Applications are invited for Clinical Faculty and Assistant Director at Jindal Global Law School for the year 2024. The last date of application is March 12.

The Office of the Vice Dean of Clinical Legal Education, Jindal Global Law School is accepting applications for the position of Clinical Faculty and Assistant Director for the Law & Marginalisation Clinic, Centre for Justice Law & Society. This is a full-time contractual position with Jindal Global Law School. 

Eligibility

This role comes with a teaching position and the candidate must therefore meet the criteria for a clinical teaching faculty. As per the policy of the Office of Clinical Legal Education at JGLS, individuals are required to meet the following requirements to be hired as teaching clinical faculty:

• an LLM degree or other equivalent postgraduate qualification;
• advocacy experience of five years, which shall include one year of experience in clinical pedagogy; This may include coursework experience of clinical learning at an LLM Programme and/or clinical teaching.
• experience in writing reports and publishing journal articles; and
• Litigation experience will be valuable. 

Primary Tasks

• • Clinical teaching and assessment for a one-year long clinical course for 8 credits;
  • Supervising 2-credit winter and summer clinics in the month of January and July.
  • Working on legal aid cases including client meetings, drafting, filing, coordinating with lawyers and court staff, among others;
  • Supervising all the legal aid work undertaken by the Clinic including management and supervision of all cases for legal consultation and drafting and research for live cases before judicial forums;
  • Facilitating client meetings and drafting of legal notices, letters and other such material for legal aid work at the Clinic;
  • Supervising all lawyers, associates, paralegals and interns working with the Clinic on legal aid initiatives.
  • Clinical projects, reports and publications including writing including research, writing, editing and designing.
  • Fostering collaborators for clinical courses and developing a clinical project in consultation with them.
  • Attending conferences,workshops and seminars including pedagogy workshops on clinical teaching 
  • Drafting funding proposals and report writing for grant opportunities;
  • Drafting of quarterly and annual progress reports to be submitted to the CLE Office
  • Managing the social media pages for the Law & Marginalisation Clinic .
  • How to Apply?

  • Please send your updated CV with a brief cover letter to vd.cle@jgu.edu.in and copy devina.malaviya@jgu.edu.in, djain@jgu.edu.in, shahla.nigar@jgu.edu.in and dchaudhari@jgu.edu.in.

    Please use “Application for Position of Assistant Director L&M Clinic” as the subject of the email.

    Important dates

    The deadline for applications for the positions has been extended until March 12th 2024 and the role commences flexibly between March – July 2024. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to participate in an interview and will be notified by 15th March. Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be informed.

    Salary 

    Remuneration will be commensurate with experience.

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