Lecturer Position in UW Immigration Clinic
The University of Washington School of Law seeks applications for a Full-time Lecturer on a 9-month basis during the 2020-21 academic year. The Immigration Clinic provides legal representation to indigent immigrants and refugees, while also offering students invaluable hands-on lawyering experience. In addition to direct representation, students engage in policy advocacy, community outreach, and community education. Faculty and students in the clinic represent immigrants in removal proceedings, detained immigrants with final orders of removal who are being held indefinitely in government custody, and minors in removal proceedings applying for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS), including related representation before family courts. Faculty and students represent immigrants before USCIS, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), Federal District Courts and the 9th Cir. Court of Appeals. The immigration clinic has a great collaborative working relationship with the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP), the state’s primary provider of immigration legal services to low-income immigrants and refugees.
Candidates should have extensive experience advocating on behalf of immigrants and asylum seekers. The Clinical Instructor will be responsible for:
- § Forming relationships and pursuing collaborative projects with community organizations, service providers, and advocacy groups, among others.
- § Supervising and mentoring law students and expanding the clinic’s strategic litigation and advocacy docket.
- § Managing the operational and administrative tasks involved in case and community project work.
- § Supervising clinical students on cases and projects and teaching students a broad range of lawyering skills including research and writing, legal and policy analysis, problem-solving, and oral advocacy.
To apply for the position, please see the posting and submission requirements here.
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