The Director will be responsible for managing and teaching in the Public Defender Project, an externship program in the Frank J. Remington Center at the University of Wisconsin Law School. The Public Defender Project places students in summer externships in Wisconsin State Public Defender offices throughout Wisconsin. Under the direction of the managing public defender or staff, students assist in many aspects of indigent criminal defense work.
This position's job duties include teaching, program development, and administrative management. The Director will design, develop, and deliver instruction to prepare students for their summer work placements and debrief them afterwards. This classroom instruction includes, for example, topics in criminal law and procedure, trial advocacy, and legal ethics. In addition, the Director will teach in the classroom-based criminal law curriculum, such as courses in substantive criminal law or criminal procedure, typically in the fall semester.
Administrative duties may include student outreach and recruiting; coordinating to ensure effective placement opportunities for students; negotiating, collecting, and distributing student stipends; and conducting site reviews to monitor student learning experiences, consistent with applicable ABA, Law School, or university rules. Additional responsibilities may be assigned as deemed necessary and appropriate by the Dean.
JD required. At least five years' experience as a criminal-defense attorney, as a public defender, or in leading a similar public defender clinic/externship required;
Demonstrated ability and desire to teach classroom-based criminal law courses, including courses in substantive and procedural criminal law required;
Preference given to candidates who have additional years of public defender or public defender clinic/externship experience, as well as project-management or administrative experience.
To be hired at the Associate level, previous clinical teaching experience required.
Admission to practice law in the Wisconsin Bar or admissibility to practice law in Wisconsin.
Applicants must submit a cover letter and resume through the Jobs at UW website (www.jobs.wisc.edu). The full consideration date is Sunday, November 3rd, but we will accept applications for this position until it is filled.
CONTACT:
Justin Boehm
[email protected]
608-890-4466
Relay Access (WTRS): 7-1-1 (out-of-state: TTY: 800.947.3529, STS: 800.833.7637) and above Phone number (See RELAY_SERVICE for further information. )