The First Amendment Clinic is hiring a Fellow for the 2025-2026 academic year. This is a one-year position, with an anticipated start date between July 15, 2025, and August 22, 2025, with the possibility of renewal for a second year depending on performance and funding.

The University of Illinois College of Law launched the First Amendment Clinic in 2023 with the support of the Stanton Foundation. The Clinic works to defend and advance the rights of free speech, press, assembly and petition through litigation and advocacy, while providing law students with practice and real-world experience to become leaders on First Amendment issues.

The Clinic takes on a wide array of matters including defending individuals exercising their right to dissenting political speech, advancing litigation on behalf of journalists to gain access to vital information, pursuing claims arising out of retaliation for First Amendment-protected speech, and advocating for the rights of citizens to openly critique government entities and officials. The Clinic represents individuals and organizations across the Midwest whose viewpoints span the political spectrum.

For more information, and to apply, please follow the link here: https://illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/13659?c=illinois&referralToken=MX8lYTz4-EapwaM-jNL-bA

Texas A&M University School of Law invites applications for a Director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic. This is a full-time, 11-month position on the Academic Professional Track (APT), not the tenure-track. Depending on experience, the successful candidate may have a title of Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Associate Professor, or Clinical Professor. The anticipated start date is between June 1 to August 1, 2025, but could also be as late as December 2025 (before the spring semester starts in January 2026).

The successful candidate will practice law, work with other clinic attorneys, and teach and supervise law clinic students to represent low-income clients.

Responsibilities:

-Trains and supervises law students to provide excellent legal representation.

-Represents clients and handles client load when students are unavailable.

-Reviews, edits, and approves letters, emails, pleadings, memos, documents, and trial notebooks produced by students.

-Advises students through the different stages of client representation, including interviews and engagement, strategy, research and other fact-finding, drafting and filing pleadings, writing memos, preparing for court appearances, including trials.

-Upholds and enhances the reputation of the TAMU Law and its clinical program by working with clients, community partners and students in a respectful and ethical manner.

-Provides organizational and administrative support in law clinic operations, including community and donor relations.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

-Strong leadership qualities that help the Knowledge of legal research systems.

-Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.

-Strong verbal and written communication skills. -

Ability to work with sensitive information and maintain confidentiality.

-Ability to supervise law students and assign and review their work.

-Ability to teach in classroom and one-on-one.

Qualifications

Requirements:

Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree and at least five years of experience in legal practice, with a minimum of 3 years in immigration work.

Application Instructions

Applicants may submit a cover letter, CV, Personal Statement to include philosophy and plans for research, teaching and service, as applicable, and professional references at http://apply.interfolio.com/163376

Questions regarding this position should be sent to Lori Rogde at lrogde@law.tamu.edu

The Yale Law School Center for Private Law seeks applications for a Clinical Fellow in Private Law. The Clinical Fellow would also serve as the Director of the Private Law Clinic at Yale Law School for the duration of the fellowship. The fellowship will begin by August 2025 at the latest and extend over two academic years, with the possibility of renewing the post for a third. Pay and benefits will track the Law School's practices. Applications received by April 25 will be given priority.

The Fellow will work alongside the Center's director, Daniel Markovits, to teach the Private Law Clinic during the academic semester. Duties will include designing and co-teaching the weekly two hour seminar, supervising students on a regular basis, helping select the matters the clinic will take up, and coordinating with outside attorneys on both the substance of the matters and the feedback they provide our students.

Throughout its work, the Clinic aims to deploy private law doctrines in the public interest and/or to apply useful ideas from legal theory to push for improvements to existing doctrine. By way of example, students may find themselves seeking redress for the victims of cryptocurrency scams, arguing for heightened tort duties owed to people with disabilities, or researching contract theories that can be used to combat exploitative or deceptive medical bills. In our seminar, we also tackle specific issues within private law doctrine and theory (e.g., the rights of third-party contract beneficiaries or the relationship between statutory and common-law tort liability). The details of the clinic’s docket and the topics covered in seminar remain somewhat open, however, and will depend on the Fellow's interests and expertise, as well as on student input.

While an ambition to become a law professor is not required, the fellowship is designed to support someone who would like to move from practice into a university appointment, as either a clinical or an academic professor. In addition to co-teaching the Clinic alongside the Clinical Fellow, the Center's director will engage with the Fellow's research and academic work in the service of helping the Fellow to develop as a scholar and teacher.

Applicants should submit a letter of interest and a CV by email to Daniel.Markovits@Yale.edu and to Patricia.Milardo@Yale.edu with the subject line “Clinical Fellowship Application.”

The University is committed to basing judgments concerning the admission, education, and employment of individuals upon their qualifications and abilities and seeks to attract to its faculty, staff, and student body qualified persons from a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives. In accordance with this policy and as delineated by federal and Connecticut law, Yale does not discriminate in admissions, educational programs, or employment against any individual on account of that individual’s sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, disability, status as a special disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam era or other covered veteran. Inquiries concerning Yale’s Policy Against Discrimination and Harassment may be referred to the Office of Institutional Equity and Accessibility (OIEA).

Texas A&M University School of Law invites applications for one non-tenure track position. This is a full-time 11-month position. The anticipated start date is May 1, 2025.

The successful candidate will practice law, work with other clinic attorneys, and teach and supervise law clinic students to represent low-income clients in cases in Tarrant and the surrounding counties.

Responsibilities:

-Trains and supervises law students to provide excellent legal representation.

-Represents clients and handles client load when students are unavailable.

-Reviews, edits, and approves letters, emails, pleadings, memos, documents, and trial notebooks produced by students.

-Advises students through the different stages of client representation, including interviews and engagement, strategy, research and other fact-finding, drafting and filing pleadings, writing memos, preparing for court appearances, including trials.

-Upholds and enhances the reputation of the TAMU Law and its clinical program by working with clients, community partners and students in a respectful and ethical manner.

-Provides organizational and administrative support in law clinic operations, including community and donor relations.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

-Strong leadership qualities that help the Knowledge of legal research systems.

-Ability to multitask and work cooperatively with others.

-Strong verbal and written communication skills. -

Ability to work with sensitive information and maintain confidentiality.

-Ability to supervise law students and assign and review their work.

-Ability to teach in classroom and one-on-one.

Qualifications

Requirements:

Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree at least five years of experience in legal practice, a minimum of 3 of those years should have experience in defense work.

Licensed by State Bar of Texas for a minimum of 5 years.

Application Instructions

Applicants may submit a cover letter, CV, Personal Statement to include philosophy and plans for research, teaching and service, as applicable, and professional references at http://apply.interfolio.com/163376

Questions regarding this position should be sent to Lori Rogde at lrogde@law.tamu.edu

WASHBURN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW invites applications for a two-year visiting assistant professor to teach first year Legal Analysis, Research and Writing beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year. Washburn Law’s nationally ranked legal writing program follows the typical structure for legal writing courses: objective or predictive writing in the first semester and persuasive writing and advocacy in the second semester. Both courses are three credit hours. The selected candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to pursuing teaching excellence, including a dedication to developing teaching practices that engage students from all backgrounds.

The School of Law moved into its new, state-of-the-art building in July 2023. The building features classrooms equipped with up-to-date recording technology, including closed captioning; a green room recording studio; and beautiful trial and appellate courtrooms.

The Washburn campus is located blocks from the historic state capitol. Topeka features affordable housing; beautiful, historic neighborhoods with well-maintained parks; and a nationally recognized public library. It is also the home of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historical Site.

For the full position description and instructions for how to apply through Washburn's job portal, please visit: https://careers.washburn.edu/jobs/a04cb779-487f-42f7-b448-714d7bb5105e

If you have questions about this position, please contact Michelle Ewert, chair of the Faculty Recruitment Committee and Director of the Washburn Law Clinic, at michelle.ewert@washburn.edu or (785)670-1681.

The Immigration Law Clinic (ILC) at Washington University School of Law seeks a full-time Legal Fellow for up to a two-year term.

The ILC’s mission is to educate tomorrow’s lawyers in cross-cultural and trauma-informed practices, to impart essential lawyering skills through hands-on practice, to empower students to become future leaders and defenders of justice, and to provide high-quality legal services to the region’s immigrant communities. The Fellow will assist in all aspects of this mission, by providing direct representation and supervising student learning and work.

Under the direction of the ILC Director, the Fellow will be expected to: (1) engage in direct client representation including intake/ case evaluation, case planning, client interviewing, drafting, filing, and court appearances; (2) help supervise law students’ casework; and (3) assist with clinic program development and coalition building. If retained for a second year, the Fellow may also participate in the planning and teaching of the clinic seminar class.

Required Qualifications:

• A J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school.
• Admitted or eligible to practice law in Missouri (i.e., must be a member of the Missouri bar, able to become a member within 6 months of starting the position, or eligible for a Certificate to Supervise students as a law teacher pursuant to Missouri Supreme Court Rule 13.06).
• Two years of legal practice (law school clinic work will be considered part of practice).
• Excellent research, analytical, communication, organizational, and writing skills.
• Strong inter-personal skills, including cross-cultural communication.
• Enthusiasm for working with students and encouraging their professional growth.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, including in classroom settings.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• Spanish proficiency.
• Experience in immigration law (particularly asylum, family-based, and/ or removal).
• Intention to practice or teach immigration law in a professional capacity.

Terms: This is a full-time one-year position, which may be extended for a second year. The position is in-person and located in St. Louis, Missouri. The start date is negotiable but should be between July 7th and August 4th, 2025. Salary commensurate with experience and competitive with fellowship positions at other top U.S. law schools. Excellent Washington University benefits.

Application Requirements: Apply online at www.jobs.wustl.edu (job number JR88077). Along with the other required materials, please upload a cover letter, resume, and at least two references. For questions, email Katie Meyer at katiehmeyer@wustl.edu. Applications considered on a rolling basis; for fullest consideration, apply by April 20, 2025.

Washington University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetic information, disability, or protected veteran status.

THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO LAW SCHOOL is seeking qualified applicants for a full-time position training and supervising law students as a Clinical Teaching Fellow, appointed with the rank of Lecturer, in the Law School's Abrams Environmental Law Clinic. The one-year appointment is expected to begin July 1, 2025; reappointment for a second term may be possible. The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be found in the Benefits Guidebook.

Representing environmental organizations and affected persons, the Abrams Environmental Law Clinic teaches law students about the practice of law through suing those who pollute illegally, fighting for stricter permits, advocating for changes to regulations and laws, and promoting innovative approaches for improving the environment. 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. The Clinic’s faculty have helped organize panels, events, and conferences on these topics.

Under the supervision of the Clinic’s Director, the successful candidate will help to train and supervise students in all aspects of their clinic work, co-teach the clinic’s seminar component, develop potential projects, assist in publicizing the clinic’s cases and activities, and organize and coordinate relevant events, lectures, and other clinic activities.

This Fellowship is an ideal position for those seeking to gain experience and training before pursuing a career in clinical teaching or in a public interest environmental law practice. Past Clinical Fellows have successfully transitioned to meaningful careers in permanent clinical faculty positions at top law schools and as attorneys at some of the country’s premier environmental law non-profits.

Qualifications
Candidates must have a J.D. and at least two years of work experience as a practicing lawyer, 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. Additionally, it is desirable that candidates have one or more of the following:

-experience working for an environmental non-profit organization or government agency using litigation and similar enforcement tools;
-experience clerking at the trial court level; and
-prior teaching experience.

Application Instructions
Candidates are required to submit the following application materials:
-a cover letter that includes a detailed description of the candidate's relevant practice experience and teaching/supervision experience;
-a resume or curriculum vita;
-a law school transcript (unofficial copy is acceptable for application purposes);
-a list of two to three professional references;
-course evaluations from prior teaching experience, if any; and
-a legal writing sample (including a short cover page that describes the nature of the project, when and in what capacity it was written, and the extent of any outside editing).
Other materials relevant to a candidate’s qualifications and interest in the position may be included.
Candidates are required to apply online and upload all application material at the University of Chicago Academic website: http://apply.interfolio.com/165421
Applications will be accepted until June 30, 2025, or until the position is filled, whichever comes first.
Questions about the position may be directed to Mark Templeton, Clinic Director, at templeton@uchicago.edu.

The University of Chicago is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, shared ancestry, age, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law. For additional information please see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination.

Job seekers in need of a reasonable accommodation to complete the application process should call 773-834-3988 or email equalopportunity@uchicago.edu with their request.

THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF LAW is seeking strong legal scholars to teach in Iowa City during the Fall 2025 and/or Spring 2026 semesters.

Qualified applicants should be current law school professors at other institutions who have a J.D., a record of scholarly production, and a record of strong teaching in law school classes. Visiting professors will teach two courses that enrich the College's curriculum and participate in the College’s vibrant faculty workshops. Applicants should be able to teach in person in Iowa City for the duration of the Fall 2025 or Spring 2026 semester. Duties include developing and delivering course material (including class syllabi with learning outcomes) for semester-long courses, holding weekly office hours, preparing formative and final assessments, grading in accordance with College of Law grading guidelines, and complying with all College and University policies and procedures.

Interested individuals should submit a cover letter and CV to Jill Soppe at jill-soppe@uiowa.edu. For more information, please contact Professor Diane Dick, Chair of the Faculty Appointments Committee at diane-dick@uiowa.edu. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis.

The University of Iowa is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment free from discrimination on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth and related conditions), disability, genetic information, status as a U.S. veteran, service in the U.S. military, sexual orientation, gender identity, or associational preferences.

In addition to abiding by the UI Nondiscrimination Statement the College of Law further prohibits discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, and military status. The College of Law affirms its commitment to providing equal opportunity without discrimination or segregation on the same bases.

HARVARD LAW SCHOOL's Racial Justice Clinic, a project of the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race & Justice, is inviting applications for an inaugural full-time Clinical Instructor.

The Clinical Instructor will bring a wealth of experience and strategic thinking on civil rights issues and advocacy strategies, as well as a strong interest in building out the legal and policy advocacy work of the Houston Institute for Race & Justice. The Racial Justice Clinic will serve as an extension of the Houston Institute’s goals to proactively imagine the future of civil rights and racial equality in the 21st century across a variety of substantive areas, including democratic participation and representation; the implications of technology for racial equality; and the future of anti-discrimination law and equal protection.

During the academic year, the Clinical Instructor will supervise and assess the work of Harvard Law School students, which involves meeting with the students weekly to discuss strategy related to the advocacy work of clinic (e.g., litigation, policy, advocacy); reviewing and editing students’ written work; accompanying students to court, legislative, and administrative hearings; and providing regular feedback, both written and oral, on their performance. The Clinical Instructor will also develop and teach the weekly clinic seminar each semester it is offered. During academic breaks, including winter and summer breaks between academic years, the Clinical Instructor will be responsible for managing any ongoing projects and cases.

The Clinical Instructor will also play a key role in the administration of the Clinic and will oversee day-to-day administrative tasks of the Clinic while working with the Houston Institute’s Faculty Director and other directors on higher level administrative tasks such as overall strategy and direction of the Clinic, fundraising, and building and maintaining partnership relationships.

The full job description and link to apply are here: https://sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search/Home/Home?partnerid=25240&siteid=5341#jobDetails=2012591_5341

GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY LAW CENTER'S Health Justice Alliance (HJA) Law Clinic seeks a two-year clinical teaching fellow to begin in summer 2025 to teach and supervise law clinic students providing civil legal services through an innovative medical-legal partnership. Georgetown Law and HJA welcome applications without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran, or other protected status.

Clinic Description

HJA is a medical-legal partnership between Georgetown University’s Law and Medical Centers. Launched in 2017, HJA’s Law Clinic integrates law students directly into Georgetown community-based health clinics serving children and families living in poverty in Washington, D.C. Law students provide civil legal services to address barriers to patient health and well-being in collaboration with medical students, physicians, and other healthcare providers.

HJA’s local focus not only allows the Clinic to give back to the community it calls home, but also gives students an opportunity to explore and understand the challenges and strengths of the D.C. community beyond the Georgetown Law campus. Students learn not only law’s impacts on the health and well-being of residents, but also the history and policies that have facilitated health injustice here in our nation’s capital and the ways that law can be used to promote health equity.

Patients referred by our medical partners face complex, civil legal needs, many of which negatively impact their health and well-being. Among the needs currently being served are those related to housing, public benefits, education, and family law. By partnering directly with medical providers who provide low-barrier access to healthcare to high needs families in Washington, D.C., the HJA Law Clinic offers a unique method for reducing the barriers to justice confronted by people living in poverty, which contribute to racial economic and health disparities.

Description of the Fellowship

HJA is hiring a clinical teaching fellow / supervising attorney for two years beginning in summer 2025 and ending in summer 2027. The fellowship is ideal for a legal services attorney interested in transition into legal academia and developing teaching and supervisory abilities in a setting that emphasizes a dual commitment—clinical education of law students and poverty lawyering—in the context of an interdisciplinary medical-legal partnership. The fellow will (i) supervise law and medical students in casework and clinic projects and serve as a mentor and role model to law students in the clinic, (ii) share responsibility for designing and teaching law clinic seminar classes and facilitating case rounds, and (iii) share in the administrative and case handling responsibilities of the Law Clinic and its medical-legal partnership. The teaching team is highly collaborative and uses a team-based approach to pedagogy planning, student supervision, and casework.

Fellows also participate in a clinical pedagogy seminar and other activities designed to support an interest in clinical teaching and legal education and are offered support in writing a law review article. Successful completion of the fellowship results in the award of an L.L.M. in Advocacy. Teaching fellows receive an annual stipend of approximately $70,000 in the first year and $75,000 in the second year, health and dental benefits, and all tuition and fees covered in the LL.M. program. In addition to training in clinical pedagogy, fellows have access to programming and support around scholarship and the legal teaching market as well as other professional development opportunities. As Georgetown University students, fellows may qualify for deferment of their student loans and/or may be eligible for loan repayment assistance from their law schools. Onsite childcare is offered at the law school as available.

Fellows also benefit from their affiliation with the clinical program at Georgetown Law, the broader HJA cross-campus initiative, the law school and university’s health law and policy programs, and the Georgetown Law and Georgetown University communities. Georgetown is a vibrant institution with a deep commitment to public service and social justice. Georgetown Law is widely recognized as having the country’s #1 top ranked clinical program, with 17 law school clinics, which have clinical teaching Fellows who convene regularly for educational, professional, and social events. Because the program is widely respected by both the public interest bar and the academy, Fellows have enjoyed considerable success obtaining full-time teaching or advocacy positions after completion of the Fellowship.

Qualifications

The Health Justice Alliance Law Clinic seeks a prospective fellow with:

- Experience providing civil legal services to low-income clients (housing, public benefits, special education and/or family law in particular);
- Minimum of 3 years of post-J.D. legal experience;
- Membership in the District of Columbia Bar (if not a member of the D.C. Bar, must apply for admission by waiver upon accepting the fellowship offer);
- Demonstrated commitment to economic and racial justice;
- An interest in clinical teaching; and
- Prior medical, health-related, and/or mental health-related experience a plus

Application Instructions

Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis. Please apply as soon as possible and no later than Monday, April 7, 2025 by submitting the following materials to HealthJusticeAlliance@georgetown.edu with the subject heading “Application for Clinical Teaching Fellowship:” a cover letter addressing your interest in this fellowship and in clinical teaching, résumé/CV, complete law school transcript, a list of at least three references, a writing sample (max. 10 pages), and optionally, a brief statement about any educational, familial, cultural, and economic experiences that have helped to shape your educational and professional goals or will contribute to your future career after the fellowship concludes. If you have any questions, please contact Ramy Andil, Office Manager for the Health Justice Alliance Law Clinic, at rda29@georgetown.edu.