Clinical Assistant Professor (joint position)

Job description

Description The Schools of Social Work and Law seek a full-time clinical instructor for a joint appointment - Clinical Assistant Professor in Social Work and Mitigation Advocacy in the Criminal Justice System . The goals for this position are to: - prepare students for dynamic and innovative careers in mitigation advocacy - teach, supervise, and mentor (graduate and/or undergraduate) students completing internships in the Capital Punishment Clinic, and teach courses in mitigation, law and social work, and public safety - develop and implement courses and opportunities for collaboration among social work and law faculty as well as other faculty at across the University - strengthen interdisciplinary ties between the social work and law programs - engage in outreach to other schools throughout the University to expand interdisciplinary opportunities - Responsibilities - Teaching: - One semester/year: teach or co-teach “Mitigation Matters,” an interdisciplinary course jointly offered in the schools of social work and law on mitigation advocacy in criminal cases - One semester/year: teach a social work course related to theoretical bases for, and best practices in, interdisciplinary cr...