Title:  Clinical Instructor; Barton Clinic Director

Reports to:  Law School Dean

Classification:  clinical instructor, contract position

Posting Number: 5277BR

Salary range:  Commensurate with experience; Emory University has a generous benefits package

Start date:  late spring or early summer 2008

Position Summary:

Emory Law School seeks a Clinic director with significant experience in child welfare and juvenile justice policy development and client representation, teaching and student supervision, and management and fundraising. 

About the Barton Child Law and Policy Clinic at Emory University:

• Established in March 2000
• Mission: to promote and protect the well-being of neglected, abused and court-involved children in the state of Georgia and to inspire excellence among the adults responsible for protecting and nurturing these children, and to prepare child advocacy professionals. 
• Work: The clinic assists individuals and organizations involved in child abuse, neglect, delinquency and other juvenile court matters with legal research, policy development, legislative drafting and analysis, training, sociological and statistical research and analysis, and litigation matters.  The clinic represents juvenile clients in juvenile court, administrative proceedings, and other settings.
• Structure:  In-house law clinic with three distinct clinical offerings for students:  juvenile defender clinic (fall and spring), public policy clinic (fall), legislative clinic (spring).  Staff consists of three clinical instructors (attorneys), a post-graduate fellow in law, and two part-time programmatic/administrative staff.  Each clinical offering enrolls 4-8 students per semester and the Emory Summer Child Advocacy Program includes 20 students.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

The clinic director oversees the operations of the clinic, including supervising faculty and staff working in the Clinic, developing curriculum, teaching students in a classroom setting, supervising students in a clinical setting, participating in local, state, and national policy development, fundraising for Clinic operations, managing and implementing grant awards, and managing the Clinic budget.

As the lead faculty member of the Clinic, the Director develops the curriculum and accompanying syllabus for the classroom seminar on child abuse and neglect and the public policy and legislative clinical offerings, teaches a weekly seminar class, and leads one clinic student meeting a week.  The Clinic Director supervises the Clinic staff which includes three attorney positions, a postgraduate fellow in law, and two part-time administrative support positions.  The Director also personally supervises clinic students in the performance of their duties.  The Clinic Director is expected to develop relationships with organizations and individuals in Atlanta, Georgia, and nationally that work on matters closely related to the Clinic's mission.  The Director, in coordination with law school and university development staff, is required to raise sufficient funds for the Clinic budget, the sources for which include major and minor donor solicitation and grant applications.   The Director, as a member of the law school faculty, will also be expected to perform regular faculty duties including participation in faculty meetings, participation on faculty committees, support for law school recruitment efforts as well as outreach to the law school and broader legal communities through participation in conferences and panels.

Qualifications:

• A J.D. degree and legal experience are required.  M.S.W. or Ph.D. in related field preferred. 
• Experience managing and teaching in children's law clinic settings preferred.
• Experience in relevant aspects of children's law.
• Significant experience in public policy development and legislative work.
• Solid intellectual grounding in the law related to child abuse, juvenile justice, status offenses, foster care and other related areas of children's law, as well as related regulations.
• Bar membership in Georgia by August 2009.
• Strong connections to local, statewide and national non-profit organizations, government and industry to facilitate development of clinical projects preferred.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Superb analytical, research, and organizational skills.
• High degree of professionalism in dealings with staff, colleagues and opponents.
• Interest in mentoring and supervising students in clinic work.
• Ability to handle a flexible but demanding work schedule.
• Ability to fundraise with donors and foundations.
• Excellent management skills, including experience managing budgets. 

To Apply:

Send a cover letter highlighting your qualifications, a full resume, writing sample, and list of references to:

Kevin Moody
Emory Law School
1301 Clifton Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30322

Or by email: kmoody@emory.edu

Applications will be reviewed as they are received and position will remain open until the right candidate is hired. Emory University is an EEO/AA employer.