Clinical Assistant, Associate or Full Professor of Law

University of Mississippi•University, MS

About The Position

The University of Mississippi School of Law invites applicants with a passion for justice and teaching to apply to the position of Clinical Professor (Assistant, Associate or Full, to be determined) in its Housing Clinic. The Clinic’s mission is to the protect property rights of, and ensure safe and affordable housing for, low-income Mississippians. This is a non-tenure track faculty position. The position is a twelve-month appointment. The position’s primary responsibilities will be the teaching and management of ongoing cases, case selection, litigation of cases, supervision of students, client management, and other litigation-related administrative duties. The position will be supervised by the Clinic director. The candidate is expected to achieve excellence in some or all of the following categories depending upon the specific scope of contractual employment: teaching and supervision, scholarship, litigation, public advocacy, and service to the law school and community consistent with his or her clinical responsibilities. We seek applicants for this position with a demonstrated track record of accomplishment in litigating cases involving evictions, fair housing, heirs property, tax sales, adverse possession, and takings in trial and on appeal, and in both state and federal courts, as well as a firm grasp of and experience in advocating for low-income, affordable housing policy, including state and federal low-income housing programs. Experience in litigating HUD administrative proceedings, Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), and Section 8 cases, as well as experience in title work, (state) property tax disputes. Applicants must also possess, or be willing to gain, experience as a clinical-legal instructor teaching/supervising students in an in-house legal clinic. Applicants should have a minimum of five years of legal experience, which experience ideally should include litigating within the specific areas of law referenced above, as well as litigation management and student teaching experience. In addition, a J.D. degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association is required, and the candidate must obtain admission, if not already obtained, to the practice of law within Mississippi at the earliest administration of the Mississippi Bar Examination. The successful candidate will have teaching promise, a commitment to clinical teaching and public interest law practice service, and a record of scholarship or evidence of the ability to produce scholarship that is consistent with the demands of clinical teaching and litigation. Join the Ole Miss Family — Build Your Legacy Here!

Requirements

demonstrated track record of accomplishment in litigating cases involving evictions, fair housing, heirs property, tax sales, adverse possession, and takings in trial and on appeal, and in both state and federal courts, as well as a firm grasp of and experience in advocating for low-income, affordable housing policy, including state and federal low-income housing programs
Experience in litigating HUD administrative proceedings, Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), and Section 8 cases, as well as experience in title work, (state) property tax disputes
Applicants must also possess, or be willing to gain, experience as a clinical-legal instructor teaching/supervising students in an in-house legal clinic
Applicants should have a minimum of five years of legal experience, which experience ideally should include litigating within the specific areas of law referenced above, as well as litigation management and student teaching experience
a J.D. degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association is required
the candidate must obtain admission, if not already obtained, to the practice of law within Mississippi at the earliest administration of the Mississippi Bar Examination
The successful candidate will have teaching promise, a commitment to clinical teaching and public interest law practice service, and a record of scholarship or evidence of the ability to produce scholarship that is consistent with the demands of clinical teaching and litigation