11/03/2023
CJI is looking to hire a Temporary Clinical Instructor! Details below, and please share with anyone that might be interested in this opportunity!
Job Title, Department: Clinical Instructor, Criminal Justice Institute
Reports to: Deputy Director, Criminal Justice Institute
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Duties and Responsibilities:
Harvard Law School’s Criminal Justice Institute (CJI) is inviting applications for a temporary Clinical Instructor position. Candidates must be available to start no later than December 4, 2024, and be licensed to practice in Massachusetts (active status). CJI is a public defender clinic that provides zealous defense to indigent adults and juvenile clients facing misdemeanor and felony charges in Boston area criminal courts. Student practice includes case investigation, trial court work from arraignment to disposition, and interlocutory appellate representation in the Appeals Court and Supreme Judicial Court. CJI students learn to provide client-centered representation, developing their advocacy skills to help their clients both in and out of the court room. Reporting to the Deputy Director of the Institute, the Clinical Instructor provides law students with a rigorous educational experience while also ensuring that clients accused or convicted of crime and/or delinquency are provided with high quality legal representation. The Clinical Instructor will directly supervise law students in all aspects of client representation, assist in classroom teaching and curriculum development, provide written evaluations for students, cover student cases when necessary, serve as lead counsel in some cases, and assist in a variety of Institute initiatives, including conferences and other educational programs, research, amicus briefs on criminal justice issues, and other written projects. This position requires a great deal of local travel and the instructor must be able to provide own transportation to and from work related appointments.
Basic Qualifications:
Earned JD at least 3 years prior, currently admitted to the Massachusetts Bar with at least three years of criminal defense trial practice and/or juvenile defense law experience.
Additional Qualifications:
Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills. Motivation, initiative and commitment to meeting the legal needs of indigent persons charged with, or convicted of, crimes or delinquency; ability to work independently as well as collaboratively, and in demanding, high-stress circumstances. Experience with training, supervising, teaching, or mentoring law students, beginning attorneys, and familiarity with clinical pedagogy is preferred.
Certificates and Licenses
Massachusetts Bar Licensure
Additional Information
This is a temporary term appointment currently expected to end May 31, 2024.
Applicants should submit cover letter and resume as one single PDF file via email to [email protected]
