From a recent email message:
Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University invites applications for the position of Associate Director and Assistant Professor of Clinical Legal Education to begin July 1, 2025. The successful candidate will be appointed as a 12-month, renewable, 405(c), non-tenure-track faculty member. The Associate Director’s primary responsibility will be to design, teach and serve as a supervising attorney for an IOLTA qualified clinic and to assist the Director of Clinical Legal Education in the daily operations and programmatic development for the Tribone Center for Clinical Legal Education. This includes assisting with oversight of the clinical program as well as coordinating within internal and external partners to enhance the clinical program.
An IOLTA qualified clinic is one that provide services for civil legal needs of low-income individuals. The clinic must provide direct legal services for actions where there is no right to counsel nor can they be fee generating. We welcome applications from candidates across all areas of law that could teach an IOLTA qualified clinic. Examples of IOLTA qualified clinics include: Elder Law Clinic; Wills and Healthcare Decisions Clinic; Immigration Clinic; Landlord/Tenant Clinic; Health Law Clinic; Disability Rights Clinic; Unemployment Law Clinic; and, Employment/Labor Law Clinic. Currently, we do not have a need for a Family Law Clinic or Education Law Clinic.
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Application review will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Duquesne University uses Interfolio to collect all faculty job applications electronically. Applicants are asked to submit a cover letter/letter of intent, resume, and contact information for three professional references. The letter of intent should include the type of clinical course they are interested in offering as well as comments on ability to teach in flexible environments, including online, hybrid, and in-person classroom settings. Duquesne University is committed to attracting, retaining, and developing a diverse faculty that reflects contemporary society, serves our academic mission and enriches our campus community. As a charter member of the Ohio, Western PA and West Virginia Higher Education Recruitment Consortium (HERC), we encourage applicants from members of underrepresented groups, and support dual-career couples.
Founded in 1878 by its sponsoring religious community, the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne University is Catholic in mission and ecumenical in spirit. Its Mission Statement commits the University to “serving God by serving students through commitment to excellence in liberal and professional education, through a profound concern for moral and spiritual values, through the maintenance of an ecumenical atmosphere open to diversity, and through service to the Church, the community, the nation and the world. Applicants for this position should describe how they might support and contribute to the mission. Motivated by its Catholic and Spiritan identity, Duquesne values equality of opportunity both as an educational institution and as an employer.