American is seeking to hire two people for our practitioner-in-residence program in our Civil Advocacy Clinic (formerly General Practice Clinic) and Women and the Law Clinic, respectively.  The advertisement follows:

American University, Washington College of Law is seeking applications for Practitioners-in-Residence for academic year 2014-15 in two of our in-house clinics, Civil Advocacy Clinic (formerly called General Practice Clinic) and Women and the Law Clinic. American University’s in-house, “live-client” Clinical Program, comprising nine (9) in-house clinics and serving approximately 240 students per year, is respected for its leadership in scholarship, development of clinical methodology, contributions to increasing access to justice for under-served clients and breadth of offerings.

The Practitioner-in-Residence Program, created in 1998, is a program designed to train lawyers or entry-level clinicians interested in becoming clinical teachers in the practice and theory of clinical legal education. Many graduates of the Practitioners-in-Residence program (approximately 20) have gone on to tenure-track teaching positions at other law schools. Practitioners supervise student casework, co-teach weekly clinic seminars and case rounds, and engage in course planning and preparation with the clinic’s tenured faculty. They also teach a course outside of the clinical curriculum. The Practitioner-in-Residence Program provides full-year training in clinical theory and methodology and a writing workshop designed to assist Practitioners in the development of their clinical and doctrinal scholarship.

Minimum qualifications include a JD degree, outstanding academic record, three years’ experience as a lawyer and membership in a state bar. Salary and benefits are competitive for entry-level faculty positions. American University is an EEO\AA employer committed to a diverse faculty, staff and student body.

Applications consisting of a curriculum vitae and cover letter should be e-mailed to Sarah Warren, Faculty Coordinator, at clinicpositions@wcl.american.edu with copies to Professor Robert Dinerstein, Associate Dean for Experiential Education, rdiners@wcl.american.edu Electronic submissions are preferred but you may submit your curriculum vitae and cover letter to the following address:

American University

Washington College of Law

Office of the Dean, Suite 366

4801 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20016

American University is a tobacco and smoke free campus. American University is an Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.

SUNY Buffalo Law School invites applications for three clinical teaching fellowships to commence on August 1, 2014, and expected to end on July 31, 2015, with the possibility of renewal. 

The three fellowship substantive areas are:

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Housing & Economic Justice Law and Policy

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Elder, Health and Civil Justice Law and Policy

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Domestic Violence and International Women's Human Rights Law and Policy

These positions will offer experienced attorneys with an interest in clinical teaching the opportunity to refine teaching and supervisory skills while working together with experienced faculty members in a law school clinical program. The fellows will also have opportunities to interact with faculty and students in the law school's other clinics. The fellows’ duties will include supervision of clinic students' work on client matters, and, together with clinic faculty, planning and teaching classes and simulation exercises. Fellows will be enrolled in a course each semester to explore clinical teaching methodologies and develop as clinical instructors and student lawyer supervisors. Clients and matters from an existing clinic will be part of the fellows’ responsibility, but there will be opportunities for innovation and original design. The fellows will also have the opportunity to work on scholarship and pursue other learning goals.

These are a non-tenure track positions, on a 12-month basis. Salary is $48,000 to $55,000, depending upon experience and qualifications. Fellows also receive full benefits (including excellent health insurance), research support, and a moving stipend. Deadline for applications is March 28, 2014.

Minimum Qualifications: Candidates should have at least three years of relevant practice experience; strong written and oral communication skills; an interest in and aptitude for supervision and teaching; a demonstrated commitment to public interest or pro bono legal work; and the ability to work both collaboratively and independently. Candidates who have taught and/or supervised clinics are encouraged to apply. Fellows must be members of the New York Bar (currently licensed in New York) or be eligible to be admitted on motion, without examination, (see Judiciary Law § 90 [i][b]; 22 NYCRR 520.10) in order to supervise law practice by students.  

Fellows will be joining a clinical program committed to innovative teaching that helps graduate profession-ready students. The program has the following mission statement: "In the SUNY Buffalo Law School Clinical Legal Education Program, students and faculty engage in practical legal thinking and ethical practice through client representation, policy development, and effective problem-solving in experiential settings. Student lawyers work with skilled faculty, experiencing lawyers' unique and critical role as valued contributors to the legal profession and larger society." SUNY Buffalo Law is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity among its faculty, staff, and students. The law school's clinical program is committed to offering our students rich experiences in teaching styles that acknowledge diversity in ways of knowing and learning. 

Please use the links below to apply for these fellowships.

Classification Title: Lecturer 12

Position Title: Domestic Violence and International Women's Rights Law and Policy Fellowship Posting Number: 1400107 Quicklink for Posting: <https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=56900>

 

Posting Details:

Classification Title: Lecturer 12

Position Title: Housing & Economic Justice Law and Policy Fellowship Posting Number: 1400106 Quicklink for Posting: <https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=56899>

 

Posting Details:

Classification Title: Lecturer 12

Position Title: Elder, Health and Civil Justice Law and Policy Fellow Posting Number: 1400105 Quicklink for Posting: <https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=56898>

The University of Idaho College of Law anticipates having a one year non-tenure track position teaching Immigration Law and an Immigration Clinic starting this summer. We expect final approval shortly.  If you know of anyone interested in the position, please encourage them to contact me. 

The University of Idaho College of Law’s Immigrant Clinic represents low-income immigrants in a range of direct client representation matters including litigation of cases before the 9^th Circuit, the BIA, and the Immigration Courts as well as preparation of a broad range of applications before USCIS.

Qualifications: Excellent oral and written communication skills; at least five years of experience as a practicing lawyer primarily in immigration, including both defensive and affirmative work; a strong academic record and/or other indicia of high performance ability; commitment to work for low income and immigrant clients; and a strong interest in teaching.

Maureen E. Laflin

Professor of Law

Director of Clinical Programs

University of Idaho College of Law

Moscow, ID 83844-2322

(208) 885-6006 (work)

(208) 885-4628 (fax)

The ILF Clinical Teaching Volunteer Opportunity PDF

SUNY Buffalo Law School invites applications for a clinical teaching fellowship in the area of Domestic Violence and International Women's Human Rights Law and Policy. The fellowship will commence on August 1, 2014, and it is expected to end on July 31, 2015, with the possibility of renewal.

This position will offer an experienced attorney with an interest in clinical teaching the opportunity to refine his or her teaching and supervisory skills while working together with experienced faculty members in a law school clinical program. The fellow will also have opportunities to interact with faculty and students in the law school's other clinics, including Environmental Law & Policy, Mediation, Consumer Financial Advocacy, Community Economic Development, and Human Rights Appellate Advocacy. The fellow's duties will include supervision of clinic students' work on client matters, and, together with clinic faculty, planning and teaching classes and simulation exercises. Fellows will be enrolled in a course each semester to explore clinical teaching methodologies and develop as clinical instructors and student lawyer supervisors. Clients and matters from an existing clinic will be part of the fellow's responsibility, but there will be opportunities for innovation and original design. The fellow will also have the opportunity to work on scholarship and pursue other learning goals.

This is a non-tenure track position, on a 12-month basis. Salary is $48,000 to $55,000, depending upon experience and qualifications. Fellows also receive full benefits (including excellent health insurance), research support, and a moving stipend.

Fellows will be joining a clinical program committed to innovative teaching that helps graduate profession-ready students. The program has the following mission statement: "In the SUNY Buffalo Law School Clinical Legal Education Program, students and faculty engage in practical legal thinking and ethical practice through client representation, policy development, and effective problem-solving in experiential settings. Student lawyers work with skilled faculty, experiencing lawyers' unique and critical role as valued contributors to the legal profession and larger society." SUNY Buffalo Law is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity among its faculty, staff, and students. The law school's clinical program is committed to offering our students rich experiences in teaching styles that acknowledge diversity in ways of knowing and learning.  

To apply for this position, please visit: https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/Welcome_css.jsp. Click on “Search Posting” on the left hand toolbar and search for the position by Posting Number: 1400107  

SUNY Buffalo Law School invites applications for a clinical teaching fellowship in the area of Elder, Health and Civil Justice Law and Policy. The fellowship will commence on August 1, 2014, and it is expected to end on July 31, 2015, with the possibility of renewal.

This position will offer an experienced attorney with an interest in clinical teaching the opportunity to refine his or her teaching and supervisory skills while working together with experienced faculty members in a law school clinical program. The fellow will also have opportunities to interact with faculty and students in the law school's other clinics, including Environmental Law & Policy, Mediation, Consumer Financial Advocacy, Community Economic Development, and Human Rights Appellate Advocacy. The fellow's duties will include supervision of clinic students' work on client matters, and, together with clinic faculty, planning and teaching classes and simulation exercises. Fellows will be enrolled in a course each semester to explore clinical teaching methodologies and develop as clinical instructors and student lawyer supervisors. Clients and matters from an existing clinic will be part of the fellow's responsibility, but there will be opportunities for innovation and original design. The fellow will also have the opportunity to work on scholarship and pursue other learning goals.

This is a non-tenure track position, on a 12-month basis. Salary is $48,000 to $55,000, depending upon experience and qualifications. Fellows also receive full benefits (including excellent health insurance), research support, and a moving stipend.

Fellows will be joining a clinical program committed to innovative teaching that helps graduate profession-ready students. The program has the following mission statement: "In the SUNY Buffalo Law School Clinical Legal Education Program, students and faculty engage in practical legal thinking and ethical practice through client representation, policy development, and effective problem-solving in experiential settings. Student lawyers work with skilled faculty, experiencing lawyers' unique and critical role as valued contributors to the legal profession and larger society." SUNY Buffalo Law is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer with a strong institutional commitment to the achievement of diversity among its faculty, staff, and students. The law school's clinical program is committed to offering our students rich experiences in teaching styles that acknowledge diversity in ways of knowing and learning.  

SUNY Buffalo Law School invites applications for a clinical teaching fellowship in the area of Housing & Economic Justice Law and Policy. The fellowship will commence on August 1, 2014, and it is expected to end on July 31, 2015, with the possibility of renewal.

This position will offer an experienced attorney with an interest in clinical teaching the opportunity to refine his or her teaching and supervisory skills while working together with experienced faculty members in a law school clinical program. The fellow will also have opportunities to interact with faculty and students in the law school's other clinics, including Environmental Law & Policy, Mediation, Consumer Financial Advocacy, Community Economic Development, and Human Rights Appellate Advocacy. The fellow's duties will include supervision of clinic students' work on client matters, and, together with clinic faculty, planning and teaching classes and simulation exercises. Fellows will be enrolled in a course each semester to explore clinical teaching methodologies and develop as clinical instructors and student lawyer supervisors. Clients and matters from an existing clinic will be part of the fellow's responsibility, but there will be opportunities for innovation and original design. The fellow will also have the opportunity to work on scholarship and pursue other learning goals.

This is a non-tenure track position, on a 12-month basis. Salary is $48,000 to $55,000, depending upon experience and qualifications. Fellows also receive full benefits (including excellent health insurance), research support, and a moving stipend.

Kenneth & Harle Montgomery Foundation

Clinical Fellowship Program

Northwestern University School of Law

Bluhm Legal Clinic

Announcement/Job Description

Northwestern University School of Law invites applications for its Kenneth and Harle Montgomery Foundation Clinical Fellowship Program.  The Montgomery Foundation Fellowship Program trains aspiring clinical teachers and public interest lawyers.  Montgomery Foundation Fellows work under the supervision of Bluhm Legal Clinic faculty.  Fellows, along with Clinic faculty, supervise students on projects focused on the reduction of jail and prison populations.  This will include representation of clients and development of policy initiatives. This is a two-year fellowship.  The Montgomery Foundation Fellowship Program seeks applicants with 2-5 years of legal practice experience.

Applicants should send letters of interest and resumes to Shericka Pringle, Administrative Director, Bluhm Legal Clinic (springle@law.northwestern.edu) and to Professor Thomas F. Geraghty (tgeraghty@law.northwestern.edu).  The deadline for applications is March 15, 2014.  It is anticipated that the Montgomery Foundation Fellow will start in April.  Salary and benefits will be competitive.

The Bluhm Legal Clinic currently includes clinical faculty teaching in its Children and Family Justice Center, The Center on Wrongful Convictions, The Center on International Human Rights, the Entrepreneurship Law Center, Roderick MacArthur Justice Center, the Environmental Law Clinic and other clinical programs that include appellate advocacy, criminal defense, civil litigation (predatory lending cases, civil suits arising from wrongful convictions, an landlord tenant cases), externship, negotiations and trial advocacy.

Northwestern University School of Law is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer and encourages nominations of and applications from women and minority candidates.

 

 

Abrams Environmental Law Clinic Fellow

The University of Chicago Law School is seeking qualified applicants for a full-time position training and supervising law students as a Fellow, appointed with the rank of Lecturer, in the Law School's Abrams Environmental Law Clinic. The appointment is for one year; re-appointment for a second term may be possible. The position is for the 2014-15 academic year and will start on July 1, August 1 or September 1, 2014, based upon mutual agreement of the Law School and the successful applicant.

The Abrams Environmental Law Clinic attempts to solve some of the most pressing environmental problems at the local, regional and national levels. Representing environmental organizations, the clinic sues those who pollute illegally, fights for stricter permits, advocates for changes to regulations and laws, holds governmental agencies accountable, and promotes innovative approaches for improving the environment. While any given matter may require the use of one or more approaches, the clinic generally deploys adversarial approaches to help achieve its clients’ objectives. In addition, the clinic’s faculty are some of the primary resources for law student organizations and law students interested in environmental and energy issues, and clinic faculty have helped to organize panels and events on these topics. Clinical faculty also collaborate with other faculty and initiatives on these topics throughout the University.

Reporting to the Director of the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic, the successful candidate will participate in all aspects of the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic. Job responsibilities will include supervising student projects including providing feedback on written work, participating in team meetings, working with the Director to develop teaching materials and teaching in the clinic, developing and selecting clients, managing aspects of a blog and website relating to environmental and energy law and the Clinic, and organizing and coordinating relevant events, lectures and other clinic activities. One goal of this Fellowship is to train aspiring clinical teachers and public interest environmental attorneys.

Candidates must have a J.D. and at least two to four years of work experience as a practicing lawyer, with a strong preference for those who have worked for an environmental non-profit organization or government agency using litigation and similar enforcement tools. Must be a member in good standing of at least one bar and must be able to secure admission to the Illinois bar through waiver or examination promptly upon joining the clinic. Excellent writing, editing, advocacy, and supervision skills are required. Experience clerking at the trial court level is strongly desired, but not required. Prior teaching experience is highly desirable, but not required. Demonstrated ability to work with technology, including posting to a blog and website, is desired.

Each candidate should submit a cover letter that includes a detailed description of the candidate's relevant practice experience and teaching/supervision experience, resume or curriculum vita, a law school transcript, a list of references, course evaluations from prior teaching experience, if any, and a legal writing sample (not edited by anyone else). Other material relevant to your candidacy may be included as well. Candidates are required to apply online and upload all application material at the University of Chicago Academic Career Opportunities website: https://academiccareers.uchicago.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=53273 .

To ensure full consideration of your application, all application material should be uploaded to the referenced website by March 31, 2014. Screening will continue until the position is filled or until the application deadline of June 30, 2014. The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.