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The PIR will help the visiting Clinical Professor design, launch, and teach Suffolk's new ELP Clinic, with an emphasis on the legislative/regulatory and policy components of the clinic. The ELP Clinic will be a full-year clinic offered for 10 credits (5 credits/semester) serving students in their last 2 years of law school. Students enrolled in the ELP Clinic will work on a variety of local, state, and/or federal environmental law matters, including potentially representing non-profits with legislative/regulatory environmental policy issues, as well as drafting legislative and regulatory proposals on pressing issues, and/or providing analysis and education as to the impacts of various legislative/regulatory initiatives related to environmental law. The PIR will focus on developing and managing a docket of cases or projects in the realm of environmental policy, legislation, and regulation. The precise design and docket of the ELP Clinic will be determined by the visiting Clinical Professor and PIR, in consultation with the Associate Dean for Experiential Learning, and will be responsive to needs of our students and the community.

Requirements/Qualifications:

• Eligible candidates must possess a JD.
• Admission to the Massachusetts Bar, or qualification to be admitted to the Massachusetts Bar, is preferred.
• Successful candidates will have at least 3-5 years of legal experience involving legislative and regulatory drafting and advocacy, including at least some experience in the realm of environmental law and policy, broadly defined.
• A record of and/or demonstrated interest in intellectual engagement with legal policy is strongly preferred.
• Experience working with diverse communities, clients, and other stakeholders is strongly preferred.
• Experience mentoring and/or working with junior attorneys is preferred, as is experience having participated in a law school clinic.