Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Seeks Transactional Food & Beverage Law Clinic Director

Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University Seeks Transactional Food and Beverage Law Clinic Director

The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University seeks to hire a Director for its new Transactional Food and Beverage Law Clinic, to start September 1, 2016.  This new clinic is part of a collaboration between the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) to serve the direct legal service needs of food justice organizations, farmers, and food entrepreneurs in the greater New York region by increasing capacity of the legal community to meet those needs through education of law students and training of lawyers.

The Director/Managing Attorney of the Haub Transactional Food and Beverage Law Clinic will serve as lead attorney on all clinic projects.  He/she will work with Professor Margot Pollans, the Food Law Initiative Faculty Director, to identify clinic clients and overall clinic development.  The managing attorney will also work with NRDC and other key partners on appropriate clinic projects.  During the academic year, the managing attorney will supervise clinic students and will co-teach a weekly clinic seminar.  The managing attorney will take the lead in developing the curriculum for the clinic seminar.  The managing attorney will also assist with fundraising efforts and participate in teaching and planning for Food Law Initiative workshop programs.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 3+ years transactional legal experience

• New York State bar admission (or admission in an another state and willingness to sit for the New York bar at the first opportunity after hiring)

• demonstrated fundraising ability

• excellent analytical and writing skills and demonstrated success in advocacy and client management

• significant experience working with food system issues and a commitment to the mission of the Food Law Initiative

• teaching (or other supervisory) experience 

OTHER INFORMATION

• Start date: September 1, 2016

• Position duration: two years with possibility for extension depending on funding

• This is a full-time non-tenure track position and the Director will solely be an employee of the Elisabeth Haub School of Law at Pace University.

• Salary will be commensurate with experience.  Competitive benefits package.

For a full job description, please see: 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3BpfXJ_Lg0QVDlWLUNFR2tnY00/view?usp=sharing

or email Margot Pollans, mpollans@law.pace.edu