Texas National Security Clinic Lecturer Position
CLINICAL LECTURER, NATIONAL SECURITY CLINIC
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN SCHOOL OF LAW, Austin, Texas
Application deadline: 03/03/2010
Job Description
The University of Texas School of Law (http://www.utexas.edu/law/) invites applications for the position of Clinical Lecturer for the National Security Clinic (NSC), a full-time, one-year position for the 2010-11 academic year.
Established in fall 2007, the National Security Clinic provides students the opportunity to work on cases and projects relating to terrorism and national security, under the supervision of a Clinical Professor. The semester-long Clinic’s docket has included criminal cases involving material support of terrorism, habeas corpus cases on behalf of persons detained at Guantanamo Bay, damages cases relating to treatment while in detention, and military commission cases against unprivileged enemy belligerents. Research and advocacy projects have addressed terrorism surveillance and financial privacy, international human rights and humanitarian law, laws relating to the treatment of soldiers and civilian military contractors, and charitable financing of terrorism. For more information on UT Law’s Clinics, see http://www.utexas.edu/law/academics/clinics/.
Responsibilities of the Fellow will include: teaching topics relating to national security law in the clinic seminar, which meets twice a week and includes simulations, discussions, and case rounds; supervising law students and collaborating with co-counsel and clients on Clinic cases and projects; and collaborating with the Clinic Administrator and others on management and administration of the Clinic. This is a non-tenure track, one-year position for the 2010-11 academic year. The Fellow likely will have primary responsibility for teaching in the fall semester, with some casework supervision, and primary responsibility for casework supervision in the spring semester, with some teaching.
Qualifications
* J.D. degree, with 3-5 years experience of litigation in federal court;
* Admitted to state bar of Texas or another state; admitted to, or willingness to seek admission to, D.C. federal district and circuit courts;
* Experience or familiarity with national security law, constitutional law, human rights law, and/ or humanitarian law;
* Excellent written and oral communication skills;
* Experience supervising law students, law student interns, or lawyers;
* Secret government security clearance or willingness to apply for one;
* Clinical law teaching or other teaching experience a plus.
Salary will be competitive and commensurate with experience. The University of Texas School of Law is an equal opportunity employer and provides health, dental, vision and other benefits. Interested applicants should e-mail a cover letter, resume, law school transcript, writing sample, and a list of three references to Sonja Hartley, Clinic Administrator, National Security Clinic, University of Texas School of Law, 727 E. Dean Keeton St., Austin, TX 78705, at shartley@law.utexas.edu.
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