Medical malpractice background a plus. No telephone calls, please. With more than 20 years of combined experience, Jenny Pharr Chunn and Michelle Voorhies Bech, Esq., are uniquely qualified to assist you with your placement or hiring needs in Louisiana, Texas and other southern locations. Tulane Law School invites applications for the position of clinical professor to serve as the director of the Criminal Clinic beginning in June 2001. Staffed by the director, a clinic instructor and 20 student-attorneys, the Criminal Clinic provides free criminal legal services to indigent clients charged with felonies and misdemeanors, primarily in state courts in the metropolitan New Orleans area.
Representation is provided at the trial and appellate level.
Responsibilities include teaching in the classroom, client representation, supervision and evaluation of student-attorneys in the Criminal Clinic, managing the clinical staff, assuring high quality casework, engaging in scholarly research and activities, and providing service to the community, the legal profession, the law school and the university. Experience representing clients in criminal defense is preferred. Clinical teaching experience is preferred but not required. Applications should also have demonstrated interest in writing on law, policy or the profession. Candidates must be admitted to practice in Louisiana or be willing to become a member of the Louisiana bar promptly.