Position title: Clinic Supervising Attorney
Salary range: The UC academic salary scales set the minimum pay at appointment. See the following table(s) for the current salary scale(s) for this position: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/2023-24/july-2023-acad-salary-scales/t15-f.pdf. The starting full-time salary for this position is salary point 19, currently projected to $134,777 effective targeted start date.
Percent time: 100%
Anticipated start: July 1, 2024
Position duration: Initial one-year term with eligibility for renewal
Open date: April 18, 2024
Next review date: Friday, May 3, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Saturday, Aug 31, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
The Berkeley Law International Human Rights Law Clinic (IHRLC) seeks applications for a Clinical Supervising Staff Attorney position. Under the supervision of the Clinical Director and in collaboration with the current Clinical Supervising Attorney, the Supervising Attorney’s general responsibilities include training and supervising students in client representation; working on the clinic’s docket of projects and cases, developing and managing one or more legal cases or projects per semester independently (i.e., without a co-supervisor); and performing varied administrative and other tasks to assist in IHRLC’s and Clinical Program’s operation.
IHRLC advances human rights at home and abroad through litigation, documentation, evidence-based policy work, and client-centered advocacy on a range of cases and urgent issues. One of the oldest human rights clinics in the country, the clinic has pioneered a client-centered, multidisciplinary, collaborative approach to its work. Students hold perpetrators of mass violence accountable in international and domestic courts, fight for justice for migrants at the border and immigrants in our community, and protect human rights defenders under threat from authoritarian regimes.
IHRLC is committed to preparing law students from diverse backgrounds and providing first-rate legal services to underrepresented individuals, marginalized communities, and public interest organizations. The Clinical Program is committed to building an equitable and inclusive faculty and staff to teach and work in a multicultural and antiracist learning environment. The law school provides support for Supervising Attorneys to attend conferences that advance their professional development goals and interests.
DUTIES
Under the supervision of the Clinical Director and in collaboration with the current Clinical Supervising Attorney, the Supervising Attorney will be responsible for:
Clinical Supervision and Advocacy (80%)
Administrative Duties (15%)
Other Duties as Assigned (5%)
UC Field Work Supervisors are academic appointees in an organized bargaining unit and are exclusively represented by the American Federation of Teachers - Unit 18.
You can read more about the clinic’s matters and staff, here: https://www.law.berkeley.edu/experiential/clinics/international-human-rights-law-clinic/about-the-clinic/
Labor Contract: https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/labor/bargaining-units/ix/index.html
Basic qualifications (required at time of application)
Additional qualifications (required at time of start)
Document requirements
Reference requirements
Apply link:https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04381
Help contact: angel.fong@berkeley.edu
UC Berkeley is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The excellence of the institution requires an environment in which the diverse community of faculty, students, and staff are welcome and included. Successful candidates will demonstrate knowledge and skill related to ensuring equity and inclusion in the activities of their academic position (e.g., teaching, research, and service, as applicable).
The University of California, Berkeley is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct
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