Clinical Professor and Director, Domestic Violence Clinic

The Director/Clinical Professor will supervise student representation of clients and be responsible for meeting regularly, mentoring, and advising the students. The Director/Clinical Professor will select cases for the clinic, will be responsible for directing the course of the students' cases, and will ensure that the clinic's clients are adequately and professionally represented. For some matters, this will entail supervising student work. For other matters, the Director/Clinical Professor will be more directly involved in the representation. Additionally, the Director/Clinical Professor will teach the seminar component of the Domestic Violence Clinic to students participating in the clinic.

We expect the clinical professor to work closely with students on all aspects of their work and responsibilities include:

• Meeting regularly with law students and social work interns and supervising their work;
• Attending all court appearances, depositions, mediations, and other case related activities with law students;
• Teaching the classroom component of the clinic;
• Implementing the clinic guidelines and policies related to supervision and representation; and
• Participating in other meetings and activities of the clinical program and law school.

Clinical faculty positions at Texas Law are nine-month appointmentswith nine-month pay starting at $147,596, depending on experience. Additionally, the successful candidate will have the option of providing summer coverage of cases or contracting out summer coverage of the cases. This position is full-time and non-tenure track, with an initial one-year appointment followed by three-year, rolling, presumptively renewable appointments.

The successful candidate will join a robust community of over 25 experienced faculty members who teach in the clinical program. The clinical faculty meet regularly to discuss best practices in clinical teaching, course design, and other relevant issues, and it is a collegial and supportive group.

About the Domestic Violence Clinic

The Domestic Violence Clinic is a one-semester course, offered in the fall and spring semesters to second and third-year law students. Students in the Domestic Violence Clinic represent victims of domestic violence with a variety of legal issues. A client-centered, holistic approach is taken to case representation. In addition to law students, the clinic provides an internship opportunity for social work interns from the UT School of Social Work. These interns are supervised in their practice by a social worker who is employed by the law school. The role of the social work intern is to support the clinic clients in their experience with legal representation and connect the clients to resources.

The clinic represents survivors of domestic violence primarily in two types of cases:

1. Civil litigation in Travis County, Texas, such as protective orders, divorces, personal injury suits, suits affecting the parent child relationship; and
2. Parole cases in review by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. The clinic represents survivors of domestic abuse who are incarcerated in Texas for offenses related to their victimization in front of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.

More information about the Domestic Violence Clinic can be found at: https://law.utexas.edu/clinics/domestic-violence/

1. Member in good standing of the Texas Bar or eligible to waive into the Texas Bar required.
2. A minimum of seven years of litigation experience representing survivors of domestic violence.
3. Experience supervising and mentoring law students and/or junior attorneys.
4. Familiarity with clinical teaching methods (preferred).
5. Teaching experience (preferred).

To apply, submit a cover letter, resume, contact information for at least three professional references, and writing sample. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis.

The University of Texas at Austin, as an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, or veteran status in employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.