HARVARD LAW SCHOOL invites applications
for a full-time clinical faculty member in the Immigration and Refugee Clinical
Program. The faculty appointment may be a Clinical Professor of Law, Assistant
Clinical Professor of Law, or Visiting Assistant Clinical Professor of Law,
depending on the candidate’s extent and type of experience.
The Harvard Immigration
and Refugee Clinical Program
The Harvard Immigration and Refugee
Clinical Program (“HIRC”) seeks to advance immigrants’ rights through clinical
education. Working closely with clinical supervisors, law students take the
lead in representing low-income immigrants who are fighting deportation and
seeking immigration status in the United States. Students utilize a range of
legal advocacy tools on behalf of their clients, including direct
representation, impact litigation, policy advocacy, and community outreach.
HIRC has four primary components. First,
the Immigration and Refugee Advocacy Clinic represents individuals seeking
humanitarian protection and advocates for immigrants’ rights. Second, the
Crimmigration Clinic focuses on the intersection of criminal law and
immigration law and advocates for the decriminalization of immigration status.
Third, the HLS Immigration Project, a student-run practice organization,
engages in limited direct representation, community outreach, and policy
advocacy. Finally, the Harvard Representation Initiative serves as an in-house
counsel for members of the Harvard community whose immigration status is at
risk.
HIRC offers students the opportunity to
practice immigration and refugee law through work on a variety of litigation,
administrative, and policy projects. This includes work with community groups, medical
professionals, and nonprofit and public interest organizations at the federal,
state, and local levels. HIRC also collaborates with other clinics and
student-practice organizations at the Law School, including the Criminal
Justice Institute, the Harvard Legal Aid Bureau, Harvard Defenders, among
others.
HIRC’s team is interdisciplinary. A
licensed clinical social worker and social work interns work closely with
clinical law students, staff, faculty, and clients to ensure that HIRC’s approach
is holistic and trauma-sensitive.
Through HIRC, students gain legal
research, writing, and oral advocacy skills. Past and current projects include
direct appeals and amicus support before the Board of Immigration Appeals, federal
courts of appeals, and the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as district court
litigation, including habeas petitions, Freedom of Information Act, mandamus,
and other lawsuits. Students also engage in policy advocacy at the local,
state, and national levels, drafting reports and white papers, as well as model
regulations and legislation.
Role and Responsibilities
The clinical faculty member will work
with clinic staff and students to manage the legal work and operations of HIRC
in conjunction with the Director and Managing Attorney, will supervise clinical
instructional fellows and/or clinical instructors and administrative staff, and
will have responsibility for identifying and leading various projects and
initiatives. The clinical faculty member will also teach or co-teach clinical
courses relating to HIRC’s work and may have the opportunity to teach
additional courses at the Law School, as proposed and approved through regular curricular planning and
approval processes.
Beyond
HIRC, the clinical faculty member will have access to the many opportunities
for engagement, collaboration, and community through the wider clinical program
and intellectual life of Harvard Law School.
As a faculty member, the successful candidate will have opportunities to
participate in various faculty programs, initiatives, and (unless the
appointment is to a visiting position) governance.
Qualifications
All applicants must have:
·
A minimum of five years of
practice experience in immigration law and policy.
·
A J.D. from an ABA-accredited
law school.
·
Admission to the
Massachusetts bar, OR
·
Eligibility to practice and
supervise students under Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Rule 3:04 while
pursuing admission.
Qualified
candidates will have:
Legal
Qualifications
·
Expertise and substantial
lawyering experience with public interest lawyering, in particular, with issues
relating to immigrants’ rights and the intersection between immigration and
criminal law.
·
A commitment to
community-based legal advocacy. This commitment can take many forms but
requires a demonstrated record of public interest lawyering that is responsive,
adaptive, and creative.
Teaching
Qualifications
·
A track record of successful
clinical teaching as demonstrated by student engagement, learning and
evaluation, OR
·
Significant experience
teaching and mentoring law students or junior lawyers in non-clinical education
contexts.
·
A record of contributing to
scholarship, and/or legal training programming and materials, and/or other
types of writing in service of the profession.
Management and Strategy
Skills
·
Ability to set vision and
direction for clinical law practice and pedagogy.
·
A record of effective supervision
of team members and support for individual practitioner growth and development.
·
Meaningful experience in
program or project leadership.
·
Demonstrated practice and
commitment to building an inclusive working and learning environment.
Other
Skillsets and Values
·
Superior oral and written
communication skills.
·
Superior interpersonal skills
and emotional intelligence.
·
Collaboration and teamwork
ability.
·
A demonstrated commitment to
diversity, equity, and racial justice.
Apply via https://academicpositions.harvard.edu/postings/11428
Please include a letter of interest, a
resume, and a list of three or more references. If applicable, please feel free
to submit teaching evaluations for the last three years and/or up to three
publications.
The application period will be open until
September 6, 2022. Only those candidates selected for interviews will be
contacted. The successful candidate will be expected to begin work no later
than January 1, 2023.
Harvard Law School is an equal
opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration
for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin,
disability status, protected veteran status, gender identity, sexual
orientation, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, or any other
characteristic protected by law.
