Director Externship Programs and Assistant Professor

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Director, Externship Programs and Assistant Professor
The candidate will oversees and administers the operation of the Externship Programs in accordance with academic policies determined by the School of Law faculty. Will be responsible for teaching and leading the academic course for students enrolled in Externship Programs, including students externing outside of the Bay Area who are unable to attend class sessions. The courses focus on lawyering skills, professionalism and ethics relevant to student externship assignments and legal practice. The Director will provide supplemental curricula for externship programs and clinics for specific practice areas and, when appropriate, supervise faculty teaching those courses. Approving and monitoring externship placements, including conducting site visits, training supervisors and identifying and addressing issues that arise during an externship. Counseling students considering enrollment in an externship. Creating and supervising new externship programs and clinics for specific practice areas. Creating, supervising, and developing curricula for full-time externships and externships outside of the Bay Area (including students externing internationally through this program). Serving as a contact person for students and the public at-large for the Externship Programs. Collaborating with and supervising other faculty and administrators on the development and promotion of the law school’s clinical legal education curriculum and participating in national academic discourse regarding externship programs through conferences, on-line discussions, scholarship, and the Bay Area Consortium of Externships (BACE). Preparing memoranda, collecting data and other material, and maintaining records about specific externship sites, student performance, and the Externship Programs in general. and is charged with ensuring that all the School of Law Externship Programs comply with ABA Standards and AALS Bylaws.

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