Georgetown Law School – Externship Director

Georgetown University Law Center is seeking to hire a Externship Director.  We are looking for a person with both administrative and teaching skills who can build and grow an excellent program.  The Externship Director will be responsible for all aspects of the program, including: assisting students in finding appropriate placements; ensuring the quality of student placements; designing and teaching “bookend” classes at the beginning and end of the semester in which students define their learning goals and then reflect on whether they have achieved them; and holding individual student reflection sessions throughout the semester.  The Externship Director will be supervised by the Associate Dean for Clinical Programs and Experiential Learning; because this is not a faculty position, there is no scholarship requirement.  Teaching experience and familiarity with public interest, non-profit and/or governmental entities are desirable.   Please send a resume and cover letter to Associate Dean Deborah Epstein, epstein@law.georgetown.edu.  Applications must be received by November 12th, 2010.

Univ. Baltimore Law School – Family Law Clinic Fellowship

The University of Baltimore School of Law invites applications for a Fellowship to start on or about July 1, 2011.  This public interest fellowship program offers practicing attorneys experience and training in law school clinical teaching.  The Fellow’s duties include direct supervision of clinic students’ client, case, legislative advocacy and community education work, co-teaching a weekly clinic seminar, and engaging in course planning and preparation with the other faculty members in the Family Law Clinic.  Fellows also have the opportunity to pursue other professional goals, including scholarship, during the Fellowship.  Fellows are responsible for case coverage during school vacations. This position is a contractual appointment for up to two years with the possibility of a one-year renewal.  Fellows must be members of the Maryland bar to supervise law practice by students; if not barred in Maryland, successful applicants will be expected to take the earliest Bar possible. Salary: $50,000 year 1; $53,000 year 2.  The position includes full benefits, including retirement annuities, research support and travel allowance. Applicants should submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae by November 30, 2010 to

Professor Leigh Goodmark, Director, Family Law Clinic, University of Baltimore, School of Law, 5 West Chase St., Baltimore, MD 21201, Phone: (410) 837-5706; fax: (410) 837-5737; email: lgoodmark@ubalt.edu

Legal Aid Society DC – Appellate Attorney

The Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia seeks an experienced appellate specialist to work on litigation and pursue an affirmative antipoverty law reform agenda before the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.  Interested persons should send a letter of interest, resume, and legal writing sample to:

Director, Appellate Advocacy Program Search, Legal Aid Society of the District of Columbia, 1331 H Street, N.W., Suite 350, Washington, D.C. 20005; Or email: appellatesearch@legalaiddc.org

International Humanitarian Law – Student Writing Competition

American University Washington College of Law Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law and the American Society of International Law’s Lieber Society on the Law of Armed Conflict (ASIL)  announce the International Humanitarian Law Student Writing Competition.  The Competition seeks submissions of academic papers on the topic of international humanitarian law (IHL) from students currently enrolled in a law degree program in the United States or abroad. The purpose of the Competition is to enhance scholarship and deepen understanding among students in this important area of international law. In addition to publishing the winning submissions in an academic journal, the winning authors will be flown to Washington, DC, to present their papers at a conference at American University Washington College of Law focused on emerging issues in IHL with a panel of expert professors and practitioners.  Winners also will receive a one-year ASIL student membership.   To be eligible to make a submission, students must be enrolled in a law degree program at a US or foreign law school. Submissions must be unpublished academic papers on a topic within the scope of international humanitarian law. The deadline for submissions is Monday, January 31, 2011 by 12pm EST.  For detailed rules and submission guidelines, please visit <http://www.wcl.american.edu/humright/center/student_ihl_writing_competition.cfm