Associate Clinical Professor Of Law And Patrick J. Mcdonough Director Of Business Law Practicum

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Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Patrick J. McDonough Director of Business Law Practicum

Duties: Develop and enhance transactional business law curriculum, which integrates theory and practice to best prepare law students for the types of projects and challenges they will confront as lawyers in the first year of a transactional practice. Teach two sections of Business Planning, the capstone course of the Business Law Practicum, which uses a simulated deal format to examine the organization and financing of a growth-oriented start-up business; Recruit, train, supervise, and mentor experienced lawyers who will teach additional sections of Business Planning as adjunct faculty; Provide teaching support and conduct regular evaluations of adjunct faculty teaching Business Planning and communicate this feedback to the Associate Dean to maintain high standards of teaching in all sections of the Business Planning course; Coordinate with the Associate Dean to schedule sufficient sections to accommodate student demand for the course (presently seven sections are offered each academic year); Engage in outreach to students (both current and prospective) as well as law firms and other prospective employers to promote the Business Law Practicum; Maintain and expand the Business Law Practicum website; Collaborate with LLS faculty who teach business law-related subjects to expand opportunities for students to enroll in classes that offer experiential learning by creating new courses that use a simulated deal format; Serve as advisor to students interested in (or participating in) the Corporate Law Concentration or the Law & Entrepreneurship Concentration; and Supervise and coordinate the Transactional Negotiation Team, which is intramural transactional moot program.

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