Staff Attorney/Lecturer, Second Chance Reentry Clinic - School of Law

CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW invites applications for a full-time staff attorney/lecturer position beginning August 2019. This is a 12-month grant funded position, for which a 12-month renewal is possible.

Case Western Reserve University School of Law has a dynamic and nationally recognized Experiential Education curriculum. The highly regarded Milton A. Kramer Law Clinic Center forms part of this curriculum. The Second Chance Reentry Clinic represents individuals facing legal barriers as a result of their criminal records. The Clinic's cases sit at the intersection of the civil and criminal justice systems and tackle issues related to mass incarceration, prisoner reentry, and the collateral consequences of criminal convictions. The successful candidate can expect to handle cases in a variety of legal settings including state court and administrative agencies and may participate in policy advocacy.

We seek candidates with distinguished academic records, extensive practice experience and experience teaching or supervising students in a legal setting. Successful candidates should have a strong commitment to representing formerly incarcerated individuals and a strong commitment to teaching. The Second Chance Reentry Law Clinic was created as a component of a new partnership between the Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Cuyahoga County, funded by a new $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Justice. The project was designed to help remove barriers to individuals returning from incarceration. A minimum of 300 men and women at medium to high risk of re-offending, largely under post-release control - parole or probation - and reentering Cuyahoga County from selected Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC) prisons and the Cuyahoga County jails, will be served through this initiative.

The primary role of the Staff Attorney/Lecturer is to engage in direct client representation and to provide supervision and training for law students who will directly represent clients referred to the Clinic from the Cuyahoga County Office of Reentry. The successful candidate will engage in activities that include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Provide direct representation to qualified clients referred through the Office of Reentry in civil, criminal and administrative proceedings. Areas of representation include but are not limited to: Expungement - Criminal and Evictions, CQE & CAE, Outstanding Warrants, Driver's License Reinstatements, Court Debt, Child Support Modification, Consumer Credit & Debit, and Public Benefits.
• Create and Deliver Brief Advice Expungement Clinics in the Cleveland Metropolitan Area.
• Provide supervision and training for law students enrolled in the Second Chance Reentry Clinic.

The Staff Attorney/Lecturer will join the Kramer Law Clinic faculty and will work with the Director of the Kramer Law Clinic Center and the Director of the Criminal Justice Clinic to create and launch the Second Chance Reentry Clinic.

Mandatory qualifications:

• A J.D. degree from an approved, ABA accredited school, with a record of high academic achievement;
• Admission to the bar in Ohio or ability to waive into the jurisdiction;
• Five years of practice experience in the relevant legal areas; law school teaching experience preferred;
• Excellent written and oral communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills. 

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in a clinical teaching setting.

Applications should be sent to the attention of Laura McNally-Levine, Associate Dean of Experiential Education and Director of the Kramer Law Clinic, Case Western Reserve University School of Law, 11075 East Boulevard, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, lem20@case.edu.

Further information about the law school is available at http://law.case.edu.

In employment, as in education, Case Western Reserve University is committed to Equal Opportunity and Diversity. Women, veterans, members of underrepresented minority groups, and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Case Western Reserve University provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office of Equity at 216-368-3066 to request a reasonable accommodation. Determinations as to granting reasonable accommodations for any applicant will be made on a case-by-case basis.