Staff Attorney - Post Graduate Clinical Law Fellow

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Staff Attorney - Post Graduate Clinical Law Fellow
Fellows will have an opportunity to gain significant legal practice experience, develop ties to other public interest lawyers and organizations serving in the Twin Cities, and assist in the mentoring and teaching of law students participating in the Community Justice Project of the Interprofessional Center. Work closely with faculty, staff and students in the Community Justice Project. Provide direct legal services to clients and community partners of the Community Justice Project (CJP) of the Interprofessional Center for Counseling and Legal Services, under the supervision of the law faculty. Assist faculty in the supervision and instruction of UST law students certified to practice law in the LSC, as they provide representation to CJP clients and collaboration with CJP community partners. This includes oversight of research on social and racial justice projects (such as police use of deadly force, the ineffectiveness of implicit bias training, the administration of ketamine by police, housing disparities, disproportionate school discipline). Lead students in the effort to transition CJP student research into externally facing products (such as op-eds, blogs, know your rights presentations, law review articles, reports and social media), with the goal of affecting policy change at the appropriate level. Oversee implementation of CJP community engagement events, including providing administrative support for such events. Support, as directed by faculty, the CJP Collaborative to End Police Brutality, a weekly convening of UST students, faculty and staff around issues of policing and community relations.

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