Cooley Law School seeks to hire a Clinical Professor for its Ann Arbor, Michigan  campus.  The clinic will focus on experiential learning opportunities for night students and will require night and weekend office hours.  The focus of the clinic is currently directed at representing immigrant clients in civil matters who do not qualify for representation by Legal Services due to their immigration status.  This position is a tenure-track position.

 

Cooley Law School has a diverse clinical legal education program which includes Sixty-Plus Elder Law Clinic, two Estate Planning Clinics, the Access to Justice Clinic, the Family Law Assistance Project, the Innocence Project, the Public Sector Law Clinic, the Kent County Public Defender’s Clinic and the Washtenaw County Public Defender’s Clinic.  Law students represent clients under the Michigan student practice rule under the supervision of faculty and staff attorneys who are experienced practitioners.

 

Cooley Law School’s mission is to prepare our graduates for entry into the legal profession, and practical legal scholarship is our guiding principle and focus.  That mission can be summed up in three words - knowledge, skills, and ethics.  Our goal is to provide our students with the knowledge required for passage of the bar examination and the practice of law; the skills required to competently practice law and represent their clients; and the ethical values necessary to fulfill their responsibilities as lawyers.  Our vision is to remain the best at preparing students for practice and to be a leader in innovation.

 

QUALIFICATIONS.  Qualified applicants must have a J.D. degree, be licensed to practice law in Michigan (or gain admittance to the Michigan bar through reciprocity), have practiced law for a minimum of three years, and be a member in good standing with their state bar.  Immigration law experience is required.  Preferred applicants will also have experience working with law students in a clinical or externship setting and/or experience with general civil representation.  The applicant’s record should demonstrate good lawyering skills, strong teaching abilities, and communication and interpersonal skills which are all considered essential for a clinical professor.

 

Interested applicants should submit a resume and cover letter.  The cover letter should identify the applicant's qualifications and relevant experience as outlined in the previous paragraph.  The letter should also contain a statement of how the applicant will help us carry out our mission. Please e-mail these materials to hr@cooley.edu or send a copy to Mr. Scott Harrison, Director of Human Resources, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, P. O. Box 13038, Lansing, MI  48901-3038.  Resumes will be accepted on a rolling basis.  Cooley is the national leader in minority enrollment among all accredited law schools in the 50 states, values diversity in the legal profession, and is an equal-employment-opportunity employer.  For more information, please go to www.cooley.edu.