Director of Tulane University Law School’s First Amendment Clinic

Director of Tulane University Law School’s First Amendment Clinic

Tulane University School of Law seeks highly qualified applicants for a full‑time clinical faculty position leading its First Amendment Clinic. The position would preferably begin in January or August of 2026 and would be on the Law School’s Clinical Professor faculty track, beginning as a Clinical Professor of Law or a Clinical Associate Professor of Law, depending on the candidate’s experience.

The initial appointment is for five years. Clinical faculty have voting rights consistent with the faculty handbook and serve on faculty committees within the School of Law.

The First Amendment Clinic’s core mission is to provide rich student learning opportunities, helping students develop concrete lawyering skills through First Amendment federal litigation. The program represents individuals without regard to political ideology, protecting the free speech rights of all. The candidate responsible for this role will have primary responsibility for directing the clinic; engaging in case selection, litigation, and other advocacy to promote the clinic’s mission and goals;

supervising clinic students in all aspects of the clinic’s work; teaching a related subject‑matter seminar; managing development activities in support of the clinic; mentoring clinic fellows; and coordinating with an advisory committee.

• Director

• Full‑time

• Education and Training

• Higher Education