Northeastern University seeks an engaged and entrepreneurial leader for the position of Dean of the School of Law.  Reporting to the Provost/Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs, the Dean will have an extraordinary opportunity to lead a school that is a national and international leader in experiential legal education with a particular focus on law as a tool for furtherance of social justice.  The School of Law embraces and enhances Northeastern University’s distinctive educational mission and is central to the University’s reputation for fostering research and scholarship that serves global and societal needs.

Northeastern University School of Law (NUSL) over the past forty years has forged a unique path in American legal education, placing experiential education at the core of its pedagogy.  At the heart of its educational program is its co-op program, which places every law student in four full-time, quarter-long practice experiences during the second and third years of law school.  A commitment to bridging the theoretical and practical is central to all aspects of the law school’s structure and orientation, from the first-year curriculum through its new LLM program.

Also central to the law school’s mission is a commitment to fuse theory and practice with ethical and social justice ideals, so that students understand what it is lawyers do, how they should do it, and the difference they can make in the lives of others.  It is ranked the best public interest law school in the country by The National Jurist and preLaw Magazine. In addition, the 2010 edition of The Princeton Review's book, “The Best 172 Law Schools,” ranked NUSL second  among all law schools for providing the “best environment” for minority students.  The Law School was recently honored with the Beacon Award from the Boston Bar Association, honoring NUSL for contributions to diversity.

This is an unusual and exciting opportunity to join a university that is on a dramatic upward trajectory, led by a strong executive leadership team and a highly collaborative Council of College Deans.  Northeastern University seeks a Dean of the School of Law who combines exemplary achievements in the field of law with strategic leadership ability; outstanding interpersonal and communication skills; collaborative and creative energy; and a passion for the unique missions of both the School and the University.  In collaboration with the faculty of the School, s/he will articulate a vision and strategic plan that will advance the School’s national and international leadership in experiential legal education and in legal scholarship and teaching dedicated to the public good. For more information on Northeastern University and the School of Law, go to www.northeastern.edu.

Northeastern University has retained the services of Witt/Kieffer to assist with this search. Information on this search may be found at  http://www.wittkieffer.com/position/northeastern-university/dean-of-the-school-of-law/7989.     The search will be conducted with sensitivity to candidates’ desire for confidentiality.

Recruitment will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.  Review of applications, nominations and expressions of interest will begin immediately and continue until an appointment is made.  For full consideration, applicants should send a cover letter, resume or curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of five references by February 16, 2012.  References will not be contacted without prior knowledge and approval of candidates.   The electronic submission of materials is preferred.  Nominations, applications and inquiries should be forwarded to:  nusl@wittkieffer.com.

Documents that must be mailed may be sent to:  Witt/Kieffer, Attn:  Ms. Donna Janulis, 2015 Spring Road, Suite 510, Oak Brook, IL 60523.

Confidential inquiries and questions concerning this search may be directed to the consultants supporting this search, Jean A. Dowdall, PhD, and Sheila Murphy through the office of Donna Janulis at (630) 575-6131.

Director of the Small Business and Non-Profit Law Clinic.
Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law is seeking a tenure track, Assistant Professor of Law, to coordinate and teach in the Small Business and Non-Profit Clinic. The director’s duties include conducting appropriate supervisory training, mentoring students, and providing appropriate classroom instruction. The director is also expected to meet regular scholarship and service requirements of a tenure-track faculty member. We are looking for candidates with excellent academic credentials as well as practical experience. Prior teaching experience and scholarship will be looked upon favorably. Northern Kentucky University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and encourages the application of minorities, women, and others whose backgrounds will contribute to the diversity of the faculty. Please send cover letter and resume to Professor Michael Whiteman (whiteman@nku.edu), Chair Faculty Recruitment Committee, Chase College of Law, 216A Nunn Hall, Highland Heights, KY 41099. http://chaselaw.nku.edu
Electronic submission of these items is preferred.

Director of Externship Field Placement Clinic Director
Northern Kentucky University, Salmon P. Chase College of Law is seeking a tenure track, Assistant Professor of Law, for the position of Director of Externships/Field Placement Clinic Director. The director’s responsibilities include developing externship placement opportunities for students, conducting appropriate supervisory training and mentoring, and providing appropriate classroom instruction along with regular faculty scholarship and service obligations. We are looking for candidates with excellent academic credentials as well as practical experience. Prior teaching experience and scholarship will be looked upon favorably. Northern Kentucky University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and encourages the application of minorities, women, and others whose backgrounds will contribute to the diversity of the faculty. Please send cover letter and resume to Professor Michael Whiteman (whiteman@nku.edu), Chair Faculty Recruitment Committee, Chase College of Law, 216A Nunn Hall, Highland Heights, KY 41099. http://chaselaw.nku.edu
Electronic submission of these items is preferred.

The University of Baltimore School of Law invites applications for a fellowship to start on or about May 1, 2012 in the Community Development Clinic (CDC).  This public interest fellowship program offers practicing attorneys exposure to law school clinical teaching.  The CDC offers transactional advice and representation to community-based nonprofit groups as well as small businesses headed by low-income entrepreneurs.
 
The Fellow's duties include direct supervision of clinic students’ work and classroom teaching in coordination with clinic faculty.  Fellows may also pursue other professional goals, including opportunities for scholarship.
 
This position is a contractual appointment for up to two years and can be extended for a third year under certain circumstances.
 
Qualifications: Excellent oral and written communication skills; at least two years of experience, preferably transactional, as a practicing lawyer; a strong academic record and/or other indicia of high performance ability; a commitment to work for low income clients; and a strong interest in teaching. Fellows must be members of the Maryland Bar in order to supervise law practice by students.
 
Salary: The current salary is $50,000 (teaching only) or $55,000 (teaching with publication obligation).  The position includes full benefits, including retirement annuities, research support, and travel allowance.
 
Applications are now being accepted.  The deadline for letters of interest and resumes is February 1, 2012.
 
For detailed job descriptions of the position, please view our website at http://law.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=541.
 
To apply, submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae to:
Professor Jaime Lee
Director, Community Development Clinic
University of Baltimore School of Law
40 W. Chase Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Phone: 410-837-5706; Fax: 410-837-4776
jlee@ubalt.edu

The University of Baltimore School of Law invites applications for a Fellowship in its Mediation Clinic for Families to start on or about July 1, 2012, although the start date is negotiable.  This public interest fellowship program offers practicing attorneys exposure to law school clinical teaching.
 
The Fellow's duties include direct supervision of clinic students in the Mediation Clinic for Families, representing clients who have family mediation issues, classroom teaching in coordination with clinic faculty, and developing new mediation opportunities for students. Fellows may also pursue other professional goals, including opportunities for scholarship.
 
This position is a contractual appointment for up to two years and can be extended for a third year under certain circumstances.
 
Qualifications: Excellent oral and written communication skills; at least two years of experience as a practicing lawyer including experience in mediation; a strong academic record and/or other indicia of high performance ability; a commitment to work for low income clients, and a strong interest in teaching. Qualification as a Child Access Mediator in the Maryland Circuit Court is strongly preferred and the Fellow must be a member of the Maryland Bar or eligible to sit for the February or July 2012 Bar.
 
Salary: The current salary is $50,000 (teaching only) or $55,000 (teaching with publication obligation).  The position includes full benefits, including retirement annuities, research support, and travel allowance.
 
Applications are now being accepted.  The deadline for letters of interest and resumes is February 1, 2012.
 
For detailed job descriptions of the position, please view our website at http://law.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=541.
 
To apply, submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae to:
 
Robert Rubinson
Professor of Law
University of Baltimore School of Law
40 W. Chase Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Phone: 410-837-4094; Fax: 410-837-4776
rrubinson@ubalt.edu

The Frank J. Remington Center, a University of Wisconsin Law School clinical program, has an opening for a clinical instructor. The position envisions a candidate who is interested in working as a staff attorney in the Remington Center's Wisconsin Innocence Project (WIP), with responsibility for serving as liaison and advisor to staff attorneys in and private attorneys appointed by the State Public Defender's Appellate Division. In WIP, law students, under clinical faculty supervision, provide legal assistance to prison inmates in Wisconsin and other states in cases in which the inmates have viable claims that they are actually innocent and wrongly convicted. In this position, the attorney will work with other clinical faculty and staff attorneys in and private attorneys appointed by the State Public Defender's Appellate Division to identify and help litigate serious felony cases in which postconviction DNA testing could prove the defendant's innocence. Admission to practice law or eligibility to become licensed in Wisconsin is required. Prior experience, either as a law student or practicing attorney, with criminal law, including postconviction remedies, claims of wrongful conviction, and DNA evidence, is preferred.

The specific duties of the position are as follows:

Work full-time in the Remington Center's Wisconsin Innocence Project as a clinical instructor/staff attorney. Primary responsibilities will be to work with attorneys in and appointed by the State Public Defender's Appellate Division on cases in which postconviction DNA testing could prove innocence. Specific duties are listed below.

a. Work with Remington Center clinical faculty and attorneys in the Appellate Division of the State Public Defender's (SPD) Office to develop and implement protocols for screening SPD postconviction and appellate cases for potential DNA testing, and for taking referrals or arranging consulting relationships on appropriate cases.

b. As determined appropriate, provide direct representation on appointment from the SPD's Office, with or without law student assistance, to investigate and litigate postconviction motions and direct appeals in cases in which DNA testing might prove innocence.

c. As determined appropriate, act as co-counsel or in a consulting capacity with SPD staff attorneys or attorneys appointed by the SPD in postconviction and direct appeal proceedings in cases in which postconviction DNA testing might prove innocence.

d. Develop and implement training for SPD staff and appointed attorneys to help identify cases appropriate for postconviction DNA testing.

e. Conduct other factual investigations, as needed, to assess and develop cases supporting the claims of innocence in identified cases.

f. Attend weekly Remington Center and WIP staff meetings, and WIP advisory board meetings, as scheduled.

g. Attend and assist in teaching the classroom component of the WIP wrongful conviction seminar, as appropriate.

h. Be available on site on a regular basis for consultation with attorneys in the SPD Appellate Division offices in Madison and Milwaukee, and with other appointed attorneys throughout the state.

i. Maintain data on cases screened, investigated, and litigated, and the outcomes of such cases, as well as other data required under the grant funding for this position, and prepare quarterly reports for grant funding source on the progress of the project.

Degree and area of specialization: J.D. or LL.B.

License/certification: Admitted to or eligible to be admitted to the Wisconsin Bar

Minimum number of years and type of relevant work experience: Prior experience, either as a law student or practicing attorney, with criminal law, including postconviction remedies, claims of wrongful conviction, and DNA evidence, is preferred.

Additional Information: This is an 18 month grant-funded position, with a possible extension of 6 months if the grant is continued, for a total possible appointment of 2 years total.

Appointment type:	Academic Staff
Department(s):	LAW/LAW SCHOOL
Full time salary rate:	Minimum $43,800 ANNUAL (12 months) Depending on Qualifications
Term:	This position will end on JANUARY 31, 2013.
Appointment percent:	100%
Anticipated begin date:	FEBRUARY 01, 2012
Number of positions:	1

The Immigration Clinic at the University of Miami School of Law is advertising for a Practitioner-in-Residence/Lecturer position to start in July or August 2012.

The position is to work with me to teach and run all aspects of the Immigration Clinic. It is a temporary position with a contract that is for one year, renewable for up to three years.

Applicants should have practice experience representing noncitizens, a demonstrated commitment to public interest law, strong academic credentials and writing ability, and the potential for a being a successful teacher. Preference will be given to applicants with post-law school practice experience. While a bar license from any state is required, a Florida bar license is not required. Fluency or proficiency in Haitian Creole or Spanish is a plus.

To apply, email a resume, statement of interest including career goals and other relevant experience, a writing sample, a list of three references and their contact information, and your law school transcript to BOTH: ImmigrationClinicPosition@law.miami.edu AND rsharpless@law.miami.edu.

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. Applicants are encouraged to apply before January 31, 2012.

To see the University’s job announcement for this position, visit: http://um.hodesiq.com/job_detail.asp?JobID=2782385&user_id=&ViewAll=

Northeastern University School of Law invites applications for a grant-funded position, as a Clinical Specialist, to teach a new Community Business Law Clinic.  The clinic will provide services to low-income and other underserved entrepreneurs in the Boston metropolitan area who need assistance with legal issues commonly encountered by start-up businesses, including negotiating licenses, permits and financial documents, protecting intellectual property rights, and responding to regulatory hurdles.  The clinic also will focus on helping start-up businesses in new industries such as green construction and related technologies.  The pedagogical goals of the clinic will be to teach transactional law practice as well as provide students with a rich experience in representing marginalized clients.  The Clinician’s primary role will be to teach transactional skills to upper level law students in the new clinic and to supervise them in the provision of legal services to clinic clients.

The Law School expects to draw clients from a range of organizations in the community, including local universities, community development corporations, and non-profit and for-profit organizations that provide funding to start-up businesses.  The Clinician will be expected to work with these organizations and to promote the work of the clinic in the community to maintain a sufficient base of clients and to provide excellent service to those clients.

The candidate must hold a J.D. or LL.B degree and be a member in good standing of the Massachusetts bar or become one within a year of beginning the position.  The candidate also must have at least three years of transactional law practice experience.  Teaching experience is preferred, and a passion for social justice is expected.

The position is available starting August 2012 and renewable annually for up to four years contingent upon funding by the U.S. Commerce Department’s Economic Development Administration. We will review applications until the position is filled.  Resume and cover letters should be submitted in electronic form to: Patricia Voorhies, Managing Director, Office of Clinical and Experiential Education p.voorhies@neu.edu

Northeastern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Educational Institution and Employer, Title IX University. Northeastern University is also an ADVANCE institution, particularly welcoming applications from minorities, women and persons with disabilities. Northeastern University is an E-Verify Employer.

 

For more information about Northeastern School of Law, please visit www.northeastern.edu/law

American University, Washington College of Law is seeking applications for Practitioners-in-Residence for academic years 2012-13 and beyond in a number of our in-house clinics. American University’s in-house, “live-client” Clinical Program, comprising ten (10) 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.

At this time, we anticipate having openings in the following in-house clinics: international human rights clinic; domestic violence clinic; immigrant justice clinic; and disability rights law clinic.  

The Practitioner-in-Residence Program is 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 have gone on to tenure-track teaching positions at other law schools. These are term positions.  Practitioners can serve in these positions for up to three (3) years.  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.

American Universityis 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 Professor Michael Carroll, Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee, mcarroll@wcl.american.edu, with copies to Professor Brenda V. Smith, Acting Director of the Clinical Program, bvsmith@wcl.american.edu. 

If you wish, you can mail your application to:  Professor Brenda V. Smith, Acting Director Clinical Programs, American University, Washington College of Law, 4801 Massachusetts Avenue, Room 442, NW, Washington, DC 20016. 

Duke University School of Law seeks to appoint a Visiting Clinical Professor, Clinical Professor, Professor of the Practice or Senior Lecturing Fellow to direct the Law School’s Start-Up Ventures Clinic and to actively engage in the Law School’s broader program in Law and Entrepreneurship.  We will consider candidates who seek a full- time position at the Law School or candidates who seek a part-time adjunct appointment because of their continuing involvement in activities, such as law practice, that are relevant to entrepreneurship; provided, that, any candidate seeking an adjunct appointment should be prepared to address how they plan to meet the demands of clinical teaching and supervision on a part-time basis.

In addition to directing the Clinic, the faculty member will be expected to work closely with the Director of the Law School’s LLM Program in Law and Entrepreneurship to continue the development of that program.  The faculty member will have the opportunity to pursue other interests, such as non-clinical teaching and/or research.  Individuals currently teaching in a business law clinic, as well as practicing attorneys with relevant subject matter expertise are encouraged to apply.

The appointment offers a unique opportunity to develop the Law School’s emerging Start-Up Ventures Clinic, to expand relevant non-clinical curricular offerings, and to help build the Law School’s broader program in Law and Entrepreneurship; all within the context of a university that has adopted the promotion of entrepreneurship at its professional schools as a strategic priority.  The precise contours of the position will be tailored to the strengths and interests of the successful applicant and formalized with their input. In addition to a strong record of, or demonstrated potential for, clinical teaching and practical engagement at the intersection of law and entrepreneurship, the ideal candidate will have experience in program management and administration.  All applicants must also either be members of the North Carolina Bar or be eligible for admission and willing to become a member.

Duke University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Persons of color and women are strongly encouraged to apply.

Send a cover letter describing your interest in the position as well as a curriculum vitae to: Clinical Professor Andrew H. Foster

Director of Clinics

Duke University School of Law

Box 90360 Science Drive & Towerview Rd.

Durham, NC 27707

U.S.A.

Applicants are encouraged to submit their materials via email to Sandra Pettiford at  pettiford@law.duke.edu.

All applications must be received no later than midnight on Friday, January 13, 2011.