Associate Director of Clinical Legal Education and Assistant Professor of Clinical Legal Education – Thomas R. Kline School of Law

Description

Position Number: 330516


Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University invites applications for the position of Associate Director and Assistant Professor of Clinical Legal Education to begin July 1, 2025. The successful candidate will be appointed as a 12-month, renewable, 405(c), non-tenure-track faculty member. The Associate Director’s primary responsibility will be to design, teach and serve as a supervising attorney for an IOLTA qualified clinic and to assist the Director of Clinical Legal Education in the daily operations and programmatic development for the Tribone Center for Clinical Legal Education. This includes assisting with oversight of the clinical program as well as coordinating within internal and external partners to enhance the clinical program.

An IOLTA qualified clinic is one that provide services for civil legal needs of low-income individuals. The clinic must provide direct legal services for actions where there is no right to counsel nor can they be fee generating. We welcome applications from candidates across all areas of law that could teach an IOLTA qualified clinic. Examples of IOLTA qualified clinics include:

·                Elder Law Clinic

·                Wills and Healthcare Decisions Clinic

·                Immigration Clinic

·                Landlord/Tenant Clinic

·                Health Law Clinic

·                Disability Rights Clinic

·                Unemployment Law Clinic

·                Employment/Labor Law Clinic

Currently, we do not have a need for a Family Law Clinic or Education Law Clinic.

For more information about IOLTA Qualified Programming see: https://www.paiolta.org/grants/

 

Qualifications

Requirements:

Juris Doctor from an ABA-accredited law school.

Admission to the practice of law within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or the ability to be admitted to the practice of law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania upon hiring.

Preferred Qualification:

Law school teaching experience as a full-time member of a clinical education program or in bar preparation, legal writing, academic support, or some other capacity that required an emphasis on analyzing and applying the law or teaching professional skills.

Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills.

Strong organizational skills and an ability to work with a wide range of constituents.

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the University Community and Community Partners.

Experience developing and/or maintaining curricular or programmatic materials.

 

Alternately, the successful candidate may possess any equivalent combination of experience and training, which provides the knowledge, skills and abilities required to perform the essential job functions.  This includes commitment to the University’s values of diversity, equity and inclusion, and recognition of the importance of treating each individual with dignity and respect consistent with the University’s Mission.  Additionally, applicants must have demonstrated experience with, and understanding of, the broad diversity of the University community (students, faculty, staff and others).

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with the University Community.

Ability and willingness to contribute actively to the mission of the University and to respect the Spiritan Catholic identity of Duquesne University.  The mission is implemented through a commitment to academic excellence, a spirit of service, moral and spiritual values, sensitivity to world concerns, and an ecumenical campus community.

Application Instructions

Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Duquesne University uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications electronically. Applicants are asked to submit a cover letter/letter of intent, resume, and contact information for three professional references.

The letter of intent should incl