Assistant or Associate Clinical Professor and Director of Business Law Innovation Clinic, College of Law (37633)

Northern Illinois University College of Law has a collegial law faculty and a very supportive clinical faculty. The Director of the Business Law Innovation Clinic (hereinafter the Director) will be appointed to a twelve-month full-time position fully funded by Northern Illinois University. All clinical faculty are eligible for the possibility of promotion on the clinical faculty track and the possibility for attainment of a six-year presumptively renewable clinical contract and security of position compliant with 405( c ). Clinical faculty members participate in faculty governance, which includes committee work, but excludes decisions related to the retention and promotion of doctrinal tenure-track faculty. The starting rank will be assistant or associate clinical professor, depending on qualifications.

The Director of the Business Law Innovation Clinic will report directly to the law school’s Director of Clinical Programs and will work closely with the Dean and the faculty at the College of Law on any further development or expansion of the Business Law Innovation Clinic, including clinic seminar classes taught to part-time J.D. students and client services provided at the NIU Naperville campus.

This position is a full-time, 12-month appointment. The Director is expected to be on-site at the Clinical Law Center in DeKalb, Illinois during regular business hours.

If travel beyond the NIU Clinical Law Center location in DeKalb, Illinois is required for community outreach or partnership activities, the Director will be eligible to receive mileage reimbursement in accordance with NIU travel policy.

The Director will be eligible to receive the travel allocation and professional development funds available to clinical faculty. The College of Law will pay certain licensing and professional development fees for the Director as needed, including the annual attorney registration fee for the Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission (ARDC) of the Supreme Court of Illinois, and membership fees for the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA), the Clinical Legal Education Association (CLEA), and the clinical section of the Association of American Law Schools (AALS). Active participation in these organizations is expected.

Outside Employment

The Director must obtain prior approval from the Director of Clinical Programs and the Dean of the College of Law before engaging in any outside consulting, research, or outside employment activities. The Director shall comply with Illinois’ University Faculty Research and Consulting Act of 1969 and NIU’s Board of Trustees Regulations on outside employment.