Tenure-Track, Entry Level Clinical with Teaching

Tenure-Track, Entry Level Clinical with Teaching

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Position Information

Working Title Tenure-Track, Entry Level Clinical with Teaching
Department Chase College of Law
Full Time or Part Time? Full Time
Position Number
Commitment to Inclusive Excellence

Northern Kentucky University (NKU) seeks excellence by enriching its educational environment and culture through the diversity of its administration, faculty and staff and by embracing inclusiveness, equity, and global awareness in all dimensions of its work. NKU is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access/Affirmative Action institution. We encourage applications by members of diverse groups and by persons with a demonstrated commitment to issues of diversity and experience in achieving goals relative to inclusive excellence.
Purpose of Position
Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law seeks to fill an entry-level tenure-track clinical faculty position with an expected start date in August 2024. This is one of two positions posted, but with two different sets of qualifications (tenure-track, entry-level teaching or tenure-track, entry-level clinical with teaching). Only one of these two positions will be filled.

Primary Responsibilities
In this position, the candidate will supervise students in one of our two existing litigation clinics (Children’s Law Center Clinic or Constitutional Litigation Clinic). The NKU Chase Children’s Law Center Clinic represents children primarily in delinquency, child custody and visitation, and school matters. The NKU Chase Constitutional Litigation Clinic is housed at the Ohio Justice & Policy Center in nearby Cincinnati. It represents prisoners and former offenders in Ohio and federal courts on claims that their civil rights were violated by abuse or other means while incarcerated. In this tenure-track clinical faculty position, the candidate will also teach one doctrinal course per year in a field related to their clinical work.
Qualifications
Applicants for this position must possess a JD degree from an ABA-accredited law school, be admitted to practice law in a US jurisdiction, and have excellent academic and professional credentials.

Any candidate who is offered this position will be required to go through a pre-employment criminal background check as mandated by state law.
Minimum Education Juris Doctorate
Preferred Education Juris Doctorate
Posting Detail Information

Requisition Number 2023F706
Job Open Date 10/18/2023
Job Close Date
Open Until Filled Yes
Quick Link https://jobs.nku.edu/postings/13439

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