Ludwig Fellow

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Clinical Fellowship

The Fellowship is designed for a lawyer with 4+ years of relevant practice experience who is interested in preparing for a career in law school clinical teaching.

The Fellow will work with the Community and Economic Development Clinic. Will handle clients from non-profit and for-profit corporations, community development financial institutions, advocacy organizations, neighborhood associations, governmental entities, social enterprises and merchants associations whose missions range from building access to financial services among low-income people to bringing arts institutions and grocery stores to chronically under-resourced communities to breaking down barriers to affordable housing development in high-opportunity communities who share an interest in promoting economic opportunity and mobility among low and moderate-income people. Negotiate and draft contracts; provide advice on the tax consequences of deal structures and entity choices; structure and carry out real estate transactions; represent borrowers and lenders in financings; engage in legislative and regulatory advocacy; form for-profit and not-for-profit entities; and resolve land use and environmental issues. Representing clients, students in their first semester of the clinic take a seminar which covers federal, state and local policies affecting urban and suburban places; substantive law in tax, real estate development, and corporate governance; and transactional and regulatory lawyering skills, such as negotiation and drafting contracts. Representing clients, supervising students, assisting in teaching classes, and pursuing a scholarship and research agenda.

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