UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, SCHOOL OF LAW is hiring a supervising attorney for its International Human Rights Law Clinic.
POSITION OVERVIEW
Position title: Clinic Supervising Attorney
Salary range: The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay at appointment. See the following table(s) for the current salary scale(s) for this position: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2023-24/july-2023-acad-salary-scales/t15-f.pdf. The starting full-time salary for this position is salary point 19, currently $130,851.
Percent time: 100%
Anticipated start: January 1, 2024 (flexible)
Position duration: Initial one-year term with eligibility for renewal
APPLICATION WINDOW
Open date: August 13, 2023
Next review date: Sunday, Aug 27, 2023 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Wednesday, Jan 31, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Berkeley Law International Human Rights Law Clinic (IHRLC) seeks applications for a Clinic Supervising Staff Attorney.
Under the supervision of the Clinic Director, the Supervising Attorney’s general responsibilities include training and supervising students in client representation; working on the clinic’s docket of projects and cases, managing one or more legal cases or projects independently (i.e., without a
co-supervisor); and performing varied administrative and other tasks to assist in Clinic’s and Clinical Program’s operation.
IHRLC advances human rights at home and abroad through litigation, documentation, evidence-based policy work, and client-centered advocacy on a range of cases and urgent issues. One of the oldest human rights clinics in the country, the clinic has pioneered a client-centered, multidisciplinary, collaborative approach to its work. Students hold perpetrators of mass violence accountable in international and domestic courts, fight for justice for migrants at the border and immigrants in our community, and protect human rights defenders under threat from authoritarian regimes.
IHRLC is committed to preparing law students from diverse backgrounds and providing first-rate legal services to underrepresented individuals, marginalized communities, and public interest organizations. The Clinical Program is committed to building an equitable and inclusive faculty and staff to teach and work in a multicultural and antiracist learning environment. The law school provides support for Supervising Attorneys to attend conferences that advance their professional development goals and interests.
DUTIES
Under the supervision of the Clinic Directors, the Supervising Attorney will be responsible for:
Clinical Supervision and Advocacy (80%)
• Train, teach, and supervise six to eight clinic students per semester
• Manage clinic projects and cases and vet new clinic projects and cases
• Develop and maintain clinic relationships with clients, partners, co-counsel, and other stakeholders
• Travel to offsite meetings as needed to work on clinic matters (often with students)
• Attend and assist in teaching of the weekly clinic seminar on an as-needed basis
• Manage the clinic docket during summers, winter break, and faculty leaves
Administrative Duties (15%)
• Helping maintain clinic and client files, course materials, website, and social media feeds
• Organize programmatic events, such as conferences, workshops and speaker series
• Promote the clinic to students and other constituencies
• Engage in media relations and development
• Serve on Clinical Program and law school committees
• Speak at public events and with the press, and otherwise participating in professional networking, training, and development activities
Other Duties as Assigned (5%)
• Perform other duties as needed
UC Field Work Supervisors are academic appointees in an organized bargaining unit and are exclusively represented by American Federation of Teachers - Unit 18.
Additional materials may be required of applicants.
You can read more about the clinic’s matters and staff, here: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/experiential/clinics/international-human-rights-law-clinic/about-the-clinic/
Labor Contract: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/ix/index.html
QUALIFICATIONS
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
• Candidates must hold a J.D. degree, or equivalent international degree
Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
• Admission to practice law in at least one state
• At least three (3) years of post-graduate experience in law practice
Preferred qualifications
• Five (5) or more years of human rights practice experience
• Demonstrated ability to engage in multimodal advocacy initiatives including litigation, fact-finding, policy advocacy, and empirical studies
• Excellent analytical, communication, organizational, and planning skills
• Willingness to work on IHRLC’s full range of cases and projects
• Career intention to practice in public interest, public sector, and/or clinical setting
• Substantive knowledge and experience with international human rights standards and institutions
• Experience in clinical teaching or as a clinical law student
• Experience working with diverse communities, clients and other stakeholders
• Ability to manage cases and projects and supervise students independently
• Spanish language ability
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Document requirements
- Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
- Cover Letter
- Legal Advocacy Writing Sample - A sample of written legal work no longer than 12 pages
- Statement on Contributions to Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Statement on your contributions to diversity, equity, and inclusion, including information about your understanding of these topics, your record of activities to date, and your specific plans and goals for advancing equity and inclusion if hired at Berkeley (for additional information go to https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity).
Reference requirements
- 2-3 required (contact information only)
Apply link: https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04049
Help contact: lmukha@law.berkeley.edu
CAMPUS INFORMATION
UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The excellence of the institution requires an environment in which the diverse community of faculty, students, and staff are welcome and included. Successful candidates will demonstrate knowledge and skill related to ensuring equity and inclusion in the activities of their academic position (e.g., teaching, research, and service, as applicable).
The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct
In searches when letters of reference are required all letters will be treated as confidential per University of California policy and California state law. Please refer potential referees, including when letters are provided via a third party (i.e., dossier service or career center), to the UC Berkeley statement of confidentiality prior to submitting their letter.
As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.
JOB LOCATION
Berkeley, CA