Vermont Law School has a distinguished record of preparing students to serve their clients and the public interest. As the nation's leading environmental law and policy program (US News & World Report), which houses the nation’s most comprehensive sustainable food and agriculture law and policy program, we seek to fill the following position:

Clinical Law Professor

This new assistant professor position will work as a lawyer and teacher co-leading the Center for Agriculture and Food Systems’ (CAFS) dynamic clinical work with students, our LLM Fellows, and Program Officer for Legal Design to develop legal tools, resources and provide legal representation to support sustainable food systems. Responsibilities include developing creative legal resources for broad use; provision of legal advice; outreach and collaboration with local, national, and international organizations to amplify our progressive work; and representation of CAFS at conferences, professional organizations and vis a vis the media. For more about our leading edge clinic click here; for examples of our legal products click here. Teaching responsibilities include supervising students on projects & collaborating/assisting the other CAFS faculty in developing and teaching doctrinal courses. Requires min 2-3 yrs relevant legal practice exp, demonstrated commitment to sustainable food & agriculture, excellent analytical, research & writing skills, and interest in teaching. This is a two year position, with the second year dependent upon funding availability.

For more information on this and other positions, please visit our website at http://www.vermontlaw.edu/community/about-vls/employment-opportunities.

Apply via the link above or send a resume and cover letter with salary requirements to Human Resources, Vermont Law School, P.O. Box 96, South Royalton, VT 05068 or to cblake@vermontlaw.edu.

Vermont Law School is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity in our workforce.

The Ohio Northern University College of Law is seeking applicants for an Assistant Director of Legal Clinics/Staff Attorney/Instructor of Law position at the ONU Legal Clinic in Lima, Ohio to begin on or before July 1, 2016.

Ohio Northern University College of Law’s Legal Clinic is located in Lima, Ohio, and is comprised of two “live-client” clinics: (1) the Civil Practice Clinic serves low income individual clients in legal matters including domestic relations, probate, housing, expungements and more; (2) the Corporate Transactional Clinic serves churches and nonprofit organizations in Ohio seeking help with legal matters including incorporation, board governance, human resources, real estate transactions and more.

Responsibilities include:

• Supervising and assessing clinic students;
• Accompanying clinic students to court and administrative hearings;
• Conducting case rounds;
• Guiding students to plan and carryout community education events;
• Engaging in planning and conducting other clinic activities; and
• Teaching one additional doctrinal or skills course per year.

Minimum qualifications include:

• J.D. with strong academic credentials;
• Minimum of three years of practice experience in domestic relations, domestic violence and/or child welfare; 
• Admitted to practice in Ohio or eligible to seek admission by motion;
• Demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching and student supervision;
• Excellent writing, editing and oral advocacy skills;
• Sound judgement and exceptional ethical standards;
• Substantial trial experience; and
• Demonstrated commitment to working with low income individuals is highly desirable.

Candidates should apply at https://jobs.onu.edu/postings/4218. Ohio Northern University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

Georgetown Law is seeking a Director of its Externship Program to start on July 1, 2016.  The person who is selected for this job will work closely with the experiential education team and play a substantial role in shaping the program.  The job description is below.  To apply go to Georgetown University's job website and identify job number 20160329.   

Director, Externship Program – Experiential Education Georgetown Law’s Experiential Education offers three types of learning courses, each designed to help students apply the theories and skills they have learned in the classroom to a real lawyering context – Externships, Practicum Courses, and Clinics. The Director of the Externship Program administers the largest experiential curricular offering at the Law Center, managing the advising and enrolling students in externships, the evaluating of their placements and learning goals, and monitoring compliance and quality.  Reporting to the Associate Dean for Experiential Education, the Director has duties that include but are not limited to: Advising and Enrolling Advises students on the externship program. Assists in enrolling students in the externship program. Monitors students’ experience during the semester or summer. Resolves problem placements or student performance failures. Ensures appropriate evaluation of placement and seminar component. Assigns students to appropriate seminars. Instruction Evaluation  Selects and hires as many as 17 adjunct professors per semester for subject-matter specific externship seminars. Assists in developing syllabi. Arranges room and time for seminars in advance. Conducts periodic site evaluations. Ensures training for externship supervisors Ensures appropriate evaluation of externship experiences and makes recommendations for continuation. Recommends proposals for other experiential offerings based on successful externship experiences. Compliance and Quality Monitors compliance with ABA Externship standards. Creates proposals to faculty if changes are needed in the program to accomplish compliance. Performs year-end report on externship program. Works with experiential education team to ensure that all experiential offerings are excellent and work together seamlessly. Interacts on the national level with other externship programs. Establishes and monitors best practices for externship program. Requirements J.D. degree Experience managing large organizational tasks Project management experience Preference for knowledge of the DC public interest community and/or some teaching experience

Penn State Dickinson Law's Clinical Program in historic Carlisle, Pennsylvania is seeking a Visiting Clinical Professor. This position is responsible for providing supervision of certified legal interns who provide legal services to low income members of the community, as well as direct representation of clients. The Visiting Clinical Professor will interact with members of the local bench, bar and court administrative offices before which students in the Clinics appear. Duties include: reviewing student writing and assisting students to conduct client interviews and prepare for hearings. The Visiting Clinical Professor will accompany law students to hearings and trials, and supervise students at those proceedings. Subject law matters include family law, housing, public benefits and disability law. Position requires a JD or LL.B degree or equivalent plus a minimum of two years work-related experience, preferably with a background in family, housing, public benefits, and/or disability law. Candidates must be a member of the Bar of Pennsylvania or be eligible to become a member of the Pennsylvania Bar, as a prerequisite to holding this position. Candidates must work well with indigent clients, students, faculty, and staff, in an interdisciplinary cooperative environment. Excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills required. The most desirable candidates will supply evidence of law practice and/or teaching experience, a strong academic record, and excellent written and oral skills. This position requires that you operate a motor vehicle as part of your job duties. A valid driver`s license and successful completion of a motor vehicle records check will be required in addition to standard background checks. This is a fixed-term appointment funded for one or two years from date of hire with possibility of re-funding. Salary is competitive, commensurate with experience. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Applications should be submitted online at https://psu.jobs/job/63038. If you have questions regarding this position, please contact Associate Clinical Professor Megan Riesmeyer, Director of the Community Law Clinic, at mam941@dsl.psu.edu.

Penn State Dickinson Law's Clinical Program in historic Carlisle, Pennsylvania is seeking a Visiting Clinical Professor. This position is responsible for providing primary, day-to-day supervision of certified legal interns who provide legal services to child clients in the Children's Advocacy Clinic as well as assisting in the law school's pro bono efforts. The Visiting Clinical Professor will interact with members of the local bench, bar and court administrative offices before which students in the Clinics appear. Duties include: reviewing student writing and assisting students to conduct client interviews and prepare for hearings. The Visiting Clinical Professor will accompany law students to hearings and trials, and supervise students at those proceedings. Position requires a JD or LL.B degree or equivalent plus a minimum of two years work-related experience, preferably with a background in family and juvenile law. Candidates must be a member of the Bar of Pennsylvania or be eligible to become a member of the Pennsylvania Bar, as a prerequisite to holding this position. Candidates must work well with clients, students, faculty, and staff, in a cooperative inter-disciplinary environment. Excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills required. The most desirable candidates will supply evidence of law practice and/or teaching experience, and excellent written and oral skills. This position requires that you operate a motor vehicle as part of your job duties. A valid driver`s license and successful completion of a motor vehicle records check will be required in addition to standard background checks. This is a fixed-term appointment funded for one or two years from date of hire with possibility of re-funding. Salary is competitive, commensurate with experience. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Applications should be submitted online at https://psu.jobs/job/63037. If you have questions regarding this position, please contact Clinical Professor Lucy Johnston Walsh, Director of the Children’s Advocacy Clinic, at ljj12@dsl.psu.edu.

The University of Denver, Sturm College of Law is a top 75 law school with nationally ranked programs in legal writing, clinical training, trial advocacy, and tax law. Rooted in innovative experiential learning opportunities, our curriculum is global in its perspective and our faculty includes some of the most accomplished legal scholars in the nation. Opening first as a legal aid dispensary in 1904, the University of Denver was the first law school in the country to offer law students academic credit for representing poor persons. Today the Clinical Programs provides second and third-year law students the opportunity to refine their lawyering skills while providing quality representation to indigent clients. The University of Denver’s Clinical Programs includes five in-house clinics: criminal defense, civil litigation, civil rights, community economic development and environmental law. Clinic students are responsible for their client matters and handle all aspects of client representation under faculty supervision. Our goal is to graduate compassionate and rigorous attorneys who are committed to resolving legal problems effectively and responsibly.

Position Summary

The University of Denver, Sturm College of Law seeks to hire a visiting professor to teach in our Civil Rights Clinic for the 2016-2017 academic year. The Civil Rights Clinic is an intensive, year-long litigation program in which students represent clients in civil rights cases in federal court under the supervision of clinic faculty. Currently, the focus of the CRC is on the constitutionality of the conditions in which federal and state prisoners are held, including issues such as indefinite solitary confinement, inadequate medical care, freedom of expression, the free exercise of religion, and due process, although any kind of civil rights or civil liberties matter may be on our docket. Students also participate in a seminar designed to help develop their litigation skills and understanding of the law, as well as the political and social contexts of civil rights litigation. We are seeking an individual with a strong background in federal litigation who is a member of the Colorado Bar or able to gain admission by July 1, 2016 (Colorado permits faculty teaching in a clinical program to waive into the bar). This position begins on July 1, 2016 and will end on June 30, 2017. This is a 12 month, non-renewable, appointment. The clinic visitor will be integrated into the intellectual life of the law school and the larger University. Visitors are invited to attend faculty workshops, at which works in progress will be presented, and to attend mentoring sessions for faculty.

Essential Functions

• Supervise second and third-year students as they represent clients.
• Joint classroom teaching and curriculum development.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience with a variety of teaching methods.
• Outstanding teaching skills.
• Initiative and ability to work both independently and in a collaborative, collegial environment.

Required Qualifications

• JD degree from an ABA-accredited institution.
  

Assistant Professor Candidates

Minimum of one year of teaching experience and a minimum of one year of civil rights/constitutional litigation experience in federal court.

Associate Professor Candidates

Two to six years of excellent teaching experience and a minimum of one year of civil rights/constitutional litigation experience in federal court.

Full Professor Candidates

Over seven years of outstanding teaching experience and a minimum of one year of civil rights/constitutional litigation experience in federal court.

Preferred Qualifications

• Teaching, training or supervision of law students/new lawyers.
• Experience with prisoner’s rights litigation and/or working with incarcerated clients.

Work Schedule

To be determined by Director of the Student Law Office.

Special Instructions

In order to be considered for this position, you will need to apply online and include a cover letter and resume. Candidates must apply online through https://dujobs.silkroad.com/ (or via the link below) to be considered. Only applications submitted online will be accepted. Once within the job description online, please click "New Resume/CV" at the bottom of the page to begin application. If you have questions regarding this position please contact the chair of the Appointments Committee, Prof. Michael R. Siebecker (msiebecker@law.du.edu). Applications received by May 20, 2016 will be given preference.

DU and its Sturm College of Law are committed to enhancing the diversity of our faculty and staff. We are strongly dedicated to the pursuit of excellence by including and integrating individuals who represent different groups as defined by race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, age, disability, national origin, religion and veteran status. The University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. You can view DU's comprehensive benefits summary at www.du.edu/hr/benefits/benefits_summary.html.

ABOUT US:

Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, founded in 1976 and named for an eminent Supreme Court Justice, is now firmly established as an international and national leader in legal education. The School’s curriculum balances rigorous scholarship and research with experiential learning opportunities which include extensive clinical programs. Given its prime location in the heart of NYC’s Greenwich Village, Cardozo also offers a vibrant learning environment, with significant opportunities for students to gain legal experience through internships and summer positions with a broad array of legal employers.

The University offers an excellent compensation package, and a broad range of employee benefit plans, including immediate participation in the University’s retirement plan. Staff members are typically eligible for four weeks paid vacation each year.

The Position:

The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law invites applications for the position of Director of Externships. The position will manage and continue to develop the law school’s strong externship program. The position calls for a dynamic, creative, and highly motivated individual to manage an integrated and comprehensive program of supervised field placements that provide students with significant and academically rewarding legal experiences. The Externship Director must have excellent communication skills to interact effectively with members of the legal community, law school faculty, and students and must have excellent organizational skills.

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for the creation and oversight of credited placements for law students in public agencies, not-for-profit organizations, the private sector and other appropriate organizations
• Conduct ongoing outreach to apprise appropriate lawyers and organizations about the externship program and create student opportunities by conducting site visits, developing agreements with placement sites, attending relevant legal community events, and developing other networking opportunities
• Meet with and advise students on externship placements
• Work with fieldwork supervisors at the placement sites to assure adequacy of supervision of the students. The Director will develop informational materials and training sessions for supervising attorneys and judges
• Administer the externship program, including creating and maintaining data related to registration, credit requirements, and grade processing for participating J.D. and L.L.M. students. The Director will manage an application and assessment process and materials in compliance with ABA requirements, coordinating the processing and preserving of information using Word, Excel, Symplicity, Angel, and Banner
• Manage a program of “field clinics,” or group externships based in one practice area or organization, supplementing the law school’s offerings by creating practical work experiences in areas to complement other clinical or doctrinal course offerings. In consultation with the administration, the Director will identify critical practice areas and highly qualified practitioners to hire as adjunct faculty, work with outside agencies to build educational placements, create a selection system in conjunction with the Clinical Director, and establish processes to assess field clinics
• Oversee an academic program of seminar classes and training sessions for externship students that will be taught by law school faculty and outside practitioners on topics including ethical issues and substantive law that students confront in their externships, as well as how to reflect upon and learn from the externship experience. The Director will identify and participate in the hiring of these instructors as adjunct faculty
• Manage a training and oversight program to ensure quality clinical teaching for externs, including designing and teaching Master Classes on clinical teaching techniques for practitioner-adjuncts teaching field clinic and externship seminars, assist in the development of course syllabi, and conduct selected class observation
• Liaise with other departments and units in the law school and University as needed on student issues, including the Dean’s Office, Communications, Student Services, Student Finance, Admissions, LLM Program, and YU’s General Counsel
• Represent the law school in the local and national clinical legal education arenas, including participating in conferences, issue advocacy regarding ABA changes affecting externship programs, and special projects involving the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA), the ABA, the AALS, and the New York Consortium on Externships (NYCE)
• The Externship Director may also have the opportunity to design and teach seminar classes

QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience and Educational Background:

• JD required
• Five years of prior related experience

Skills and Competencies:

• Must possess excellent communication skills
• Must possess excellent organizational skills

Posting Summary
The TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW and the Tulane Civil Litigation Clinic are seeking applicants for a Clinical Instructor.  Responsibilities will include a full time commitment to supervising students representing clients primarily in civil rights and civil liberties cases in federal court.
Minimum Qualifications
Significant civil litigation experience in federal court, including experience in civil rights litigation, a strong academic record, and be admitted to the Louisiana bar
Minimum Education
Applicants must have a Juris Doctorate
How To Apply
Qualified applicants must submit a cover letter, resume, and law school transcript, list of three references, a writing sample, and a brief explanation of the applicant’s interest in clinical supervision. All applicants should apply electronically via the following link: apply.interfolio.com/34924 Materials submitted through this Tulane Jobs portal will not be considered. This posting will remain open until filled. Tulane is an EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled employer.

Rutgers Law School is seeking an exemplary candidate for the role of Director of Externship Programs at the Camden location. The successful candidate will be appointed as a non-tenure track member of the faculty. The Director of Externship Programs is primarily responsible for coordinating all aspects of the school's externship programs, including assisting students in finding appropriate placements, ensuring the quality of student placements, designing and teaching a class component for Practice Externship, and coordinating with the career federal law clerks who teach Judicial Externship. The Director’s job includes:

• Assisting students in finding placements, supervising students in those placements, ensuring the quality of placements, identifying and recruiting new placements;
• Teaching the Practice Externship course, including designing the course, creating materials, and evaluating student performance.
• Teaching other courses or supervising other programs at the law school at the discretion of the Dean;
• Coordinating with the career federal law clerks who teach Judicial Externship to ensure the quality of the program;
• Participating on relevant law school, campus, and university committees; and
• Completing other duties as assigned.

This position requires:

• a Juris Doctor degree and background in legal teaching or legal practice; or equivalent combination of education and/or experience and a minimum of five years experience that demonstrates knowledge and understanding of law school externship programs;
• General knowledge of areas of law and the law student experience;
• Excellent judgement and excellent writing, organizational, and problem solving skills; and
• High caliber communication skills, including verbal, written, and listening skills, as well as computer literacy.

Rutgers Law school has a deep commitment to diversity among its faculty, staff, administration, and students. We encourage applications from candidates from under-represented groups including, but not limited to, people of color, women, LGBT individuals, and people living with disabilities.

We will accept applications immediately and aim to complete the hiring process in the early summer. Please send a cover letter, CV, and names and contact information for 3 professional references to:

Director of Externship Programs Search Committee

c/o Kimberly Mutcherson, Vice Dean & Professor of Law

Rutgers Law School

217 n.5^th Street

Camden, NJ 08102

Materials may also be sent electronically to mutchers@rutgers.edu.

We are hiring a Director for the Food Law and Policy Clinic.  The Food Law and Policy Clinic will be a new clinic at UCLA that will be aimed at both student development and creating on the ground impacts.  The clinic’s programmatic mission will be to facilitate sufficient access to socially, economically, and environmentally sustainable food and to improve food environments particularly for low income populations and marginalized communities.  The Clinic will train students to focus on developing lawyering skills, creative problem solving, professional responsibility, and an understanding of local government law and food law and policy issues.  

The position of Clinical Director requires a talented and enthusiastic individual with significant legal practice experience.  The Clinical Director will be primarily expected to teach, develop, and manage a Food Law and Policy Clinic.  In addition, the Clinical Director will work with faculty and administrators to develop and implement other food law and policy related experiential opportunities for students.  The Clinical Director may also be asked to assist with other parts of the experiential curriculum, including teaching in the first-year Introduction to the Client Relationship course and supervising students in externships, field placements, and other pro bono activities, as needed.  The Clinical Director will manage clinic development for the Resnick Program, including client outreach and project fundraising.  As needed, the Clinical Director will act as a case manager for clinical program, serving as the attorney of record, and managing selected matters, including at times when the law school is not in session.  

The Clinical Director will have responsibility for working with administrators and faculty to develop and manage a variety of experiential and public interest projects that ensure students receive high-quality educational experiences.  In particular, the Clinical Director will be responsible for developing the curriculum for and teaching the Food Law and Policy Clinic, including a weekly clinic seminar.  The seminar will provide students basic skills and information necessary for successful participation in clinic projects (including interviewing skills, navigating professional responsibility issues, fact-finding, and issue identification); provide students with an overview of the local food law and policy field, and provide students an opportunity to develop presentation and public speaking skills.  The Clinical Director will also supervise students in their execution of client projects, assign students to projects, oversee the progress of their work, and provide regular feedback.  Student skill development is a central goal of the clinic, and it will be the Clinical Director’s responsibility to ensure skill development without compromising client services.  The Clinical Director will have the primary responsibility, with assistance from the Resnick Program, for client development and project selection for the Food Law and Policy Clinic.

The Clinical Director will also assist with development and management of a network of pro bono attorneys who will provide services to food-related small businesses and non-profits with business and transactional needs that fall outside the scope of the clinic’s activities.  The network will operate independently of the clinic, but, in collaboration with UCLA Law’s other experiential programs, the Clinical Director will assist with attorney recruitment, community outreach, and client intake and referrals.  The Clinical Director will work under the general direction of Executive Director of the Resnick Program, and will report to both the Executive Director of the Resnick Program and the Assistant Dean for Clinical Education, Experiential Learning, and Public Service. 

Required Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate from an ABA-accredited law school.
• Bar admission (if candidate is admitted in a state other than California, must be willing to sit for the California bar exam at the first possible sitting after being hired).
• Excellent analytical and writing skills and demonstrated success in advocacy and client management.
• A demonstrated record of excellence in project management, including project development, implementation, and development of administrative procedures such as recordkeeping and reporting.
• A demonstrated record of excellence with supervision of employees (or students in a teaching context), particularly with delegation of work, oversight of work quality, and provision of feedback.
• An existing network of contacts to facilitate client development or a demonstrated record of ability to develop such a network.
• A strong interest in food law and policy and a commitment to the Resnick Program mission and the clinic mission.

Recommended Qualifications 

• 4+ years’ experience with policy advocacy in food policy, public health, community development, and/or environmental policy.
• An interest in legal scholarship and a record of publication of scholarly work.
• Fundraising experience.
• 2+ years’ teaching experience.

The salary and level of appointment will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.  This is a full-time, academic, non-tenure track position.  This appointment is subject to the rules and regulations of the Regents of the University of California, which are mostly embodied in The UCLA CALL and the University of California Academic Personnel Manual. (See https://www.apo.ucla.edu/policies/the-call; and http://www.ucop.edu/acadpersonnel/apm/welcome.html.)  UCLA School of Law seeks candidates committed to the highest standards of scholarship and professional activities and to a campus climate that supports equality and diversity. 

Application Instructions and Deadline

Please apply online by submitting a cover letter, CV, statement of research interest, statement of teaching philosophy, a writing sample, and a list of three references to https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF02172.  To ensure full consideration, applications should be received by Wednesday, May 19, 2016, but will be considered thereafter until the position is filled.  Start date will be July 1, 2016.  Relocation to the Los Angeles area is required.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/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, age or protected veteran status.  For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy, see http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct.