Director of Tulane Law School Criminal Justice Clinic
Director of Tulane Law School Criminal Justice Clinic
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TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW seeks highly qualified applicants for a full-time clinical faculty position leading its Criminal Justice Clinic. The position would preferably begin in January of 2026 and would be on the Law Schools Clinical Professor faculty track beginning as a Clinical Professor of Law or a Clinical Associate Professor of Law depending on the experience of the candidate. The initial appointment for the position is five years. Clinical faculty have voting rights as set forth in the Faculty Handbook and serve on faculty committees within the School of Law.
The Criminal Justice Clinics core mission is to provide rich student learning opportunities for its students helping them develop concrete lawyering skills through a robust criminal defense practice that includes investigation pre-trial practice trial appeal post-conviction and federal habeas. The Criminal Justice Clinic also partners with the Domestic Violence Clinic on the Womens Prison Project so its faculty work with cases and students in both programs. The candidate who fills theposition will have primary responsibility for directing the Criminal Justice Clinic; engaging in case selection litigation and other advocacy to shape and promote the clinics mission and goals; supervising clinic students in all aspects of the clinics work; teaching a related subject-matter seminar; and managing development activities in support of the clinic.
Qualifications for the position include:
A J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school and a strong academic record;
Experience in criminal defense and post-conviction;
Licensed bar membership in good standing in Louisiana or ability to become licensed within six-months;
5 years of post-J.D. legal experience; and
A proven record of (or clear demonstrated potential for) successful teaching and professional engagement.
Candidates who teach in a law school legal clinic who have prior experience supervising or teaching law students who have prior experience supervising attorneys in the area of criminal defense or have experience or expertise relevant to the Womens Prison Project cases are strongly preferred.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
