School of Law, Clinical Assistant/Associate/Professor, Director of the ChildLaw Clinic and of CIVITAS ChildLaw Center, Non-Tenure Track

School of Law, Clinical Assistant/Associate/Professor, Director of the ChildLaw Clinic and of CIVITAS ChildLaw Center, Non-Tenure Track

Loyola University Chicago School of Law invites applications for a full-time, non-tenure-track clinical faculty member and director of the ChildLaw Clinic and of the law school’s CIVITAS ChildLaw Center beginning August 2027.

The ChildLaw Clinic is a live-client clinic that provides direct legal services to children in a variety of settings while training and supervising law students in litigation practice. The Clinic’s work primarily focuses on child protection (abuse and neglect) and high conflict parenting disputes. Other areas of practice include education, juvenile justice, domestic violence, and international child abduction. In addition to directing and teaching full-time law students in the ChildLaw Clinic, the faculty member may be asked to teach in the hybrid in-person and online format of our part-time weekend JD division based on the candidate’s expertise, interests, and needs of the Law School.

Loyola Law Chicago is a transformative innovator in clinical education with seven clinics, including a new interdisciplinary holistic immigration hub pilot, which provide extensive legal, research and legislative services to clients, the State of Illinois, and the national legal landscape.

The ChildLaw Clinic is part of the Law School’s nationally and internationally recognized Civitas ChildLaw Center, founded in 1993. The Center stands up for children and their families. Balancing classroom learning with a wide range of hands-on experiential opportunities, the Center equips students with interdisciplinary knowledge and practical skills to advocate on behalf of vulnerable children and families in both the litigation and policy realms. The Director of the Child Law Clinic will collaborate with all constituencies in CIVITAS and the School of Law to help lead the CIVITAS ChildLaw Center.

Applicants must present a JD with excellent academic credentials, must have a strong record of litigation in child law, a devotion to training and mentoring students, and demonstrated potential for excellence in clinical teaching, including prior experience in teaching, training, supervising, or mentoring students in a law-school clinic or other experiential-learning program, or comparable professional experience working with lawyers and students in a community clinic or law firm setting.

Loyola University Chicago School of Law is dedicated to contributing to a deeper understanding of law, legal institutions, and systems of oppression through a commitment to transformation, intersectionality, anti-subordination, and anti-racism in our teaching, research, scholarship, and public service. Both the University and the law school will prioritize candidates who demonstrate a commitment to this mission and to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The responsibilities of the position will include:

• A standard teaching load per semester, which includes litigating and supervising students on cases in the ChildLaw Clinic;
• Administration of the ChildLaw Clinic;
• Collaboration with ChildLaw faculty and staff to help lead the Civitas ChildLaw Center;
• Service to the School of Law, University, and community;
• Participation in School of Law faculty governance and committee work;
• Active involvement in mentoring and advising students interested in the field of child law;
• Significant engagement and leadership with academic institutions and professional organizations including local, regional, and national meetings and symposia

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor degree (J.D.) from an accredited institution;

• Demonstrated excellence in litigation and demonstrated potential for excellence in clinical teaching, including through prior experience in teaching, training, supervising, or mentoring students in a law-school clinic or other experiential-learning program, or comparable professional experience working with lawyers and students in a community clinic or law firm setting;

• Ability to supervise and mentor law students in the competent and ethical representation of child clients and families from communities historically underserved by legal institutions;

• Ability to teach experiential courses that integrate legal doctrine, professional skills, ethics, and reflective practice;

• Strong commitment to access to justice, social justice issues, and serving historically underserved populations;

• Strong administrative skills;

• Demonstrated commitment to professional collaborations;

• An active license to practice law in Illinois or active membership in good standing in the bar of at least one United States jurisdiction with the expectation that the applicant is eligible to and will in fact obtain admission into the Illinois Bar within three months after appointment;

• Expertise in child welfare practice and/or other areas of child law, including juvenile justice, education, and private family law strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated skills in leadership and vision setting.

• Open Date

• 10/01/2026

• Salary Range

• $110,000 to $150,000

• Salary

• This salary range is for a twelve-month academic appointment. As Director of the ChildLaw Clinic and of the Law School’s CIVITAS ChildLaw Center, an administrative stipend will be added for a twelve-month service basis. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on a range of factors including, but not limited to, the exper