Law - Associate Dean for Experiential Learning - Clinical Track - 524902

Department/Organization
218131 - General Law Studies

Rank
Associate/Full Professor

Position Summary
The University of Alabama School of Law seeks qualified applicants for the position of Associate Dean for Experiential Learning. The successful candidate will provide leadership for experiential learning at Alabama Law, including overseeing and directing the Alabama Law Clinic Program. The successful candidate will also coordinate with other law school departments to enhance experiential learning opportunities overall, including moot court, trial advocacy, externships, legal writing, and pro bono opportunities, and will hold a faculty appointment with tenure, on the tenure track, or with security of position, depending on qualifications. The successful candidate will also teach courses in areas agreeable to the candidate and administration.

Detailed Position Information
The University of Alabama School of Law seeks qualified applicants for the position of Associate Dean for Experiential Learning. The successful candidate will provide leadership for experiential learning at Alabama Law, including overseeing and directing the Alabama Law Clinic Program. The successful candidate will also coordinate with other law school departments to enhance experiential learning opportunities overall, including moot court, trial advocacy, externships, legal writing, and pro bono opportunities, and will hold a faculty appointment with tenure, on the tenure track, or with security of position, depending on qualifications. The successful candidate will also teach courses in areas agreeable to the candidate and administration.

As an important member of law school leadership, the Associate Dean for Experiential Learning will manage clinic budgets and personnel, establish a strategic vision and goals for the clinics in consultation with the Dean, and serve as the point person for public engagement between the clinical programs and the public. Further, the Associate Dean for Experiential Learning will work with the Dean to set strategy for experiential offerings more broadly and will lead efforts to bolster collaboration and coordination across the curriculum to aid in student learning.

This is a year-round (12-month) position. Appointment will be made either with tenure, on the tenure track, or with security of position. Salary and benefits will be nationally competitive. All applications are confidential to the extent permitted by state and federal law; the position will remain open until filled. Questions should be directed to Professor Russell Gold, Chair of the Experiential Learning Hiring Committee, at lawhiring@ua.edu.

This solicitation is for candidates qualified for and seeking an appointment with security of position. Candidates seeking an appointment with tenure or on the tenure track should apply through the “Associate Dean for Experiential Learning - Tenure/Tenure Track” position available at https://careers.ua.edu/jobs/search/law.

While applications will be considered until the position is filled, priority consideration will be given to applications received by November 22, 2024.

Minimum Qualifications
Distinguished academic credentials, including a J.D. from an accredited law school or an equivalent degree (such as a Ph.D. in a related field). The successful candidate will either be a member of the Alabama Bar, or will apply for and become a member of the Alabama Bar within a reasonable time of beginning the position.

Preferred Qualifications
The ideal candidate will have experience in clinical legal education and in serving as a mentor for other clinical faculty, staff attorneys, and students. The ideal candidate will also write and publish legal scholarship. Prior administrative experience is strongly preferred.

Instructions and Required Materials for Application
Please submit a CV/resume and letter of interest.

About the Division/College/School
If you are interested in joining an outstanding law school with a strong academic community, enviable student bar passage and employment rates, a low student-to-faculty ratio, and curricular offerings with breadth and depth, all within a supportive and diverse environment, then Alabama Law is the place for you.

Alabama Law has long been an excellent place to seriously engage in both teaching and scholarship, and the academic community is taking notice. Members of our faculty are engaging a wide range of issues that are at the heart of debates over substantive and procedural law, public policy, historical understandings, and philosophical values. Their scholarship is published in leading university presses including Oxf