Continuing Non-Tenure Faculty and Director of the Clinic for Asylum, Refugee and Emigrant Services (CARES)

Full Time
Villanova, PA 19085
Posted
Job description

Posting Number:
2023995F

Position Title:
Continuing Non-Tenure Faculty and Director of the Clinic for Asylum, Refugee and Emigrant Services (CARES)

Position Type:
Faculty

Location:
Villanova, PA

Recruitment Type:
Internal/External Applicants

Work Schedule:
full-time/12-months

Department:
241-Law School Instruction

Position Summary:
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law seeks an outstanding lawyer-educator to direct and teach its Clinic for Asylum, Refugee & Emigrant Services (CARES) . The CARES Clinic represents individuals in immigration proceedings and advocates on issues impacting immigrant communities. The Director will be a full-time continuing non-tenure track (governed by ABA Standard 405©) member of the faculty, potentially eligible to transfer to the unitary tenure track after two years of service. We anticipate a start date of July 1, 2023.

Villanova is a Catholic university sponsored by the Augustinian order. Diversity and inclusion have been and will continue to be an integral component of Villanova University’s mission. The University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and seeks candidates who understand, respect, and can contribute to the University’s mission and values.

Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Oversee all aspects of administration of the CARES Clinic, including but not limited to conducting outreach to clients, selecting cases, reporting to funding sources, and maintaining files.
  • Along with the CARES Clinical Fellow, co-teach the clinic seminar, including classes focused on lawyering skills, professional development, and ethical practice, employing clinical teaching methods.
  • Supervise all aspects of student practice employing clinical teaching pedagogy and serve as the supervising attorney of record in Clinic cases.
  • Supervise the Clinical Fellow in the CARES clinic, whose duties will include teaching, representing clinic clients and organizing an annual symposium on immigrant justice.

Minimum Qualifications:
  • JD required.
  • An understanding of, and commitment to, clinical teaching methodology is required.
  • Relevant legal practice experience, including experience litigating asylum matters, is required.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills are required.
  • Excellent clinical teaching ability, including an ability to work both collaboratively and independently and a demonstrated interest in and aptitude for student supervision and teaching, is required.
  • Expertise in relevant substantive areas of law is required.

Preferred Qualifications:
  • Prior clinical teaching experience is preferred.
  • 5 years of legal experience is preferred.
  • Pennsylvania bar membership or an ability to waive into the Pennsylvania bar is preferred.

Physical Requirements and/or Unusual Work Hours:

Special Message to Applicants:
All applications must be submitted online and must include:
  • Application cover letter.
  • Current and complete curriculum vitae.
  • Statement of teaching philosophy.
  • List of 3 references. We will contact the references for finalists only.
  • Unofficial academic transcripts are required to submit application. Official transcripts will be required from finalists only.
Review of applications will begin upon receipt and continue until the position is filled.

Posting Date:
01/24/2023

Closing Date (11:59pm ET):

Salary Posting Information:
Competitive

Salary Band:

Job Classification:
faculty

References Needed

References Needed

Minimum Number of References Needed
3

Maximum Number of References Needed
3

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