Job Announcement: Long Term Contract Faculty Position at UC Hastings College of Law

The University of California Hastings College of the Law is recruiting for a teaching/supervising faculty position. This is a Long Term Contract Faculty position with an initial three-year contract period beginning July 1, 2015. Salary is commensurate with law school teaching experience.

The successful applicant's teaching responsibilities will include acting as Director for the Startup Legal Garage program. In this program, students do corporate and intellectual property work for early stage Tech and BioTech companies, supervised for free by outside law firms. The students bring redacted versions of the deals they are working on into the accompanying doctrinal classroom, to give life to the legal cases they are studying. The Startup Legal Garage has been named one of the most innovative law school programs in the country.

This Director of the Startup Legal Garage will work with the Director of the Institute for Innovation Law and will have year-round responsibility for managing a program that, as part of doctrinal courses, creates and oversees dozens of fieldwork projects each semester. Each project is comprised of two to three students, a supervising attorney from a leading law firm, and an early-stage tech or biotech company. The Director is responsible for managing relationships with students, practicing attorneys and members of the startup community as well as helping to develop the day-to-day activities of the Startup Legal Garage curricular program.

Experience in at least one major law firm and with start-ups and entrepreneurships is required, along with superb communication and organizational skills. A JD degree and bar admission are required. Experience in or aptitude for law teaching and student supervision, relevant legal practice experience, and subject matter expertise will be central considerations in the selection process.

Long Term Contract Faculty are considered faculty and are involved in institutional governance including serving on faculty committees. Successful candidates will have demonstrated excellence in teaching and in supportive, mentoring supervision, have meaningful hands-on lawyering experience from which they can articulate lessons and approaches, and have demonstrated a commitment to public and professional service.

To apply, please submit a cover letter, CV, and references to Katey Mason at masonk@uchastings.edu by April 3, 2015. Please address any questions to the chair of the LTCF appointments committee, Prof. Ascanio Piomelli, at piomelli@uchastings.edu. UC Hastings is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply.