DRAKE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL invites applicants from entry level and lateral candidates for a tenure-track, tenured, or long-term contract faculty position to direct the Entrepreneurial and Transactional Clinic beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year.
The Entrepreneurial and Transactional Clinic is a pillar of Drake’s business law program and has launched the careers of many alumni who now serve as innovators, leaders, and trusted advisors in practice. The Entrepreneurial and Transactional Clinic currently provides legal assistance to business startups, entrepreneurs, and community nonprofit organizations to help them establish successful for profit and nonprofit enterprises. The clinic targets entrepreneurs and innovators located in underserved Des Moines neighborhoods and rural Iowa communities who are not able to afford retained legal counsel. Candidates are welcome to reimagine the scope of the clinic to align with their teaching goals.
The Director’s duties include supervising and advising students in the direct representation of clients. Other responsibilities include the following: docket selection and clinic design; supervision and assessment; teaching a weekly skills development seminar for clinic students; engaging in community education; and managing external grants.
Candidates must possess a J.D. or comparable law degree and be admitted, or able to satisfy the requirements for admission, to the Iowa Bar. An exceptional academic record, distinguished record of clinical teaching or extensive practice-related experience, a demonstrated capacity for excellence in teaching, supervision and assessment, and service is preferred. At least three years of practice experience is required.
The position begins July 1, 2025, and will be a twelve-month appointment. Clinical faculty appointed on the tenure-track have a reduced scholarship requirement and the same rights and responsibilities of other full-time faculty, but with an emphasis on clinical teaching, professional competence and activity, research and creative work, and University and public service.
Drake University is an equal opportunity employer. No applicant shall be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, national origin, creed, religion, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information or veteran status.
Confidential review of applications will begin immediately. Applications should include (1) a letter of interest, (2) a complete CV, (3) teaching evaluations (if available), (4) the names and addresses of at least three references, and (5) a statement that indicates how an applicant demonstrates an ability to work with individuals and groups of diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and ideas. Applications should be sent directly to Professor Natalie Lynner, Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee, Drake University Law School, 2507 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311 or e-mail: natalie.lynner@drake.edu.