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Suffolk University Law School in Boston invites applications for a tenure-track clinical faculty member to direct its Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic (the “IPEC”) starting in the 2016-2017 academic year. We seek candidates with strong academic records and a demonstrated commitment to excellence in teaching and scholarship. Prior experience with clinical teaching is preferred, though not required. Applicants must either be a member of the Massachusetts bar or eligible for admission to practice in Massachusetts.
The IPEC is a dynamic inter-disciplinary clinic that collaborates regularly with Suffolk’s Sawyer Business School. It provides free legal services to underserved clients with limited resources on issues relating to new and emerging businesses, with a focus on intellectual property (copyrights, trademarks, patents, and trade secrets). Law students working under the direction of the clinic director provide a broad range of intellectual property and transactional services. Clients include entrepreneurs, inventors, scientists, designers, software developers, online publishers, cloud service providers, artists, authors, filmmakers and musicians, who may be individuals, for-profit businesses, or nonprofits. This innovative clinic provides students with the hands-on, practical experience needed to navigate the rapidly evolving fields of intellectual property and entrepreneurship. With direct supervision, IPEC students learn best practices for the fundamental skills of counseling, advocacy, and transactional practice. At the same time, IPEC helps entrepreneurs and artists protect and commercialize their IP and other assets.
The ideal candidate for this position will be a self-motivated individual who will “grow” the clinic by developing relationships with alumni, other members of the academy and external entities. In addition to teaching a full-year clinic, all tenure-track clinical faculty teach one non-clinical course that relates to the faculty member’s clinical work.
The IPEC is one of nine in-house clinics in the Clinical Programs. It is also part of the Intellectual Property Concentration, which integrates doctrinal and experiential offerings in intellectual property. Both the Clinical Program and the Intellectual Property Concentration are nationally ranked.
The Law School particularly encourages applications from women, minorities, and others whose backgrounds will contribute to the diversity of the faculty. To apply, contact Professor and Clinical Programs Committee Co-Chair Joseph Glannon (jglannon@suffolk.edu), Suffolk University Law School, 120 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02108-4977. Suffolk University is an equal opportunity employer.
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