GEORGETOWN LAW’s Intellectual Property and Information Policy (iPIP) Clinic specializes in creative legal and sociotechnical work for justice-minded artists, nonprofits, and coalitions. Learn more about our practice and pedagogy here. We are hiring one lawyer to serve as a clinical teaching fellow for a two-year term, Summer 2025 to Summer 2027, with multiple responsibilities:
• Supervising student attorneys’ creative, competent client work;
• Supporting students attorneys’ well-being, justice readiness, and lawyering skills;
• Sharing teaching responsibility for planning and teaching relevant seminars;
• Shaping the Clinic’s docket;
• Sustaining a work environment rooted in trust, humor, respect, and joy.
Former fellows and staff attorneys have gone into teaching and nonprofit practice. Qualifications Qualified candidates will have at least 6 months of post-J.D. legal experience that includes 1) some iPIP work, and 2) admission or ability to be admitted to the D.C. Bar. Successful candidates will enjoy iPIP work, share our enthusiasm for working with students and colleagues, and express creativity and joy in their work. No technical degree is necessary, but exposure to clinical pedagogy and practice is preferred.
Pay and Benefits
The annual salary for the position is $70,000 the first year and $75,000 the second year, along with opportunities for medical, dental, and eye insurance. The fellowship also includes a private office in the new Technology Clinics workspace, unlimited access to our state-of-the-art fitness center, supportive mentorship from our welcoming law center colleagues across IP, privacy, and technology, and engagement in academic life through the university-wide Technology & Society Initiative,. The fellow may also have time to write and publish their own scholarship, if they so choose.
Application
Please email Director Amanda Levendowski at amanda.levendowski@georgetown.edu with a single PDF of following documents, in order:
1-2 page cover letter,
CV,
three references with email addresses, and a 15-page writing sample (excerpts welcome).
Send with the subject line and document title “[iPIP Fellowship] LastName.” Copy the other iPIP team members noted below.
Contact Professor Levendowski with logistical questions.
Direct questions about the iPIP fellowship experience to Becky Chambers at rkc47@georgtown.edu and/or Shweta Kumar at shweta.kumar@georgetown.edu.
Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a rolling basis through EOD Friday, November 29, 2024, after which point interviews will begin. We look forward to hearing from you!