Temple University Beasley School of Law invites applications for the position of Director of External Clinical Programs.

 

The Director is a non-tenure-track full-time member of the Law School Faculty, is eligible for renewable long-term contracts, and teaches the Ethics in Practice clinical course.  The Director is responsible for oversight of more than 20 external clinical courses, taught by adjunct members of the Law School Faculty, and serves as liaison between the adjunct clinical faculty and the Law School.  In this capacity, the Director is responsible for creating and implementing training for adjunct clinical faculty and serves as a resource to adjunct clinical faculty on academic and administrative issues.  The position requires the Director to visit the external clinical programs at their sites.  In addition, the Director engages in outreach with the Philadelphia area bar and is responsible for the development of new external clinical programs and other experiential learning opportunities and their submission to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.  The Director supervises registration in clinical courses and has extensive contact with students, providing counseling on clinical choices and their impact on career goals, managing issues that may arise in clinical programs, and reviewing and responding to student reflective journals, which requires knowledge of clinical teaching methods and ethical standards.  The Director must be able to work collaboratively with multiple members of the institution.

 

Temple University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all in every aspect of its operations.  The University has pledged not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, or physical handicap.  This policy extends to all educational programs and activities.  Temple University Beasley School of Law is committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship and service.  The faculty is dedicated to preparing students to enter and continue in the legal profession with the highest level of skill possible, with a firm commitment to principles of professional responsibility, and with a sense of personal obligation to lead and to serve the communities in which they live and practice.  We are dedicated to our traditional ideal of making opportunities for legal education accessible to talented students who might otherwise not have the opportunity and those who might encounter barriers due to race, creed, gender, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, socioeconomic background, or other personal characteristics.  The Law School seeks to maintain and strengthen our longstanding tradition of accessibility and diversity in order to pursue the goals of excellence in higher education and equal justice under the law.

 

Candidates should send their applications via email to Robert J. Bartow, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. robert.bartow@temple.edu