Clinical Teaching Fellow - Family Law Clinic

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Clinical Teaching Fellow - Family Law Clinic
The Fellow's 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 Bronfein Family Law 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 scholarship. The third year, the Fellow will go on the clinical teaching job market. In addition to teaching, supervision, and legal scholarship, the Fellow is responsible for case coverage during school vacations. Must have a J.D. degree and 2+ years of experience as a practicing lawyer preferably in family law 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. Should be a member 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.

Note: This position is a three-year contractual appointment.

Start Date: July 1, 2020.

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