The University of Michigan Law Clinical Fellows Program seeks applicants for a fellowship in its Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project, in the Community and Economic Development Clinic (CEDC). This is a two year appointment with the possibility of extension for a third year.

The Clinical Fellows Program is designed to allow attorneys to explore the possibility of a career in clinical teaching and fully support them in that endeavor. Michigan Clinical Fellows gain valuable experience and mentoring in clinical pedagogy and in their substantive area of practice. Their duties include clinical teaching and student supervision in conjunction with a clinic director, and participation in the operation and development of the clinic in which they teach. Support is provided for professional development and scholarship.

The Detroit Neighborhood Entrepreneurs Project is a new initiative in the CEDC, supported by the JP Morgan Chase Foundation, that works with entrepreneurs and small businesses in the City of Detroit. The clinic will help to serve the needs of small businesses in Detroit, who often suffer from a well-documented lack of access to capital, to business skills and legal advice, and to networks for mentoring and sales opportunities.

The fellow will partner with faculty at the Ross School of Business, the Stamps School of Art and Design, and the School of Computer Science and Engineering, as well as other schools and departments, in order to bring the resources of Michigan to bear on the needs of small businesses and entrepreneurs in Detroit.

The CEDC currently provides transactional legal services to nonprofits and community organizations, and social and creative enterprises in Detroit and the metro Detroit area. The Clinic works with both start-up and established clients. New organizations seek assistance in formation, governance, tax and regulatory compliance. More established organizations seeks the CEDC’s assistance to accommodate their organizations’ and programs’ growth: draft and negotiate contract and leases; create worker cooperatives and social enterprises; counsel regarding land use, permits and other regulations; provide tax advice on income-generating activities; advise on employment issues; counsel on risk management; and research and advise on intellectual property issues.

The successful applicant will have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in at least one of the CEDC’s core areas of practice, a strong interest in clinical teaching, a demonstrated commitment to engage in public interest lawyering through transactional work in under-resourced communities, experience working in diverse settings, and potential for scholarship and success as a clinical teacher. We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in small business and entrepreneurial practice areas. Candidates must hold a J.D. degree and be eligible for licensure in Michigan. Michigan’s Clinical Fellows salaries and benefits are very competitive. The fellowship begins during the summer of 2016.

Questions can be directed to Associate Dean David Santacroce at dasanta@umich.edu or 734-763-4319. We will accept applications until February 15, 2016. Applicants should send a letter of interest and résumé to:

John W. Lemmer

Experiential Education Business Administrator

The University of Michigan Law School

701 S. State Street

Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1215

jwlemmer@umich.edu

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity employer.

The Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic at Yale Law School is hiring two clinical fellows for the upcoming year. The MFIA Clinic engages in litigation and policy work on issues of government transparency, free speech, and the protection of a vigorous, independent press. The Clinic’s current docket is particularly focused on law enforcement accountability; national security and surveillance; science, technology, and IP rights; and public access to judicial records and court proceedings.

The two fellowships are described in more detail here:

· Abrams Clinical Fellowship: http://isp.yale.edu/node/4754

· Stanton First Amendment Fellowship: http://isp.yale.edu/node/6036

The application deadline for both positions is January 31, 2016. Please feel free to circulate widely in your networks.

The University of Baltimore School of Law invites applications for a fellowship in its Mediation Clinic for Families to start on or about July 1, 2015, although the start date is negotiable.  This public interest fellowship program offers practicing attorneys exposure to clinical law teaching. 

The Fellow’s duties include supervising clinic students in the Mediation Clinic for Families, classroom teaching in coordination with clinic faculty, and developing new mediation opportunities for students. This clinic represents clients and trains students in a variety of dispute resolution options including mediation, negotiation, and collaborative practice.  The Fellow will also have opportunities to engage in academic scholarship and to explore teaching as a long-term profession, and will join UB’s community of other law teachers and Fellows within our Clinical Program and the School of Law. The Fellow may also have the opportunity to work with students in other clinics from time to time.

This position is a full-time, year-round contractual appointment for up to three years. 

Qualifications: Excellent oral and written communication skills; at least two years of experience as a practicing lawyer, including experience in mediation; a strong academic record and/or other indicia of high performance ability; a commitment to work for low income clients; and a strong interest in teaching. Qualification as a Child Access Mediator in the Maryland Circuit Court is preferred and the Fellow must be a member of the Maryland Bar or willing to take the Maryland Bar at the first opportunity after hire.

Salary:  The compensation for the fellowship is $55,000 per year, with additional support for scholarship, including travel to conferences and assistance with research.

Applications are now being accepted.  The deadline for letters of interest and resumes is March 1, 2016.

For more details about the Fellows’ Program and the Mediation Clinic for Families, please view our website athttp://law.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=541/ and http://law.ubalt.edu/clinics/clinics/familymediation.cfm

To apply, submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae by mail or email to:

Robert Rubinson

Director of Clinical Education

University of Baltimore School of Law

Clinical Law Offices
1420 N. Charles Street, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Phone: 410-837-4094; Fax: 410-837-4776

If by email:  rrubinson@ubalt.edu 

The University of Baltimore is an equal opportunity employer and minority candidates are encouraged to apply.

UB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/ADA Compliant Employer & Title IX Institution.

Assistant/Associate or Visiting Professor

Tenure-Track Clinic Director-Community Development Clinic

UMass Law is committed to graduating justice-centered lawyers prepared to practice responsibly and creatively. The school’s two in-house clinics were developed to meet critical community needs. Because approximately a quarter of each incoming class is admitted into our Public Interest Law Fellowship program, there is much energy for using the law to increase access to justice. Because UMass Law is dedicated to creating access to legal education for groups underrepresented in the profession, our student body has an appreciation for the disparities in access to justice, the difference law can make, and the importance of understanding how the law operates in the real world for real people.

We seek to hire a tenure-track or visiting professor to serve as an in-house clinic director. While we have a preference to continue the work of our Community Development Clinic, which provides representation to entrepreneurial businesses in the South Coast region, we are open to modification of the type of work in which our Community Development Clinic engages. The faculty director will also teach one section of a doctrinal course each semester, likely Business Organizations.

UMass Law is located on the South Coast of Massachusetts, about one hour from Boston and thirty minutes from Providence and Cape Cod. As the only public law school in Massachusetts, UMass is poised to become a leader in stewarding justice in the state, and the new tenure-track clinic director will be an integral part of that growth.

Qualifications: J.D., licensed in Massachusetts within one year of hire. Five years’ combined law practice and law clinic experience.

To apply please submit online @ http://www.umassd.edu/hr/employmentopportunities/ a letter of interest, current resume and the contact information for three professional references.

The review of applications will continue until the position is filled.

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth values excellence, diversity, transparency, student-centeredness, accountability, innovation, engagement, collaboration, collegiality and safety.

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age over 40, protected veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, marital status, or other protected class.

The University of Massachusetts reserves the right to conduct background checks on potential employees.

Notre Dame Law School welcomes applicants for the position of Director of the Notre Dame Tax Clinic. The Tax Clinic will be part of the Low Income Taxpayer Clinic program of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service. The Director will be a full time faculty member with responsibility for all aspects of the Tax Clinic, including client representation, law student supervision, classroom instruction, community outreach and education, and IRS compliance. The Tax Clinic will be one of five in-house clinics at the Law School. It will operate out of Clinical Law Center located a few blocks from the main campus.

Responsibilities of the Director will include:

Create the Tax Clinic infrastructure including a curriculum, a case management system, and relationships with community partner organizations.

Provide low-income residents of northern Indiana with direct case representation before the United States Tax Court, the Internal Revenue Service, and state tax authorities.

Train and supervise approximately 8-10 law students per semester, and approximately

1-2 law students each summer, in direct client representation in such matters.

Provide law students with practical instruction in federal and state income tax law, Internal Revenue Service regulations and procedures, and United States Tax Court rules and procedures.

Provide law students with training in core lawyering skills necessary to carry out client representation, including interviewing and counseling, fact investigation, negotiation, drafting pleadings and agreements, and oral advocacy.

Develop and conduct community education and outreach programs for northern Indiana organizations, their members, and fellow practitioners on a range of personal federal and state income tax matters.

Recruit and refer cases to pro bono attorneys.

With assistance from the University of Notre Dame, comply with all requirements of the Internal Revenue Service for Low Income Taxpayer Clinics, including reporting on financial and service activity, preparing grant renewal applications, and attending an annual national conference for Low Income Taxpayer Clinics.

The ideal candidate will have the following qualifications:

A Juris Doctor degree from an ABA-accredited law school and at least 3-5 years of practice experience including both litigation experience and tax practice.

An excellent academic record.

A license to practice law in the State of Indiana, or be eligible and willing to waive into the Indiana bar.

Admission to practice before the Internal Revenue Service and the United States Tax Court, or be eligible and willing to attain admission.

A commitment to instructing and supervising law students. Prior law school teaching and particularly clinical teaching is valued.

A working knowledge of federal income tax law.

The ability to work collaboratively with others.

·A demonstrated commitment to work with low income individuals, including those for whom English is a second language.

Term and Compensation: The position is full-time with a salary commensurate with experience, plus benefits, which include medical, dental, and retirement. The initial contract will be for a three year term beginning approximately May 1, 2016.

Application Process and Deadline: Applicants should submit a cover letter and a Curriculum Vitae through the Interfolio system at http://apply.interfolio.com/33479

The Search Committee will begin reviewing applications on February 1, 2016. The position will remain open until filled.

We welcome applications from women, members of minority groups, scholars interested in teaching at a Catholic university, and others who will enrich and diversify our faculty. The University of Notre Dame is an equal opportunity educational institution and an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. This appointment is contingent upon the successful completion of a background check.

For more information contact Robert Jones at 574-631-4863 or rjones1@nd.edu.

The Supervising Attorney and Adjunct Professor ("Supervising Attorney") will teach and supervise students practicing in the Pepperdine Low Income Taxpayer Clinic ("LITC"). In the LITC, law students learn and train through law practice under the supervision of the Supervising Attorney, and the LITC provides pro bono legal services to clients to settle or adjudicate tax disputes with the IRS. The Supervising Attorney will teach the seminar component of the LITC course with an adjunct faculty appointment. This contributes to the University's mission by increasing the School of Law's capacity to teach, train and form professionals with expertise and integrity, and the LITC increases the School of Law's capacity to serve vulnerable neighbors and communities in poverty. This serves the School of Law's strategic plan by increasing capacity for experiential, clinical and formative education in diverse areas of practice.

The position announcement here contains more information and instructions for applicants:

http://jobs.pepperdine.edu/cw/en/job/492699/supervising-attorney

Please write Prof. Jeff Baker at jeff.baker@pepperdine.edu with questions about the new clinic, the position or Pepperdine’s program of clinical education.

The Professor of the Practice and Managing Attorney is a faculty position at William & Mary Law School that teaches and supervises students of the Virginia Coastal Policy Center (VCPC). VCPC provides science-based legal and policy analysis of environmental and land use issues affecting the State’s coastal resources. VCPC educates the Virginia policymaking, non-profit, legal, and military and business communities about these subjects. It works in close partnership with the Virginia Institute of Marine Science and Virginia Sea Grant.

The Professor of the Practice / Managing Attorney will be responsible for:

- Developing a docket of legal and policy analysis projects dealing with coastal flooding, sea level rise, wetlands protection and related coastal issues.

- Provide a practicum legal education experience to students during the fall, spring and summer terms, supervising their legal research, writing and policy work, and teaching a companion practicum seminar focused on environmental and coastal issues and advocacy.

- Establishing and maintaining relationships with scientific experts at VIMS, local planners, state and local policy makers, and stakeholders active in environmental, land use, coastal and flooding issues in Virginia.

- Creating and conducting interdisciplinary projects.

- Establishing and maintaining relationships with VCPC funders.

- Writing grants and proposals.

- Serving as principal investigator for awarded grants, preparing required grant reports and financial reporting.

- Organizing, as needed, conferences, symposia, and public outreach events.

Required Qualifications :

Outstanding academic credentials, a Juris Doctor degree and valid state bar license to practice law are required. Experience in the science and public policy of coastal issues is required. Must have five years practical experience. Client-based legal and advocacy experience is required. Superior organization, communication, research and legal writing skills are required. Experience in interdisciplinary collaboration is a must. Demonstrated experience in fundraising and grant-writing is required.

Preferred Qualifications

Preference given to members of the Virginia State Bar or those eligible either to sit for or waive admission into the Virginia State Bar. Prior teaching experience or experience in the direct supervision of law students or young attorneys. Demonstrated teamwork and teambuilding skills.

To apply go to https://jobs.wm.edu/ and select position number F0773W.

For more information contact Patty Roberts at perobe@wm.edu .

The University of Wisconsin Law School is hiring a clinical assistant/associate professor to supervise the work of clinical students in the Wisconsin Innocence Project and provide classroom instruction in conjunction with the WIP clinic.

As you may know, WIP was one of the first and is among the largest and most successful innocence organizations in the nation. WIP was created in 1998 and was one of the founding projects of the Innocence Network. WIP is one of the University of Wisconsin Law School’s seventeen legal clinics, nine of which are offered through the Law School's Remington Center, which has been providing clinical legal educational opportunities since the 1960s.

In WIP, law students receive an unusually deep immersion experience in the criminal justice system as they work in the project for a full calendar year, starting in the summer and continuing in the fall and spring semesters. This level of commitment provides not only a rich learning environment, but also a unique opportunity for effective client service and case work in the large cases (both DNA and non-DNA) that comprise the project's caseload.

This is an appointment for someone with a commitment to and the potential to engage in teaching, litigation, policy reform and scholarly inquiry into the criminal justice system and, in particular, wrongful convictions.

The deadline for applications is Dec. 3, 2015, with an anticipated start date of August 1, 2016. The job posting is here: : http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/Weblisting/External/PVLSummary.aspx?pvl_num=84657

Seton Hall Law School is looking to hire a part-time Assistant Professor of Legal Practice. The faculty member will teach in our innovative Introduction to Lawyering course and direct our Mock Trial program. The position is a part-time position, requiring approximately 3-4 days a week of work during the academic year, and lighter work during the summer.

The faculty member in this position will have two primary responsibilities:

1) Teaching Introduction to Lawyering. This is a full-year six credit course (three credits per semester) for both day and evening 1L students. The course covers legal writing, legal research, client interviewing, client counseling, negotiation, oral argument, and professionalism. The course is taught by other full-time doctrinal and Legal Practice professors in a coordinated and collaborative manner. The faculty member’s responsibilities will include:

· Teaching one section of approximately 15-20 students each semester.

· Faculty member must be willing to teach some years/semesters in our evening division.

· Working with other Lawyering faculty to create writing and simulation assignments each year. Most of this work will take place over the summer.

· Assisting with curriculum development, which could include: contributing new ideas to the syllabus and teaching guide; leading discussions or workshops at Lawyering faculty meetings; or drafting or editing program-wide materials.

1) Directing the interscholastic Mock Trial Board. This is a team of approximately 15-20 students who compete at local mock trial competitions. The faculty member’s responsibilities will include:

· Conducting a yearly selection competition.

· Training students in the trial skills needed to compete.

· Hiring coaches to assist in preparing students for competitions.

· Working with the Director of the Legal Practice Curriculum to manage the budget.

Qualifications: Seton Hall seeks individuals with stellar legal writing, interpersonal, and trial skills. Candidates must have 3-5 years of practice experience and excellent academic records (including a J.D.). Teaching experience is preferred.

Please send all resume materials to: Mark C. Alexander, Associate Dean and Professor of Law, Seton Hall University, School of Law, One Newark Center, 1109 Raymond Boulevard, Newark, NJ 07102; mark.alexander@shu.edu Deadline for applications is November 15th, 2015. To apply, please visit the Seton Hall University website: shu.edu Seton Hall University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. It honors diversity and respects the religious commitments of all its employees. In turn, its employees respect Catholic beliefs and values, and they support its mission as a Catholic institution of higher education.

The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law of Yeshiva University invites applications for a full-time clinical professor to direct its Indie Film Clinic. The successful candidate will join a robust clinical program at a law school long dedicated to experiential learning and public service.

Now in its fifth year of operation, Cardozo’s Indie Film Clinic is the first law school clinic in New York to provide pro bono legal services to emerging and independent filmmakers. The clinic assists in drafting and negotiating formation, acquisition, chain of title, and sales documents and agreements for filmmakers and provides advice on licensing and fair use. Students take part in every aspect of the representation, gaining critical transactional, analytic, and client-service skills. The clinic’s client films have screened theatrically in New York and Los Angeles and in leading US and international film festivals including Cannes, Berlin, South by Southwest, and Tribeca. Several have achieved critical acclaim: “She’s Lost Control,” a narrative film, won the CICAE Art Cinema Award at the Berlin International Film Festival, and “La Camioneta,” a documentary, was selected as a Critics’ Pick by The New York Times. More information about the clinic can be found at http://www.cardozo.yu.edu/indiefilmclinic.

The Clinic Director will be responsible for designing and overseeing all aspects of the clinic’s teaching and client-service missions. This will include supervising students in all aspects of representing a business client, preparing and teaching a classroom seminar for clinic students, and building the Clinic’s network of partner organizations, clients, and funders in New York City and beyond. The Clinic Director will be a full-time member of the faculty and expected to take an active part in faculty governance and the intellectual life of the law school.

Applicants should have a JD degree, at least five years of experience in transactional lawyering in film or related industries, and strong interest or experience in clinical teaching. New York State bar admission is preferred.

Interested applicants should submit a cover letter, resume, and list of references to Professor Michael Herz at herz@yu.edu. Review of candidates will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

The Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law is a part of Yeshiva University. Yeshiva University has a long-standing commitment to equal opportunity and affirmative action. We are committed to achieving nondiscrimination and equality of opportunity in employment and in all spheres of academic life. All University-wide decisions are based on equitable and equally applied standards of excellence.