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Mary Crossley Named Interim Dean of Pittsburgh Law

Mary Crossley, professor of law and former dean at Pittsburgh Law, has been named interim dean of the law school stepping in for professor Haider Ala Hamoudi.  Crossley joined Pittsburgh in 2005 as dean and holds a JD from Vanderbilt.

Hiring Announcement: Loyola University Chicago School of Law (Clinical Teaching Fellow; Health Justice Project)

From an email message that I received today:

The Health Justice Project (HJP) is medical-legal partnership (MLP) clinic housed in the Beazley Institute for Health Law and Policy at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. The HJP partners with Erie Family Health Centers, Legal Aid Chicago, Loyola Medicine, and Loyola University’s Stritch School of Medicine, to address the health harming legal needs of vulnerable patients. Students enrolled in the clinic engage in direct client representation and policy advocacy to improve access to health care and public assistance programs, healthy housing, and supports and accommodations for persons with disabilities, as well as addressing other holistic social and legal needs to improve client health and well-being.

The Clinical Teaching Fellow will work in collaboration with the Director of the Health Justice Project Clinic, assisting with client representation, research and policy work, and supervision of law students, VISTA volunteers, and other staff. The fellow will also assist with teaching the HJP clinic course, the weekend HJP clinic, and possibly other health justice and race equity courses. The fellow will engage in interprofessional collaborations with other university programs such as medicine, social work, public health, nursing, etc. This fellowship offers leadership development, experience collaborating on an interprofessional team, clinical teaching experience, support for research and scholarship, and career growth for public interest attorneys.

The fellowship is particularly well suited for lawyers who are seeking a career in clinical law teaching or social and health justice advocacy. The ideal applicant has experience in an MLP, public interest, or law school clinic setting, is barred in Illinois by the start date (or bar eligible) and has experience in one or more of the following areas of law: public benefits, disability, housing, advance care planning, education, immigration, guardianship, civil rights, race-conscious lawyering, and/or family law. The Fellowship is for a term of two years with potential for an extension for a third year based on performance and program and curricular needs.

For additional information, click here.

Colin Crawford Named Dean of University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law

University of Arkansas at Little Rock has announced that Colin Crawford will be its next law school dean.  He is currently dean at Golden Gate University School of Law.  Crawford, who holds a JD from Harvard, will take over on July 1.

Washington and Lee Law Seeks Visiting Faculty for the 23-24 Academic Year

This just in:

Washington & Lee University School of Law invites applications and nominations for visiting faculty for the 2023-2024 academic year. We are seeking up to three visiting professors; both one semester and full academic year visits are possible.

In particular, we are seeking candidates with expertise in teaching Criminal Law, Criminal Adjudication, Professional Responsibility, Corporate Law, Commercial Law, Legal Writing, and Poverty Law.

In addition, we are looking for a candidate who can teach an experiential International Human Rights Practicum. 

 

Hiring Announcement: Campbell University School of Law (Visitors)

Campbell University School of Law invites applications for two full-time Visiting Faculty positions for the 2023-2024 academic year. These are temporary, two semester, non-tenure track appointments. The visitors will teach in subjects including property, criminal law, criminal procedure, and trial advocacy, together with related upper-level courses associated with these core subjects.

For additional information, click here.

 

Miami Law Seeks Dean for Belonging & Inclusion

This just in:

The University of Miami School of Law seeks an experienced leader to serve as the inaugural Assistant Dean for Belonging and Inclusion. Reporting to the Dean of the School of Law and serving as a member of the Dean’s senior leadership team, the Assistant Dean will develop, implements, and evaluates a comprehensive plan to advance diversity, equity and inclusion within the School of Law. The Assistant Dean will provide academic, social and cultural support for students from groups historically underrepresented in legal education and the legal profession as well as creating programs for all students, faculty and staff that highlight topics of DEIB. The Assistant Dean will also serve as the Law School’s representative in relevant University and community activities and groups.