Fordham Law - Entrepreneurial Law Clinic Director Opening

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW invites applications for a full-time tenure, tenure-track, or long-term contract faculty position to direct our Entrepreneurial Law Clinic.  The faculty member will join a vibrant clinical program that has 15 full-time clinicians who teach, practice, and lead. We welcome interest both from those new to clinical legal teaching and from experienced clinicians; an appointment could be made to Associate Clinical Professor, Associate Professor, Clinical Professor, or Professor.

We seek dynamic candidates who are excited about clinical legal education, deeply committed to the academic enterprise, and able to collaborate with diverse groups inside and outside our university. We also welcome candidates who possess the capacity and inclination to support and advance law reform.  Commitment to principles of experiential learning and clinical pedagogy is central to the position; those who are not already conversant with these principles should be committed to developing in this domain.  The faculty member will have primary responsibility teaching and supervising students in the Entrepreneurial Clinic at our in-house law firm (Lincoln Square Legal Services, Inc.).  They will also have primary responsibility for selecting clients and matters and structuring the overall design and goals of the clinic.

In its current form, the highly successful Entrepreneurial Law Clinic provides pro bono transactional legal services to under-resourced entrepreneurs and small business owners and participates in community outreach to educate entrepreneurs about legal issues.  Students work with clients to form entities, structure incentive compensation for founders, protect clients' intellectual property rights, help clients build their workforce, as well as draft shareholder, operating, vendor, customer, lease and/or employment agreements.  We are open to candidates who wish to work within the Clinic’s current form as well as those who wish to advance their own distinctive vision of an Entrepreneurial Clinic at Fordham Law School.

We welcome applications from all qualified candidates, including those applicants facing barriers to or who have been underserved by legal education and in the legal profession. The salary range for this job is $175,000-$290,000, dependent on experience. Any summer case coverage or research funding is in addition.

Qualifications

Candidates must hold a JD or its equivalent and be members of the New York Bar (or be eligible to seek membership as soon as reasonably possible after committing to join us). A period of at least three years of practice experience in transactional practice is preferred.

Application Instructions

Candidates can review the full job posting and apply for the position through Interfolio. Applications should consist of a C.V. and a cover letter stating the applicant’s vision for the clients and communities the clinic would serve, the range of matters to be handled, and the clinic’s student learning objectives. The cover letter should also indicate aspects of the candidate’s practice experience that render them suitable for the position.  Candidates seeking a tenure or tenure-track position should include a separate research agenda and potential job market paper.

For questions, please contact Professor Tracy Higgins or Professor Paul Radvany, Co-Chairs of the Clinical Faculty Appointments Committee, at [email protected], [email protected].

Applications will be accepted until the position is filled but applicants are strongly encouraged to submit their materials by October 15, 2024 or earlier.