Director, LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic and Clinical Instructor

The Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School seeks to hire a director to lead the LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic. Launched in 2020, the Clinic provides students with opportunities to develop lawyering and advocacy skills that respond to the unmet legal needs of LGBTQ+ communities.  The substance of the docket is flexible and will be shaped by the director’s vision for the Clinic.  The Clinic is one of the six community-based clinics that comprise the Legal Services Center of Harvard Law School.  Consistent with the Legal Services Center’s longstanding public interest legal practice and pedagogical models, the Clinic’s docket should include community-based direct legal services, with an option to incorporate systemic reform lawyering, whether through impact litigation or otherwise. The director will also hold the title of clinical instructor.  In addition to leading the Clinic’s advocacy and experiential learning opportunities, the director will develop a classroom curriculum for students enrolled in the clinic. The director will join the Legal Services Center’s and Harvard Law School’s collaborative clinical communities, which provide numerous opportunities for connection, partnership, and innovation. To learn more about the Legal Services Center, please visit here.

As the Director and Clinical Instructor, you will: 

• Set a vision for the Clinic’s legal advocacy and learning environment 

• Lead and manage the Clinic  

• Develop and oversee the Clinic’s docket    

• Serve as lead counsel in Clinic cases 

• Engage with community-based organizations, LGBTQ+ legal advocacy organizations, and other partners for the purposes of, and as appropriate, co-counseling cases, maintaining client referral streams, and fostering opportunities for students to engage directly with client communities 

• Using best practices in clinical pedagogy, train, supervise, and mentor clinical law students in their representation of Clinic clients  

• Develop the curriculum for the clinical seminar that is a co-requisite of the Clinic  

• Lead and manage the Clinic’s efforts related to student outreach and engagement with the wider Harvard Law School community 

• Ensure Clinic compliance with Harvard Law School and Legal Services Center clinical policies 

• Actively participate in and contribute to the Legal Services Center clinical community  

• Perform other duties as assigned