knowledge needed to be effective counsel to entrepreneurs. BU Law students working in the Clinic participate in a hands-on, experiential learning process, providing pro bono legal services to MIT and BU student entrepreneurs and innovators working on turning their academic and extracurricular ideas and activities into businesses. The Clinic provides a full range of startup corporate and transactional legal services to campus-based entrepreneurs seeking to start new ventures or grow existing early-stage businesses. The Clinic also advises on intellectual property matters that are often critical for Clinic clients.

    Students in the Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Clinic have primary responsibility for all aspects of the matters they are assigned, under the supervision of the Clinical Instructor and Director. The new instructor's primary responsibility will be to supervise and assist students with direct client representation matters and research. The Clinical Instructor will also work with the Director in preparing and teaching a year-long seminar for students enrolled in the Clinic, including developing materials, performing research and coordinating classroom activities and guest presentations.

    The ideal candidate for this position is a member of the Massachusetts bar or is eligible for bar membership, with at least two years of transactional law experience, and whose practice was focused on advising entrepreneurs and early-stage technology companies in corporate, transactional (including capital raising) and intellectual property matters. Teaching experience or a strong interest in developing as a clinical instructor and supervisor is considered a plus for candidates. Excellent writing and editing skills, and organizational and managerial skills are required.

    This position is a non-tenure track Clinical Instructor appointed to a one or two year initial contract. The ideal start date is January 1, 2017, or sooner.

    Boston University School of Law is committed to faculty diversity and welcomes expressions of interest from diverse applicants.

    Applicants should send a letter of interest and a resume to Professor Stacey Dogan, Boston University School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215. Email applications are encouraged and should be sent to lawappts@bu.edu . Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

    To learn more about the law school, visit our website at www.bu.edu/law. With specific questions about the position, contact Jerry O'Connor, Director of the Entrepreneurship and IP Clinic, at gerardoc@bu.edu.

    We are 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, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

  • 09 Sep 2016 11:45 AM | Laura McNally-Levine
    THE UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OF LAW seeks lateral and entry-level applicants for one or two positions on our full-time faculty to begin the 2017-18 academic year. One position will be a tenure-track clinical position with the Criminal and Juvenile Justice Clinic. We may also be hiring for a tenure-track classroom position.  Beyond the clinical position, USF welcomes all applicants regardless of areas of expertise, although our primary interests are in candidates with experience in civil procedure or criminal law.  Other particular interests include estates and trusts, evidence, and remedies.  Applicants should demonstrate a record of professional excellence and potential for success as a scholar, teacher, and contributing member of a dynamic and diverse community.  Applications from minority group members and individuals whose background or interests will enhance our diversity are highly encouraged.  Contact: Professor Bill Hing, Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee, USF School of Law, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117.  Email: bhing@usfca.edu.
  • 08 Sep 2016 4:03 PM | Laura McNally-Levine

    LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, PAUL M. HEBERT LAW CENTER seeks to hire tenure-track, long-term contract track, or tenured faculty members to teach a business/transactional clinic.  We also may consider applicants who specialize in other areas of clinical practice.  Applicants should have superior academic credentials and publications or promise of productivity in legal scholarship.  Contact:  Melissa T. Lonegrass or William R. Corbett, Co-Chairs of the Faculty Appointments Committee, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University, 110 LSU Union Building, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-0106.  The Paul M. Hebert Law Center of LSU is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Employer and is committed to building a culturally diverse faculty and encourages applications from female and minority candidates.       

  • 08 Sep 2016 3:58 PM | Laura McNally-Levine

    Columbia Law School is seeking applicants for a temporary part-time supervising attorney position for January 1 – June 30, 2017 in the Adolescent Representation Clinic (ARC). The ARC is a civil legal practice, which represents adolescents and young adults who are aging out or have aged out of foster care in a range of areas including housing and homelessness prevention; teen pregnancy and parenting; health and health benefits; income and support benefits; education, tuition and financial aid benefits; financial planning; civil rights including LGBTQ issues; job training and career planning; identity theft and credit; and inheritance.

    The ARC is being offered only in the fall 2016 semester because Prof. Jane Spinak, the director, is on leave in the spring. Fall students and TAs will have the option of continuing to represent clients and work on ARC projects in the spring under the supervision of the supervising attorney. We expect approximately 12 students and TAs to enroll in the ARC spring project program. Duties of the supervising attorney will include, but are not limited to: (1) meeting regularly with students to supervise ongoing cases and projects; (2) preparing students for negotiations, administrative hearings or court appearances; (3) accompanying and supervising students at any such hearings or any other legal work that requires a supervising attorney to be in attendance; (4) fostering the reflection and growth of the participating students, which may include several case round classes. The position will average about 10 hours per week, as student needs and the cases and projects require, and the hours of supervising and meeting with students are flexible. We expect occasional administrative hearings or court appearances but no extended hearings or trials are anticipated.

    Experienced practitioners and experiential teachers are encouraged to apply. Membership in the NYS bar is required. Diverse candidates encouraged to apply. The position may be held in addition to other employment. Salary information will be discussed with individual candidates. Please email Michelle Ellis at mellis@law.columbia.edu with a cover letter and resume.

  • 08 Sep 2016 12:39 PM | Maritza Karmely

    BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, a top-tier law school with an international reputation, is a community of leading legal scholars, teachers, students and alumni, dedicated to providing one of the finest legal educations in the world. Since our doors opened in 1872, we have welcomed qualified men and women, without regard to background or belief. The breadth and depth of our curriculum and scholarship as well as our innovative spirit are distinctive in American legal education.

    Boston University School of Law is seeking exceptionally qualified and experienced candidates for full-time positions as Lecturers in our Lawyering Program with an anticipated start date of July 1, 2017. The Lawyering Program is a new two-semester course replacing our current First Year Legal Writing Program. Lecturers will be responsible for teaching the required first year Lawyering course that will cover legal reasoning, legal writing, oral advocacy, and lawyering skills. Lecturers will also teach in our one-week Lawyering Lab during January intercession. It is anticipated that each Lecturer will teach thirty-five to forty students a semester in the Lawyering Program, divided into two sections. Each section of the course will be assigned two upper-class Writing Fellows, who will work with the students as they draft their assignments. In addition to teaching, Lecturer responsibilities include helping to develop persuasive and objective writing assignments and simulations, conducting individual student conferences, training and judging students in oral advocacy, coaching moot court teams, and providing individual feedback on students’ written work.

    These Lecturer positions are non-tenure track appointments to a one or two year initial contract, with the possibility of successive appointments. Candidates must have a degree from an accredited law school, excellent writing and analytical skills, and a strong academic record. Legal writing teaching, and legal practice or clerkship experiences are preferred.

    Boston University School of Law is committed to faculty diversity and welcomes expressions of interest from diverse applicants.

    Applicants should send a letter of interest, resume, and a list of three references to Professor Robert Volk, Boston University School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215. Email applications are encouraged and should be sent to lawappts@bu.edu. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

    To learn more about the law school, visit our website at www.bu.edu/law.

    We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

  • 06 Sep 2016 4:19 PM | Maritza Karmely
    Suffolk University Law School in Boston invites applications for a tenure-track clinical faculty member to direct its Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic (“IPEC”) starting in the 2017-2018 academic year.  We seek candidates with strong academic records and a commitment to excellence in teaching and scholarship.  Prior experience with clinical teaching is preferred, though not required.  Applicants must be admitted or eligible for admission to the Massachusetts bar. Admission to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office is preferred. At least three years of intellectual property experience is required.

    IPEC is a dynamic inter-disciplinary clinic that collaborates with Suffolk’s Sawyer Business School. It provides free legal services to underserved clients on issues relating to new and emerging businesses, with a focus on intellectual property (copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets). Law students supervised by the clinic director provide a broad range of intellectual property and transactional services. Clients include entrepreneurs, inventors, scientists, software developers, artists, and others, and are individuals, for-profits, and nonprofits. This innovative clinic provides students with hands-on, practical experience needed to navigate the rapidly evolving fields of intellectual property and entrepreneurship.

    The ideal candidate will be a self-motivated individual who will “grow” the clinic by developing relationships with alumni, members of the academy and external entities. In addition to teaching a full-year clinic, all clinical faculty teach one non-clinical course in a related field. 

    IPEC is one of nine in-house clinics in the Clinical Programs and is part of the Intellectual Property Concentration, which integrates doctrinal and experiential offerings. Suffolk’s Clinical Programs have been ranked among the top 30 such programs in U.S. News & World Report for the last nine years, and they are currently ranked 17th in the country.

    We encourage applications from women, minorities, and others whose backgrounds will contribute to the diversity of the faculty.  Please apply online at www.jobvite.com.

  • 24 Aug 2016 2:17 PM | Laura McNally-Levine

    Vanderbilt University Law School seeks applicants for full-time clinical faculty track positions at the entry and lateral levels. Applications are welcome across legal fields but applicants should have substantial experience in a field suitable for a live-client clinical course. Applicants should possess strong academic and professional qualifications. Successful applicants will be expected to teach a live-client clinical course as well as a non-clinical course and to engage in writing as well as community and professional service. Lateral applicants must have a substantial record of writing and effective clinical and non-clinical teaching skills. Clinical faculty members are on career tracks, leading to presumptively renewable five-year contracts. The final candidate for this position must successfully complete a background check. The Law School is committed to diversity; women and minority applicants are encouraged to apply. Vanderbilt University is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer.

    Please send a cover letter, resume, research agenda, and references to the Faculty Appointments Coordinator (Attn: Clinical), Vanderbilt University Law School, 131 21st Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37203-1181; or preferably by email to: lawfaculty.appts@vanderbilt.edu

  • 24 Aug 2016 12:55 PM | Laura McNally-Levine

    Description of the Clinic

    The Social Enterprise & Nonprofit Law Clinic at Georgetown University Law Center offers pro bono corporate and transactional legal services to social enterprises, nonprofit organizations, and select small businesses headquartered in Washington, D.C. and working locally or internationally. Through the Clinic, law students learn to translate theory into practice by engaging in the supervised practice of law for educational credit. The Clinic’s goals are consistent with Georgetown University's long tradition of public service. The Clinic’s goals are to:

    • Teach law students the materials, expectations, strategies, and methods of transactional lawyering, as well as an appreciation for how transactional law can be used in the public interest.
    • Represent social enterprises and nonprofit organizations in corporate and transactional legal matters.
    • Facilitate the growth of social enterprise in the D.C. area.

    The clinic’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. As D.C. experiences increasing income inequality, it becomes increasingly important for the Clinic to provide legal assistance to organizations that serve and empower vulnerable D.C. communities. Students are taught how to become partners in enterprise for their clients with the understanding that innovative transactional lawyers understand both the legal and non-legal incentive structures that drive business organizations.

    Description of Fellowship

    The two-year fellowship is an ideal position for a transactional lawyer interested in developing teaching and supervisory abilities in a setting that emphasizes a dual commitment—clinical education of law students and transactional law employed in the public interest. The fellow will have several areas of responsibility, with an increasing role as the fellowship progresses. Over the course of the fellowship, the fellow will: (i) supervise students in representing nonprofit organizations and social enterprises on transactional, operational, and corporate governance matters, (ii) share responsibility for teaching seminar sessions, and (iii) share in the administrative and case handling responsibilities of the Clinic. Fellows also participate in a clinical pedagogy seminar and other activities designed to support an interest in clinical teaching and legal education. Successful completion of the fellowship results in the award of an L.L.M. in Advocacy from Georgetown University. The fellowship start date is August 1, 2017 and the fellowship is for two years, ending July 31, 2019.

    Qualifications

    Applicants must have at least 3 years of post J.D. legal experience. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in a transactional area of practice such as nonprofit law and tax, community economic development law, corporate law, intellectual property, real estate, and finance. Applicants with a strong commitment to economic justice are encouraged to apply. Applicants must be admitted or willing to be admitted to the District of Columbia Bar.

    Application Process

    To apply, send a resume, an official or unofficial law school transcript, and a detailed letter of interest by December 15, 2016. The letter should be no longer than two pages and address a) why you are interested in this fellowship; b) what you can contribute to the Clinic; c) your experience with transactional matters and/or corporate law; and d) anything else that you consider pertinent. Please address your application to Professor Alicia Plerhoples, Georgetown Law, 600 New Jersey Ave., NW, Suite 434, Washington, D.C. 20001, and email it to socialenterprise@law.georgetown.edu. Emailed applications are preferred. More information about the clinic can be found at www.socialenterprise-gulaw.org.

    Teaching fellows receive an annual stipend of approximately $53,500 (estimated 2016 taxable salary), health and dental benefits, and all tuition and fees in the LL.M. program. As full-time students, teaching fellows qualify for deferment of their student loans. In addition, teaching fellows may be eligible for loan repayment assistance from their law schools.

  • 24 Aug 2016 12:53 PM | Laura McNally-Levine

    William and Mary Law school is now accepting applications for the Assistant Director position of its Virginia Coastal Policy Center. The Assistant Director supports the work of the Center and provides professional assistance to the Director of the Virginia Coastal Policy Center in developing a docket of legal and policy analysis projects, assists with student supervision and with practicum teaching, helps plan the annual VCPC conference and other special events, and assists with obtaining new funders, writing grants, and building relationships with partner organizations. More information and application instructions can be found at the following link: https://jobs.wm.edu/postings/25578

  • 23 Aug 2016 12:50 PM | Laura McNally-Levine

    The UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW-FAYETTEVILLE invites applications from both entry-level and lateral candidates for a tenure-track clinical faculty position to begin in the fall of 2017.

    The law school is focused on hiring an individual who can build on and expand our successful Immigration Law Clinic. All applicants for the position should have significant practice experience in immigration or asylum law, and some familiarity with supervising young attorneys. Candidates should also have demonstrated scholarly promise, strong classroom teaching skills, and an absolute willingness to serve on school committees. Any successful applicant will be expected to sit for the Arkansas bar examination (or to waive in by motion, if an eligible member of a reciprocal jurisdiction).

    In furtherance of the law school’s fundamental commitment to experiential learning, clinical professors have full tenure rights and equal voting privileges on all faculty issues.

    The University of Arkansas–Fayetteville, located in the northwest corner of the state, is the flagship campus of the University of Arkansas. The University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution and welcomes applications without regard to age, race, gender (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, religion, marital or parental status, protected veteran status, military service, genetic information, sexual orientation or gender identity. Persons must have proof of legal authority to work in the United States on the first day of employment. All applicant information is subject to public disclosure under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act.

    Applicants with questions may contact Professor Steve Clowney, Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee, at sclowney@uark.edu.

    Annie Smith

    Associate Professor of Law

    Director, Civil Litigation & Advocacy Clinic

    University of Arkansas School of Law

    1045 W. Maple Street

    Waterman Hall – Room 107

    Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701

    (479) 575-3056


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