PART-TIME CLINICAL FACULTY, International Human Rights ...

The responsibilities of the adjunct faculty/supervisor for IHRC for the 2022-23 year include: Project Supervision The part time faculty member will be the primary supervisor for one project on migrant disappearances in Central America and the US, working in the Inter-American and United Nations human rights system. This will include clinical supervision of up to three law students assigned to the project, as well as related domestic travel within the United States. The adjunct faculty member will work with Clinic partners in Central America on ongoing advocacy with UN human rights mechanisms and in the Inter-American human rights system. The adjunct faculty will work with students to do follow-up submissions to two Clinic reports on migrant disappearances within UN special procedures. In addition, the adjunct faculty and students may be pursuing advocacy focused on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, depending on the strategy of our partners for the coming year. The adjunct faculty will also provide will provide backup coverage for the Clinic director for the Clinics other projects that include research and reports on the laws affecting stateless persons in the Middle East and North Africa. Other projects may include research and advocacy on behalf of Uyghur and Palestinian advocacy organizations, focusing on the UN human rights mechanisms. Clinical Teaching The part time adjunct faculty will assist with the seminar classes, co-supervise the simulations, and cover classes and supervision when the Clinic director is traveling for clinic projects. The two seminars cover a combination of skills development, professional responsibility, cross-cultural lawyering in the human rights context, the regional and international human rights mechanisms, and substantive law on forced migration. International Human Rights Skills (Fall 2022) The course is an introduction to human rights advocacy in the substantive area of forced migration (forced displacement, refugee law, statelessness). Through weekly classes and simulations, students learn and practice human rights lawyering skills: interviewing and counseling theories and techniques; fact investigation and documentation; developing a theory of the case/project; international human rights legal research and analysis; drafting effective communications for legal and non-legal audiences; persuasive advocacy in the human rights machinery; cross-cultural lawyering; and collaborative strategy development. Class assignments and simulations are scheduled throughout the semester, and the simulations provide intensive, hands-on experience for the students to develop the core skills taught in the clinic. The classes include project rounds to share ideas and help students develop strategies in the actual projects. IHR Law Clinic International Human Rights Advocacy in the Inter-American Human Rights system (Spring 2023) The International Human Rights Advocacy seminar is a 3-credit course offered in the spring, open only to IHRC students. The course is an immersion in the Inter-American Human rights system: the specialized Inter-American instruments; the human rights mechanisms and jurisprudence of the Inter-American (I-A) Commission and Court. The course is taught through a series of simulations of legal interviewing, counseling, and written and oral advocacy at various levels of the I-A system, culminating in a final simulation involving a petition to the I-A Commission of Human Rights. The spring classes also include project rounds. Required SkillsPrior clinical teaching in human rights strongly preferred. Spanish fluency required for this position. Start/end dates: 9/1/2022-12/31/2022 and 1/02/2023-05/31/2023 Please send CV and cover letter addressed to Meredith Humen to [Click Here to Email Your Resumé] by 5:00pm on August 10, 2022. Please note all newly hired staff and faculty, will need to be in compliance with Boston Universitys COVID-19 Vaccination and Booster Requirement (within 30 days of date of hire. You must upload your vaccine documentation or request a medical or religious exemption (instructions (). For further information on the Universitys response to COVID-19, please visit the Back2BU site (. 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. Required Experience

Created: 2025-11-15