Position Details

Position Details

Job Title Co-Director of the Business Law Clinic/Executive Director of the Business Law Center Position Title Co-Director of the Business Law Clinic/Executive Director of the Business Law Center Position Number Job Category University Faculty Job Type Full-Time FLSA Status Exempt Campus Chicago-Water Tower Campus Location Code SCHOOL OF LAW (02700A) Department Name LAW SCHOOL Is this split and/or fully grant funded? Yes Duties and Responsibilities

The Business Law Clinic (Clinic) is part of a comprehensive curriculum in transactional law that is comprised of the Clinic, the Business Law Center (Center) and certificate and degree conferring programs. The Clinic, established in 1999, offers students a unique opportunity to develop essential lawyering skills in a professional, interactive environment.

Loyola seeks a dynamic Clinic Co-Director/Center Executive Director to work collaboratively with the Clinic Co-Director and the Director of the Business Law Center to provide strategic leadership, teach the Clinic class, supervise student work with clients, and to assist the Center Director in the development of the business and transactional law curriculum, scholarly conferences and programming. The Co-Director/Executive Director will serve as the Randy L. and Melvin R. Berlin Clinical Professor of Law that is a presumptively renewable long-term contract position with voting privileges within the Loyola University Chicago School of Law.

Mission
Loyola University Chicago School of Law is a student-focused law center inspired by the Jesuit tradition of academic excellence, intellectual openness, and service to others. Our mission is to educate diverse, talented students to be responsible leaders in a rapidly changing, interdependent world, to prepare graduates who will be ethical advocates for justice and the rule of law, and to contribute to a deeper understanding of law and legal institutions through a commitment to research, scholarship and public service.

Business Law Clinic
The Clinic is a focal point of student development of essential lawyering skills in a professional, interactive live-client environment. Students work under the direct supervision of the Co-Directors to represent entrepreneurs and small business owners, as well as individuals who are seeking legal assistance with not-for-profit organizations. The not-for-profit clients represented by the Clinic include organizations that encompass animal welfare, sports clubs, museums, community organizations, religious organizations, etc. The for-profit clients are entrepreneurs, inventors, service providers, and web-based business owners who are involved in a variety of industries. The Clinic Co-Directors work collaboratively to provide supervision and professional oversight of the work completed by law student clinicians in addition to teaching the Clinic classroom component.

Business Law Center
The Center is the hub for School of Law’s curriculum, research and programming related to business and transactional law. The Center is led by a nationally and internationally renowned Director that is a full-time tenured faculty member along with other esteemed scholars in business law. The Center Director works in close collaboration with the Business Law Clinic to ensure that students have access to a full and wide breadth of educational opportunities and programs. The Center is a part of larger initiatives across the University, the Quinlan School of Business and the Chicago community that seek to implement Loyola’s social justice mission as it relates to providing access to business ventures and initiatives to underserved and minority communities. The Center includes the Institute for Investor Protection, The Rooftops Project, the JD Certificate in Transactional Law, and the Master of Laws (LLM) in Business Law degree.

Position Essential Duties and Responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities of the Co-Director/Executive Director include, but are not limited to the following:
•Strategic planning for the future direction of the Clinic for continued growth and development;
•Serve as the external advocate and collaborator for the Clinic in its work with the Center, the Quinlan School of Business and other community partnerships;
•Assist in the administration of the Clinic and the development of the Center;
•Supervision of law students, summer interns, and fellows in skill development and client representation including supervising students in client meetings, drafting contracts and other legal documents, conducting legal research, determining client legal
issues, and advising and counseling clients;
•Teach and assist in the development of curriculum as part of the classroom component for the Clinic, the Transactional Law Certificate and the LLM in Business Law;
•Mentor and act as faculty advisor to student members of the Business Law Society;
•Assist the Center Director in organizing conferences, workshops and seminars in business and transactional law; and
•Engaging in scholarly research (preferred but not required).

Qualifications

•The candidate must have the ability to engage successfully and work collaboratively with a diverse group of stakeholders including the Clinic Co-Director, the Center Director, students, clients, administrators, and community members.
•Excellent judgment, including sensitivity to the needs of clients, cultural nuances and confidential information.
•A commitment to serving not-for-profit clients and underserved and minority communities.
•Experience as a clinician or former clinical teaching fellow in a business/transactional law clinic or as a lawyer with significant practice experience in business law.
•Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and as part of an inter- professional team.
•Demonstrated commitment to detail and a process-oriented approach to supervision of clinic work.
•Demonstrated ability to organize and manage conferences, workshops and seminars.
•Flexible work attitude, ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with a small staff and frequent student turnover (due to semester long courses and graduation).
•Bachelor’s degree and a JD from an ABA accredited law school degree required.
•Admission/eligibility for admission to the Illinois Bar.
•Adept user of internet, case management systems, e-mail and other office automation systems.

Physical Demands None Working Conditions None Minimum Education and/or Work Experience

•The candidate must have the ability to engage successfully and work collaboratively with a diverse group of stakeholders including the Clinic Co-Director, the Center Director, students, clients, administrators, and community members.
•Excellent judgment, including sensitivity to the needs of clients, cultural nuances and confidential information.
•A commitment to serving not-for-profit clients and underserved and minority communities.
•Experience as a clinician or former clinical teaching fellow in a business/transactional law clinic or as a lawyer with significant practice experience in business law.
•Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and as part of an inter- professional team.
•Demonstrated commitment to detail and a process-oriented approach to supervision of clinic work.
•Demonstrated ability to organize and manage conferences, workshops and seminars.
•Flexible work attitude, ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with a small staff and frequent student turnover (due to semester long courses and graduation).
•Bachelor’s degree and a JD from an ABA accredited law school degree required.
•Admission/eligibility for admission to the Illinois Bar.
•Adept user of internet, case management systems, e-mail and other office automation systems.

Open Date 02/26/2019 Close Date Special Instructions to Applicants

Review of applications will begin March 1, 2019 and continue until the position is filled. The position will begin on July 1, 2019. Applicants are to submit (1) a letter of interest describing the candidate’s reasons for applying for the position, (2) a curriculum vitae, (3) samples of scholarly or other written work if available, and (4) the names and contact information of three individuals prepared to provide professional references. Applications should be submitted through Loyola’s Careers website at http://www.careers.luc.edu/postings/10391. Inquiries should be directed to Professor Steven A. Ramirez, Director of Business Law Center, Loyola University Chicago, 25 E. Pearson, Chicago, IL, 60611, sramir3@luc.edu.

Loyola University Chicago is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer with a strong commitment to hiring for our mission and diversifying our faculty. As a Jesuit Catholic institution of higher education, we seek candidates who will contribute to our strategic plan to deliver a Transformative Education in the Jesuit tradition. To learn more about LUC’s mission, candidates should consult our website at www.luc.edu/mission/. Applications from women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are especially encouraged and preference will be given to candidates who can mentor female law students and those from communities that are underrepresented in the legal profession.
Candidates are encouraged to consult our website to gain a clearer understanding of Loyola’s mission at www.luc.edu/mission/index.shtml and our focus on transformative education at www.luc.edu/transformativeed/.

Quick Link for Posting http://www.careers.luc.edu/postings/10391 Job Number 8500397 Organizational Location Provost Posting Details

Posting Detail

Number of Vacancies 1 Desired Start Date 07/01/2019 Position End Date Open Until Filled Yes Applicant Documents Required Documents

1. Cover Letter/Letter of Application
2. Curriculum Vitae
3. Scholarly Publications

Optional Documents

1. Teaching Statement
2. Research Statement
3. Writing Sample
4. Teaching Evaluations
5. Other Document

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