Clinical Teaching Fellow - Racial Equity in Education Law and Policy Clinic

Overview

Clinical Teaching Fellow - Racial Equity in Education Law and Policy Clinic
Georgetown University:
Law Center

Location:

Georgetown Law Clinics
Open Date:
Feb 05, 2026
at 11:59 PM Eastern Time

The REEL Policy Clinic is hiring for a Teaching Fellow for a two-year term starting in the summer of 2026. Georgetown Law is home to the preeminent clinical legal education program in the country. Launched in the Spring of 2022, the Racial Equity in Education Law & Policy Clinic (REEL Policy Clinic) sits at the intersections of legislative lawyering and advocacy for racial equity in public education.

The work of the REEL Policy Clinic includes legislative drafting, legislative research, writing for policy audiences (including fact sheets, policy briefs, white papers, legal memoranda, and reports), oral advocacy before legislative bodies and education decision-makers, collaboration, coalition-building, and relationship-building with clients.

The work of the REEL Policy Clinic centers on three primary areas that implicate racial inequity in education: resource inequities, segregation, and discriminatory school discipline practices. Clinic student attorneys earn 10 credits for the semester and spend approximately 30–35 hours per week on clinic work, including client work and attending a twice-weekly seminar that addresses issues of education law and governance, constitutional law, civil rights law, administrative law, legislative process, and research.

Through client work and seminars, REEL Policy Clinic student attorneys strengthen core lawyering competencies, including creative problem-solving, self-reflective lawyering, collaboration, client-centered lawyering, and culturally-responsive lawyering.

The two-year fellowship will start in July 2026 and conclude at the end of June 2028. Fellows may receive a LL.M. in Advocacy at the conclusion of their fellowship if they choose to enroll and have not completed a similar program previously. Teaching fellows receive an annual stipend of approximately $70,000 in the first year and $75,000 in the second year, health and dental benefits, and all tuition and fees in the LL.M. program.

Foremost, the REEL Policy Clinic Teaching Fellow must be committed to instilling effective legislative lawyering skills in student attorneys. This requires maturity, patience, social and emotional intelligence, and experience necessary to model effective lawyering for student attorneys. Applicants for the fellowship must have at least five years of experience in a legal setting, strong grasp of education law and policy, and a desire to work with second and third-year law students and evening students.

The Fellow responsibilities increase as the fellowship progresses and include:

Supervise student team(s) in all aspects of their client work, including design of initial semester work plan, ongoing client work throughout the semester, and wrap up of client work at the conclusion of the semester. Supervision includes the following:

• Providing students with clear, timely, and constructive feedback on their client work and progress, including through weekly supervision meetings and individual feedback meetings at mid-term and conclusion of the semester;
• Being available to students for feedback or additional guidance on client project matters or seminar content questions outside of designated supervision meetings;
• Working closely with the REEL Clinic Director to ensure that client projects advance in a timely manner;
• Working closely with the REEL Clinic Director to cultivate client relationships, including periodic client check-in meetings, and development of future client projects, among other client-serving responsibilities; and
• Providing coverage for client work during semester breaks, as needed.

In cooperation with the REEL Clinic Director, prepare for and attend all twice-weekly seminars. Work with the REEL Clinic Director in shaping some of the seminar content and supporting students during the seminar. This support can include providing thorough, clear, and timely feedback…