Boston University School of Law is seeking to hire a full-time Lecturer / Clinical Instructor to serve as the Assistant Director of its Technology Law Clinic (the “Clinic”). The Clinic is part of a unique collaboration between BU Law and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and is part of BU Law’s Entrepreneurship, Intellectual Property, and Cyberlaw Program. The School of Law believes that the cultural and social diversity of our faculty, staff, and students is vitally important to the distinction and excellence of our academic programs. To that end, we are especially eager to hear from applicants who support our institutional commitment to BU as an inclusive, equitable, and diverse community.

The Clinic represents current students at MIT and BU on matters related to their technology-related research, advocacy, and innovation. The Clinic frequently advises clients in the areas of data privacy, intellectual property, computer access laws, media law, and technology regulatory compliance. Clinic faculty help law students assist clients in counseling, pre-litigation, and transactional settings, and possibly also in litigation matters, including response to cease-and-desist letters and litigation under open records laws. Clients often present novel questions of law in emerging areas of technology, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, encryption and cryptography, and novel methods of online platform scrutiny and analysis.

The Assistant Director will assist and advise the Clinic Director in all aspects of the operation and development of the program. Their primary responsibilities will be to supervise and train law students with client matters, teach and develop curricular materials for the Clinic’s year-long seminar, and assist the Clinic Director in the strategic growth and development of the Clinic.

The attorney will be hired as a Lecturer and Clinical Instructor to a two-year contract. The ideal start date is July 1, 2020.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

How to Apply:

Applicants should send a letter of interest and a resume to Andy Sellars, Director of the Technology Law Clinic. Email applications are encouraged and should be sent to techlaw@bu.edu. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply early. Applications received on or before April 10, 2020 will be given full consideration.

To learn more about the law school, visit our website at www.bu.edu/law, and to learn more about the Clinic, please visit https://sites.bu.edu/techlaw/. If you have specific questions about the position, contact Andy Sellars at sellars@bu.edu.