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

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

Company: Villanova University

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Posting Number: 2020766F
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) during academic year 2021-22. The CARES Clinic represents individuals in immigration proceedings and advocates on issues impacting immigrant communities. The Director will be full-time continuing non-tenure track member of the faculty (governed by ABA Standard 405©). The position is offered for one 12-month term to begin on July 1, 2021, with the possibility of renewal for an additional 12-month term.

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.
• State bar membership is 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: 01/29/2021
Closing Date (11:59pm ET):
Salary Posting Information:

Competitive
Salary Band:
Job Classification: faculty

References Needed

Minimum Number of References Needed 3
Maximum Number of References Needed 3

Expected salary:

Location: Villanova, PA

Job date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 08:39:00 GMT


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