Ast/Asc/Full Prof Fixed Term

About the role

The College of Law is seeking to hire a director for the Public Defender Clinic. This position will be full-time, 12-month, fixed-term assistant/associate/full professor and will manage the Clinics operations and funding, perform and supervise casework and outreach, and teach the Clinic seminar.

Responsibilities

• Recruit and review student applications.
• Design, teach, and supervise students enrolled in the clinics.
• Promote the clinics.
• Engage in service at the college and university, as well as in national organizations.
• Secure funding to support the clinics activities.

Requirements

• J.D. or equivalent degree.
• Admission to practice before the highest court of any state with the ability to be admitted to the State Bar of Michigan.
• At least five years of law-related professional experience after law school.
• Significant experience representing indigent clients with a particular emphasis on criminal appellate litigation.
• Familiarity with the appointment of counsel in Michigan criminal appeals.
• Experience securing funding for indigent criminal defense.

Qualifications

• Substantial teaching experience with clinical courses.

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Department Statement

Michigan State University College of Law dates to 1891 when it opened as Detroit College of Law in Detroit, Michigan. It moved to its current East Lansing location in 1995 and remained a private institution until 2020 when it became a fully integrated college of Michigan State University. Today, MSU Law has more than 650 students, 55 faculty members, 50 staff members, five librarians, and a world-wide network of some 11,500 alumni. MSU Law operates seven legal clinics overseen by nationally recognized faculty that provide students an opportunity to work on actual legal cases. Additionally, it offers some of nations leading law programs in new and emerging legal education, including Intellectual Property and Trial Advocacy, Indigenous Law and Policy Center, the Lori E. Talsky Center for Human Rights of Women and Children, Conservation Law Center, and Animal Legal and Historical Web Center. MSU College of Law, is poised to become the states preeminent law school, preparing a community of lawyer-leaders to serve communities in Michigan and beyond. It is committed to providing a legal education that is taught by leading scholars in their fields, includes best-in-class experiential opportunities, and helps students graduate without excessive debt.

Michigan State University Statement

Michigan State University has been advancing the common good with uncommon will for more than 160 years. One of the top research universities in the world, MSU pushes the boundaries of discovery and forges enduring partnerships to solve the most pressing global challenges while providing life-changing opportunities to a diverse and inclusive academic community through more than 200 programs of study in 17 degree-granting colleges.