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Yeshiva University

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Visiting Clinical Professor of Law Apply/Register Job no: 499069 Work type: Faculty Full-time Department: Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law Location: Brookdale Center, 55 Fifth Avenue, NY, NY ...

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As of Sep 7, 2026, the average yearly pay for clinical law professor in the United States is $125,000.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $122,500.00 and $127,500.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a clinical law professor?

A Clinical Law Professor is a legal educator who teaches law students through hands-on, practical experience in live-client or simulated legal settings. They typically oversee law school clinics where students provide legal services under supervision, gaining real-world skills. These professors combine teaching, mentoring, and legal practice, often focusing on areas like criminal defense, immigration, or civil rights. Their role bridges legal theory and practice, preparing students for professional careers.

What are the typical responsibilities of a clinical law professor?

A Clinical Law Professor typically supervises law students as they handle real client cases, provides classroom instruction on practical lawyering skills, and manages the operations of their legal clinic. Weekly duties can include overseeing casework, collaborating with local attorneys, meeting with clients, and delivering feedback to students on their performance. You may also engage in scholarly work or community outreach, depending on your institution’s focus. This dual teaching and supervising role ensures a dynamic environment with both academic and hands-on legal responsibilities.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a clinical law professor?

To thrive as a Clinical Law Professor, you need a strong background in legal education, practical lawyering experience, and an advanced law degree such as a JD. Familiarity with case management software, legal research databases, and accreditation standards is often expected. Superior mentorship, communication, and organizational skills help foster student growth and manage clinic operations effectively. These competencies enable professors to guide students in real-world legal practice, ensuring both educational quality and meaningful client service.

Are clinical law professors paid well?

Clinical law professors' salaries vary depending on the institution, experience, and geographic location, but they generally earn competitive academic salaries that can range from $70,000 to over $150,000 annually. Factors such as tenure status, research output, and teaching responsibilities also influence compensation. Many also receive benefits like health insurance and retirement plans.

How do you become a clinical law professor?

To become a clinical law professor, one typically needs a Juris Doctor (JD) degree, extensive legal experience, and a strong record of legal scholarship or practice. Many also pursue a master's or doctoral degree in law or related fields and develop expertise in clinical legal education, often gaining experience as a practicing attorney or in legal clinics before entering academia.
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Infographic showing various Clinical Law Professor job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 78% Full Time, 19% Part Time, and 2% Contract. Highlights an 94% Physical, 2% Hybrid, and 4% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $125,000 per year, or $60.1 per hour.

Open Rank - Criminal Law

University of New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM • On-site

Full-time

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Job description

The University of New Mexico School of Law invites applications for faculty positions starting in fall 2027. The School of Law anticipates hiring a tenured or tenure-track faculty member to teach substantive criminal law, criminal procedure. and other related courses. Both experienced and entry-level candidates are encouraged to apply. The Association of American Law Schools provides resources about the legal academic hiring process that may be useful, particularly to entry-level applicants: https://teach.aals.org/.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach a range of substantive and procedural criminal law courses, including Criminal Law I and upper-level criminal law electives. These upper-level electives include, but are not limited to, the bar subject courses Criminal Procedure I (focusing on the Fourth and Fifth Amendments) and Criminal Procedure II (focusing on the Fifth and Sixth Amendments). The faculty member may also contribute to the broader School of Law curriculum, depending on interest, expertise, and curricular need.

About the School of Law:

The UNM School of Law and its institutes and centers comprise a large, highly diverse academic unit of the University of New Mexico. With a student body of about 300 students, the School of Law offers a Juris Doctor degree, a Master of Legal Studies degree, and many cross-disciplinary dual degrees. The School of Law's program of legal education is nationally recognized for a required clinical legal education component (students undertake live client representation under law faculty supervision), innovative classes that combine law practice skills training with doctrinal instruction, and a 10:1 student-to-faculty ratio. All faculty-doctrinal, clinical, writing, and law library-are on a unified tenure track, with equal sabbatical and faculty governance rights, compensation, and research support.

The School of Law offers certificate programs in Indian Law and Natural Resources/Environmental Law and its scholarly publications include the New Mexico Law Review, the Natural Resources Journal, and the Tribal Law Journal. As the only law school in New Mexico, it has a large public service mission and enjoys close ties with New Mexico's bench and bar. It operates policy centers to address issues related to children's law and natural resources law. In partnership with the American Indian Law Center, Inc. (https://www.ailc-inc.org/), the School of Law hosts a nationally recognized annual Pre-Law Summer Institute for Native American students entering law schools throughout the country.

We value candidates from varied backgrounds and perspectives, including women, individuals with disabilities, people who attended law school later in their careers, people from rural origins, first-generation college graduates, veterans, and groups historically marginalized in American life. We also value a demonstrated commitment to cultivating an understanding of the rich and varied cultures of New Mexico and to the success of the University's mission to serve local and global communities.

For more information about the law school, please visit https://lawschool.unm.edu/about/index.html. 

About UNM and Albuquerque:

Founded in 1889, the University of New Mexico, New Mexico's flagship university, occupies 600 acres along old Route 66 in the heart of the Albuquerque metropolitan area of nearly 1,000,000 people. From the magnificent mesas to the west, past the banks of the historic Rio Grande to the Sandia Mountains to the east, Albuquerque is a blend of culture, people, and panoramas.

For more information about the University of New Mexico, please visit: https://www.unm.edu/welcome/index.html

For the University's adopted Land, Labor, and Immigrant Acknowledgements, please visit https://dei-dev.unm.edu/about-dice-at-unm/land-labor-acknowledgement.html.

For more information about Albuquerque, please visit: https://www.cabq.gov/

For more information about New Mexico, please visit: https://www.newmexico.org/

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