Florida International University College of Law invites applications for clinical faculty positions to begin in the 2012-13 academic year. We seek a Director for the Immigration and Human Rights Clinic. This clinic was established in 2004 and has developed a strong record of advocacy in asylum and international human rights work. The position requires an experienced attorney with commitment to clinical education and practice experience in the area of immigration/political asylum and international human rights law.
The law school also seeks applicants with experience and interest in other areas of law that affect our local community to be determined by the interests of the applicant. New faculty members will teach and supervise students and oversee all legal advocacy for the Clinic’s clients. The opportunity to teach related courses at the College of Law is also available.
Send a cover letter and c.v. to Professor Peggy Maisel, Director of the Clinical Program, Florida International University College of Law, 11200 SW 8th Street RDB 1010, FL 33199, 305-348-7541 (ph), 305-348-4108 (fax), e-mail: ledesmaz@fiu.edu. Applicants also must register and create an on-line Profile through the university’s website at http://www.fiujobs.org; reference Position No. 33575.
As a vital part of Miami's only public research university, FIU College of Law is a dynamic urban law school with approximately 600 students and 30 full-time faculty members and one of the most diverse faculties and student bodies in legal education. In the spring of 2007, the College of Law moved into a new state-of-the-art building in the heart of the main university campus. Over the past two years, the on-campus community has been enriched through the addition of a new medical school and the construction of the Frost Art Museum. For more information on the College of Law and the University, please visit http://law.fiu.edu.