Director of Tulane University Law School's First Amendment Clinic

Description

TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW seeks highly qualified applicants for a full-time clinical faculty position leading its First Amendment Clinic. The position would preferably begin in January or August of 2026 and would be on the Law School's Clinical Professor faculty track, beginning as a Clinical Professor of Law or a Clinical Associate Professor of Law, depending on the candidate's experience. The initial appointment for the position is five years. Clinical faculty have voting rights consistent with the faculty handbook and serve on faculty committees within the School of Law.

The First Amendment Clinic's core mission is to provide rich student learning opportunities for its students, helping them develop concrete lawyering skills through First Amendment federal litigation. The program represents individuals without regard to political ideology, protecting the free speech rights of all. The candidate who fills the position will have primary responsibility for directing the First Amendment Clinic; engaging in case selection, litigation, and other advocacy to promote the clinic's mission and goals; supervising clinic students in all aspects of the clinic's work; teaching a related subject-matter seminar; managing development activities in support of the clinic; clinic fellow mentorship; and coordinating with an advisory committee.

Qualifications

Qualifications for the position include:

• A J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school and a strong academic record;

• Experience in First Amendment and/or Constitutional matters;

• Licensed in Louisiana; alternatively, licensed bar membership in good standing in any one of the 50 states with ability to take the bar within 3 months;

• 5 years of post-J.D. legal experience; and

• A proven record of (or clear demonstrated potential for) successful teaching and professional engagement.

Candidates who teach in a law school legal clinic, who have prior experience supervising or teaching law students, or who have prior experience supervising attorneys in the area of First Amendment and/or Constitutional law matters are strongly preferred.

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