Northwestern University - Chicago, IL
posted 14 days ago
About the position
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law invites applications for a full-time clinical faculty position to serve as the Director of the Carter G. Phillips Center for Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy, a clinical program housed within the Bluhm Legal Clinic. The expected start date for this position is July 2025. The faculty appointment may be as a Clinical Professor of Law, Associate Clinical Professor of Law, or Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, at a level commensurate with experience and qualifications. We seek applicants for this position with distinguished academic and practice experience as well as a demonstrated track record of directing, developing, and teaching appellate advocacy or related courses. The Carter G. Phillips Center for Supreme Court and Appellate Advocacy has been a core part of the Bluhm Legal Clinic for nearly twenty years. The Center is operated in partnership with attorneys from Sidley Austin LLP and serves the Northwestern Pritzker Law community and the general public through three primary avenues. First, the Center offers two year-long clinical courses which the Director is expected to teach: the Federal Appellate Litigation Clinic and the Carter G. Phillips/Sidley Austin LLP Supreme Court Clinic. Second, the Center operates a Supreme Court moot program, which offers counsel appearing before the Supreme Court an opportunity to present and refine their strategies in advance of argument. Third, the Center organizes a variety of research, policy, and other events for the Northwestern Pritzker Law community. This includes supervising students seeking to pursue an Appellate Concentration; inviting guest speakers to Chicago, including Justices of the Supreme Court; and publishing relevant scholarship in law reviews.
Responsibilities
- Provide leadership to the range of programs and activities carried out by the Center.
- Teach the Federal Appellate Litigation clinical course.
- Co-teach the Supreme Court clinic along with adjunct faculty from Sidley Austin.
- Assist in bringing in new matters for the Supreme Court clinic.
- Develop strategies for writing briefs and other filings on behalf of the Clinic's clients.
- Review the Clinic students' drafts and other work product.
- Produce briefs and other filings suitable for filing in the U.S. Supreme Court.
- Participate in Bluhm Legal Clinic and Law School meetings, events, and committee work.
Requirements
- JD degree.
- At least three years of experience in directly relevant practice areas.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Experience supervising law students, law student interns, or junior lawyers in clinical legal education or professional settings.
- Experience supervising student moot court teams.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Ability to integrate technology into the teaching and learning process.
- Ability to interact with students, educators, and the general public in a professional manner.
Nice-to-haves
- Demonstrated abilities to inspire others and work collaboratively.
- Passion for teaching and learning.
- Recognition as a respected member of the clinical community and/or relevant professional community.
Benefits
- Meaningful, competitive, high-quality health care plans.
- Retirement benefits.
- Tuition discounts.
