Clinical Teaching Fellow Civil Advocacy Clinic
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Job Location:
Baltimore, MD - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Posting:
JR101490 Clinical Teaching Fellow - Civil Advocacy Clinic (Open)Department:
UBalt Law Clinic PMPosition Type:
RegularOpen Date:
Close Date:
$70000Job Description:
Position is open until filled and applications submitted by January 15 2026 will receive priority consideration.
The University of Baltimore School of Law invites applications for a Fellowship in its Civil Advocacy Clinic to start on or about July 1 2026. This public interest fellowship program offers practicing attorneys exposure to law school clinical teaching. For more information about UBs clinical program and the Saul Ewing Civil Advocacy Clinic please go here: Civil Advocacy Clinic represents low-income individuals and organizations in poverty law litigation legislative advocacy and legal reform. The Clinic handles a wide variety of cases which include housing public benefits consumer and employment law. The Clinic is also engaged in a Medical-Legal Partnership with Johns Hopkins Medicine Med-Peds Urban Health Primary Care Residency Program in which we work jointly to serve the medical and legal needs of low-income Baltimoreans while providing interdisciplinary training to residents and student attorneys.
The Fellows duties include direct supervision of clinic students client case legislative advocacy and community education work co-teaching a weekly clinic seminar and engaging in course planning and preparation with the other faculty members in the Clinic. The Fellowship focuses its first year on the skills of teaching from crafting and leading seminars to facilitating supervision meetings with student-attorneys. The second year of the fellowship focuses on developing legal the third year we support the Fellow to go on the clinical teaching job addition to teaching supervision and legal scholarship the Fellow is responsible for case coverage during school vacations. This position is a three-year contractual appointment.
Qualifications: Excellent oral and written communication skills; a J.D. and at least two years of experience as a practicing lawyer primarily in litigation; a strong academic record and/or other indicia of high-performance ability; commitment to work for low income clients; and a strong interest in law school teaching and scholarship. Fellows must be members in good standing with the Maryland Bar or another State bar and willing to complete the necessary documentation to be permitted to supervise law practice by students.
Salary: The current salary is $70000. The position includes regular benefits including retirement contributions research support and a travel allowance to attend relevant conferences and workshops.
Position is open until filled and applications submitted by January 15 2026 will receive priority consideration. For more details about the Fellows Program please view our website at you have any questions about the position please email Prof. Michele Gilman at .
We offer a competitive benefits package including health life prescription and dental plans tuition remission benefits paid leave (22 days of annual 15 days of sick 3 days of personal and 14-15 holidays) andretirementplans with employer contributions. You can see more details on our benefits here. For the optionalretirementplan a defined contribution plan the state has a contribution rate of 7.25%. This state contribution is made even if you do not contribute to your ownretirementplan.
Additional Job Information:
The University of Baltimore (UBalt or University) does not discriminate on the basis of sex gender race religion age disability national origin ethnicity sexual orientation gender identity or other legally protected characteristics in its programs activities or employment practices. UBalt is an Equal Opportunity/ADA Compliant Employer & Title IX Institution.
Key Skills
- Teacher Coaching
- Public Health
- Google Docs
- Classroom Experience
- Systems Engineering
- Research Experience
- Teaching
- Grant Writing
- Leadership Experience
- Mentoring
- Public Speaking
- Writing Skills
