Clinical Associate Professor, Criminal Law Clinical Program, School of Law

Tracking Code22599931121123Job Description

BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW, a top‐tier law school with an international reputation, is a community of leading legal scholars, teachers, students, and alumni, dedicated to providing one of the finest legal educations in the world. Since our doors opened in 1872, we have admitted and enrolled accomplished students to our program regardless of their race, gender, and religion. The breadth and depth of our curriculum and scholarship as well as our innovative spirit are distinctive in legal education in the United States.

Boston University invites applications from candidates for a full‐time Associate Clinical Professor position in its Criminal Law Clinical Program (the “Program”). The Program’s mission is to provide law students with the skills and knowledge needed to engage in zealous representation of indigent clients charged with misdemeanors and felonies at the district court level and juvenile court. BU Law students are court-appointed counsel in the Boston Municipal Court-Central Division and the Boston Juvenile Court. BU Law students represent clients from arraignment procedure to case resolution, including evidentiary hearings and trials. Working closely with the Program faculty, the Associate Clinical Professor will teach in the Program and supervise students engaged in direct representation of indigent clients. This search is for a non‐tenure track clinical professorial position with a projected start date of July 1, 2023.

Required Skills

The School of Law believes that the cultural and social diversity of our faculty, staff, and students is vitally important to the distinction and excellence of our academic programs. To that end, we are especially eager to hear from applicants who support our institutional commitment to BU as an inclusive, equitable, and diverse community.

The ideal candidate for this position is either an existing member of the Massachusetts bar or a member of another state’s bar who can waive into the Massachusetts bar. Also, the ideal candidate possesses at least three years of criminal defense experience, but candidates with fewer years’ experience could be considered. The hired faculty member will be responsible for offering effective instruction to students on litigating, research and writing, and the organization and management of cases. Teaching and supervision experience of varying kinds are preferred but are not required. Experience with cultural humility work is considered a plus. Familiarity with clinical pedagogy will also be valued.

Candidates should have proven trial experience and strong research and writing skills and should work well as part of a team. Important qualities include a commitment to public interest lawyering, a commitment to combatting structural inequality, outstanding interpersonal skills, flexibility, a passion for criminal defense work, and an understanding of the structural forces that feed into the carceral system. The ability to work sensitively with a diverse population of clients, students, and staff is essential.

Boston University School of Law is dedicated to building a just, inclusive, and engaged community of faculty and students. We have more work to do to make our environment more just. Boston University School of Law is committed not only to the ideals of faculty diversity and inclusion but also to the work of creating and implementing practices that combat exclusion and inequity by race, gender, gender identity, disability status, religion, or other identities subject to historical subordination. We strive to foster a more inclusive intellectual culture that represents and encourages a broad range of intellectual traditions and approaches to the law. We welcome expressions of interest from applicants of all identities, intellectual traditions, and perspectives.

DO NOT APPLY THROUGH THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY HR WEBSITE.

Applicants should send a letter of interest and a resume before December 1, 2022, to the Faculty Appointments Committee at Boston University School of Law, 765 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02215. E-mail applications are encouraged and should be sent to lawappts@bu.edu.

To learn more about the law school, visit our website at www.bu.edu/law.

Please note all newly hired staff and faculty will need to be in compliance with Boston University’s COVID-19 Vaccination and Booster Requirement within 30 days of date of hire. You must upload your vaccine documentation or request a medical or religious exemption (instructions). For further information on the University’s response to COVID-19, please visit the COVID-19 Resources site.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Job LocationBoston, United StatesPosition TypeFull-Time/Regular