Visiting elder law clinic professor needed at Syracuse

VISITING ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION                                   

    ELDER LAW CLINIC

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW

Syracuse University College of Law, Office of Clinical Legal Education, seeks to hire a Visiting Assistant Professor to direct and teach its Elder Law Clinic during the 2011 -2012 academic year while the current faculty member is on sabbatical.

SU’s Elder Law Clinic is a general practice clinic.  Areas of law include advance directives, Medicaid, Medicare, elder abuse and financial exploitation, private insurance, housing, real property, social security, and other miscellaneous areas.  The successful candidate will supervise 8-10 students per semester, teach the weekly Elder Law Clinic seminar, and facilitate weekly Case Rounds discussions.  The Elder Law Clinic is a one semester clinic and part of the Office of Clinical Legal Education, which includes 7 in-house clinics and a large externship program.

Applicants should have clinical teaching or other supervision experience, expertise in the appropriate areas of law, and be admitted to practice in New York or eligible to be admitted pro hace vice pursuant to Rule 520.11 of the New York Rules of the Court of Appeals for Admission of Attorneys and Counselors at Law.

To apply, submit a cover letter, resume, and names of three references to Sue Davie, Clinic Administrator, at sedavie@law.sr.edu, as soon as possible and by no later than May 3, 2011.  Applications will be reviewed as they are received.  For further information, contact Mary Helen McNeal, Professor and Clinic Director, at mhmcneal@law.syr.edu.

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