The Center for Social Justice at Seton Hall University School of Law, located in Newark, New Jersey, is pleased to announce that it is seeking applications from experienced practitioners for a full-time Visiting Clinical Professor in its Civil Rights and Constitutional Litigation Clinic. The position commences in the summer of 2011, and is for a two-year term, with the possibility of a third year.

The Visiting Professor will take over the docket and clinical teaching responsibilities of Professor Baher Azmy, who will be on leave to serve as Legal Director of the Center for Constitutional Rights. The Civil Rights and Constitutional Litigation Clinic has actively pursued challenges to policies in the “war on terror,” and has filed numerous briefs and cases challenging arbitrary detention, torture and other human rights abuses. The Civil Rights and Constitutional Litigation Clinic currently engages in a wide variety of constitutional and civil rights actions, including litigation challenging executive conduct in the national security context and police misconduct, protecting the rights of immigrants and prisoners, and seeking government transparency and accountability. The Clinic regularly partners on impact cases with the ACLU, CCR, the Gibbons Fellowship, and with law firms in the area. The Visiting Clinical Professor will supervise eight students per semester on all aspects of case work (including client interviewing and counseling, discovery, brief writing, motion practice, and settlement), teach a weekly seminar, and have primary responsibility for case coverage during the summer months.

We seek candidates with distinguished academic records, excellent written and oral communication skills, practice and teaching experience, as well as a strong commitment to public interest law and clinical legal education. Applicants should have at least 8 years of experience in work related to this position, and should have strong facility with complex federal practice, civil rights litigation, and teaching and supervising student attorneys. All applicants must be members of a state Bar; New Jersey Bar membership is preferred but not required. This is not a tenure-track position and cannot be converted to a tenure-track line, nor can it be converted beyond the two/three year term to a permanent non-tenured position.

The Civil Rights and Constitutional Litigation Clinic is part of Seton Hall Law School’s vibrant Center for Social Justice, which houses eight clinics, as well as the International Human Rights/Rule of Law Initiative, the Urban Revitalization Initiative, and a large pro bono program. The clinics focus on the following areas: constitutional and civil rights, education and prison reform, equal justice, family law, immigration and human rights, impact litigation, juvenile justice, and predatory lending and foreclosure. The position includes a competitive salary and compensation package. Interested individuals are encouraged to apply at their earliest convenience. Review of applications will begin June 1, 2011, and will continue until the position is filled. To apply, please send a letter of interest, curriculum vitae, list of three references, and a writing sample to Patrice Smiley Andrews, Administrative Director, Center for Social Justice, Seton Hall University School of Law, 833 McCarter Highway, Newark, New Jersey 07102 or via e-mail to Patrice.Andrews@shu.edu. For more information on the clinical programs with the Center for Social Justice, visit the Center’s website at http://law.shu.edu/csj/index.html. Seton Hall University is an affirmative action, equal employment opportunity employer.