Director of Social Jusitice Institute & Professor Position

See Franklin Pierce flyer for information.

Faculty position in Clinical Legal Education Program

The Paul M. Hebert Law Center at Louisiana State University seeks to hire faculty to teach in its newly expanded Clinical Legal Education Program beginning in the Spring of 2009 as well as beginning in the 2009 – 2010 academic year.   

Interested candidates should mail their resume to:

Professor William R. Corbett
Chair of the Faculty Appointments Committee
Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803.

Any questions about clinical opportunities at the Law Center can be directed to Professor Robert Lancaster, Director of Clinical Programs at robert.lancaster@law.lsu.edu or (225)578-8640.

Tenure-track appointment in Refugee Rights Clinic

The City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law seeks applicants with a demonstrated commitment to its social justice mission for a tenure-track appointment to lead the Immigrant and Refugee Rights Clinic (IRRC). Interested candidates should apply as soon as possible.

 

Please send resume and cover letter to:

 

Ms. Maureen McCafferty

Assistant to the Faculty Appointments Committee

City University of New York School of Law at Queens College

65-21 Main Street, Flushing, NY 11367

 

McCafferty@mail.law.cuny.edu

Tenure-track faculty position

Seattle University School of Law seeks applications for a tenure-track faculty member to teach in a Domestic Violence Clinic . The law school seeks colleagues with distinguished academic records who are committed to excellence in teaching, scholarship, and service and to its mission of educating outstanding lawyers who are leaders for a just and humane world.    

 

Interested candidates should contact:

 

Professor Margaret Chon

Chair, Faculty Appointments Committee

Seattle University School of Law

901 12th Avenue, Box 222000

Seattle, WA 98122

 

mchon@seattleu.edu

Full-time law faculty position

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Law invites applications for a full-time faculty position beginning Fall 2009 in the Civil Law Clinic. This position is available on a tenure-track or tenured appointment, or fixed-term contract basis depending on the candidate’s experience. The position will require supervising students in our in-house civil clinic, working on further development of the civil clinical programs, teaching the Civil Lawyering Process class to clinic students, and may also teach additional courses in the Law School.

For more information and application instructions please visit:

http://hr.unc.edu/jobseekers/search.htm

Georgetown Law tenure track faculty position

See the announcement flyer for more information.

Higher Education Reauthorization and College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2008

On August 14, 2008, the President signed legislation as part of the Higher Education Reauthorization and College Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2008 that forgives up to $10,000 a year in student loans for state and local prosecutors and public defenders who pledge to stay on the job at least three years.  The law would forgive a maximum of $60,000 in school loans for a six-year stint. The measure was modeled after a forgiveness program available to federal prosecutors.

Staff Attorney Position Available Immediately

The Children’s Law Center (CLC) (Washington, DC) seeks a full time Staff Attorney to work with The Health Access Project (HAP) to begin immediately.

 

See CLC flyer for more information. 

Fellowships Page Updated

The Fellowships page on the Office of Law & Social Justice Initiatives web site has been updated.  If you are beginning the application process for 2008-2009 post-graduate law fellowships, this is a good place to start.  http://law.cua.edu/lawandsocialjusticeinitiatives/publicinterestfellowship.cfm

Public Interest Fellowship

The Frederick B. Abramson Memorial Foundation is currently accepting applications for the Frederick B. Abramson Public Interest Fellowship Award. This fellowship is awarded to one or more students graduating from any ABA-approved law school in the United States, individuals completing judicial clerkships, or practicing attorneys wishing to work in the non-profit sector. Although applicants working at national organizations will be considered, preference will be given to applicants whose work most directly benefits District of Columbia residents. The Fellowship can be used for repayment of student loans, as a salary supplement, to offset bar exam expenses, or for any other purpose.

Please see http://www.abramsonfoundation.org/fellowship/ for more information and application form.

Applications must be recieved by August 18, 2008