Legal Partnership and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law

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Legal Partnership and Visiting Assistant Professor of Law

The candidate will be reporting to the Legal Director of the MLP. Will join a growing, innovative medical clinic-based practice serving low-income patients-clients (and their families) throughout Eastern Queens and Nassau County. Will teach a housing practicum course for Law School students in the fall and spring semesters and handle casework throughout the year. The Housing Attorney is expected to be on-site at three of Northwell Health’s medical clinics in Nassau County for approximately 9 hours per week Responsibilities will include: Maintain a full caseload of medical-legal partnership client representation in landlord/tenant actions that flow from the MLP's work in the clinics; this will include eviction defense and affirmative litigation; Work collaboratively with other medical-legal partnership attorneys as well as Northwell Health physicians, residents, patient navigators and social workers to assure client health, social and legal needs are met; Support design and development of training, community outreach, and education materials to clients, medical and legal students, and Northwell Health physicians, residents, faculty and staff; Work with Hofstra Law School faculty to conduct policy advocacy, including advocacy before legislative, administrative, and judicial bodies to advance the interests of clients; Supervise law students who will practice under the supervision of the Housing Attorney in the MLP clinic practices.

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Posting Number: 896833-19. Send a resume and cover letter.

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Hofstra University School of Law
121 Hofstra University
Hempstead
New York
United States 11550
Website : http://www.hofstra.edu