THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF LAW seeks to hire a director to help establish, teach, and direct the Veterans Legal Support Clinic (VLS Clinic). The VLS Clinic will be housed on the University’s Lawrence campus. This position is a twelve-month unclassified professional staff position.

The State of Kansas is home to three major military bases and nearly 200,000 veterans. These veterans often encounter problems obtaining benefits and navigating status issues.

The Veterans Legal Support Clinic is part of the Law School’s robust clinical program and will help meet the needs of the area veteran population by providing legal services and community education.

The director manages the overall operations of the VLS Clinic. This includes administering the clinic, providing direction and leadership, supervising students, and support staff, obtaining and maintaining grants to fund the VLS Clinic, and ensuring that all required grant reports are properly prepared and submitted. Supervision of students involves providing guidance and oversight on their cases and meeting regularly with interns to ensure that they are receiving proper instructional support.

The director is responsible for teaching the classroom component of the VLS Clinic and developing curriculum, course materials, and syllabi as necessary. The director evaluates student work and administers and grades assignments and exams.

The director maintains a regular caseload and maintains active engagement and outreach in the veteran community and with the veteran legal clinical education community. The director also supervises and coordinates the work of a staff attorney, administrative assistant and student employees and performs other duties as required and necessary to ensure clinical program success.

Applicants must have a J.D. from an ABA accredited law school, at least five years of law practice, or law teaching, or other post JD legal experience, and Kansas Bar admission (or willingness to obtain Kansas Bar admission in the first year of appointment).

To apply: https://employment.ku.edu/jobs/staff/director-veterans-legal-support-clinic/29240br 

Review of applications will being November 11, 2024, and will continue until a suitable candidate is selected. To ensure priority consideration, apply by the review date.

KU is an EO/AAE. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, gender identity, disability, genetic information, parental status, gender identity, gender expression or protected Veteran status. http://policy.ku.edu/IOA/nondiscrimination