• GEORGETOWN LAW is hiring a fellow for its Civil Justice Clinic. The newly formed Civil Justice Clinic (“CJC”) at Georgetown Law helps low-income clients achieve access to justice through advocacy in a variety of legal contexts - with a particular focus on economic justice and workplace justice. Under the close supervision of the Clinic’s faculty director and clinical teaching fellows, the students help their clients solve legal problems and provide representation in civil matters in the courts and administrative agencies of the District of Columbia and Maryland. The Civil Justice Clinic’s docket typically contains cases involving wage and hour violations and denial of public benefits. The clinic is particularly committed to representing low-wage workers in wage theft cases against exploitative employers. Students in the CJC learn key lawyering and advocacy skills in their representation of individual clients.         

  Description of the Fellowship

  CJC is hiring one lawyer to serve as a clinical teaching fellow and supervising attorney for a two-year term beginning in the summer of 2024. The fellow will have several areas of responsibility, with an increasing role in the clinic as the fellowship progresses. CJC is particularly interested in fellows who are exploring their interest in transitioning to a clinical legal teaching career.

  The fellow will:

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• Supervise students in cases and take responsibility for his or her own case load;
• Share responsibility for designing and teaching seminar sessions;
• Assist with administrative and case handling responsibilities of the clinic and take a leadership role during the summer for case coverage;
• Participate in a clinical pedagogy seminar and other activities designed to support an interest in clinical teaching and legal education; and
• At the end of the fellowship, be awarded an LL.M. in Advocacy from the law school.

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  Qualifications:

• A minimum of 3 years of post-J.D. legal experience; and
• Admission (or willing to be admitted as soon as possible) to the District of Columbia Bar                                         

• Pay and Other Benefits

  The annual stipend for the position will be $70,000 during the first year and $75,000 during the second year plus an opportunity to participate in group health insurance and other benefits, including unlimited free access to a state-of-art, on-site fitness center.  The fellowship will start in July or August of 2024 and end in the summer of 2026.

  Application Instructions 

  To apply, please submit the following documents in a single PDF file by COB on Friday, March 8, 2023 to nwp2@georgetown.edu:

• Cover letter
• Resume
• Unofficial law school transcript
• Writing sample
• Two references

If you have any questions about the fellowship program, please contact Patrick Griffith, Assistant Dean for Clinical Programs at pwg7@georgetown.edu. If you have questions about the Civil Justice Clinic, please contact Professor Llezlie Green (Director of the Civil Justice Clinic) at lg1034@georgetown.edu.