WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW invites applications for the faculty position
of Assistant Director of its longstanding Interdisciplinary Environmental Clinic
The Clinic represents non-profit organizations, community groups, and individuals pursuing
legal action and other forms of advocacy to protect the environment and community health. Its
unique interdisciplinary focus enables it to provide both legal and technical assistance to clients
through law students and undergraduate and graduate non-law students from other university
schools.
Students work in interdisciplinary teams, overseen by the director or the assistant director in
combination with the Clinic’s science faculty, on issues such as air and water pollution, solid and
hazardous waste, energy regulation, and environmental justice.
The assistant director will assist the director in overseeing all aspects of the Clinic, including the
teaching and grading of students (through one-on-one tutorials and a weekly seminar),
supervision of and responsibility for student casework, identification and selection of clients and
matters, grant writing and administration, and day-to-day program administration. The assistant
director will have primary supervisory responsibility for approximately half of the Clinic’s cases.
Candidates must be eligible to practice law in Missouri (i.e., must be a member of the Missouri
bar, eligible for admission without examination pursuant to Missouri Supreme Court Rule 8.10,
or eligible for admission as a law teacher without examination pursuant to Missouri Supreme
Court Rule 13.06). Candidates should have litigation experience, outstanding legal research and
writing skills, and promise as a teacher and mentor for law students
Applicants must complete an online application by navigating to https://jobs.wustl.edu/ and
searching for job opening number 43482.
In addition to completing the online application, applicants should submit a resume, law school
transcript, references, and brief description of the candidate’s interest and qualifications to:
Elizabeth Hubertz, Washington University School of Law, One Brookings Drive, Campus Box
1120, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899