Clinical Fellow, Family Advocacy Clinic
Company: Suffolk University
Location: Boston
Posted on: October 18, 2024
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Job Description:
This is a clinical teaching position within Suffolk's nationally
ranked Clinical Programs. This position is designed for someone who
wishes to launch a career in clinical education under the
mentorship of a talented and experienced team of clinicians. The
Fellow will be among a group of several clinical fellows developing
their clinical skills through teaching, supervision, and
grant-funded activities in Clinical Programs. During this
Fellowship, the Fellow may have the opportunity to co-teach
clinical seminar modules alongside full-time faculty. The Fellow
will gain experience with clinical supervision and familiarization
with clinical pedagogy. The Fellow will work with one or more
members of the clinical faculty to develop clinical teaching
skills. The Fellow will have the opportunity to participate in
workshops and programs on teaching, scholarship and publication,
and other topics.The Fellow will be embedded within the Family
Advocacy Clinic (FAC), collaborating closely with the FAC faculty
director. The Fellow will devote half of their time to
co-supervising approximately 10 full-year clinical students
attorneys as part of a collaboration with a DV agency, HarborCov.
Through the collaboration, FAC students represent low-income
clients in family law and DV litigation, and participate in legal
reform and community education activities. The Fellow will
supervise students in divorce, custody, support, paternity, and
restraining order cases. Through supervision and mentorship, the
Fellow will help student attorneys develop professional habits and
essential lawyering skills, such as client interviewing and
counseling, case theory development, fact investigation, drafting,
advocacy, and resolving ethical dilemmas in practice. The Fellow
also will co-teach some modules of the weekly FAC seminar, and
assist with course planning and managing the docket.In addition to
the FAC and HarborCov responsibilities, the Fellow will spend
approximately half of their time as a community liaison, helping to
launch a brand-new Online Dispute Resolution (ODR) Innovation
Clinic, in collaboration with the American Arbitration Institute.
Students in the ODR Innovation Clinic will design an online ODR
system for relatively simple Massachusetts divorces that is
accessible to low-income clients. As the Project's Community
Liaison, the Fellow would engage in community outreach to gain
input from, and identify the needs of, relevant community
stakeholders, including Massachusetts Probate and Family courts and
legal services providers (such as Greater Boston Legal Services,
the Volunteer Lawyers Project, and the Women's Bar Foundation), the
family law bar, as well as those in the field of dispute
resolution. The Fellow will have the opportunity to collaborate
closely with a cross-section of Suffolk faculty specializing in
legal innovation and technology and ADR.Qualifications:
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Keywords: Suffolk University, Somerville , Clinical Fellow, Family Advocacy Clinic, Healthcare , Boston, Massachusetts
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