Assistant Professor and Director of the Clemency Clinic

• Teach clinic classes focused on lawyering skills, professional development, and ethical practice, employing clinical teaching methods.
• Supervise all aspects of student practice and serve as the attorney of record in Clinic cases.
• Oversee all aspects of administration of the Caritas Clemency Clinic, including but not limited to conducting outreach to clients, selecting cases, reporting to funding sources, and maintaining files.

• A Juris Doctor degree is required.
• Pennsylvania bar membership (or an ability to waive into the Pennsylvania bar) is required.
• Five years of relevant legal practice experience, including experience litigating federal criminal matters on behalf of low-income clients, 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.

• An understanding of, and commitment to, clinical teaching methodology is preferred.
• Prior clinical teaching experience is preferred.
• Experience litigating federal criminal matters is preferred.

• 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. Official transcripts will be required from finalist only.

Finalists will be required to submit a Statement of Contribution to the University’s Augustinian Catholic Mission.
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Review of applications begins upon receipt and continues until the position is filled.