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DRAKE UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL invites applicants from entry level and lateral candidates for a tenure-track, tenured, or long-term contract faculty position to direct the Entrepreneurial and Transactional Clinic beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year. The Entrepreneurial and Transactional Clinic is a pillar of Drake’s business law program and has launched the careers of many alumni who now serve as innovators, leaders, and trusted advisors in practice. The Entrepreneurial and Transactional Clinic currently provides legal assistance to business startups, entrepreneurs, and community nonprofit organizations to help them establish successful for profit and nonprofit enterprises. The clinic targets entrepreneurs and innovators located in underserved Des Moines neighborhoods and rural Iowa communities who are not able to afford retained legal counsel. Candidates are welcome to reimagine the scope of the clinic to align with their teaching goals.  The Director’s duties include...

ABOUT US: Farmworker Justice (“FJ”) is a national non-profit organization dedicated to empowering farmworkers to improve their living and working conditions, occupational safety, immigration status, health, and access to justice. FJ engages in legislative and administrative advocacy, public education, capacity-building of community-based organizations, and impact litigation, frequently in collaboration with other organizations. DESCRIPTION OF POSITION: The Staff Attorney/Policy Analyst will play a crucial role in FJ’s work in advancing justice, equality, and dignity for farmworkers across the nation. This position requires a legal professional with a passion for social justice, an understanding of the intersection of immigration, labor, environmental justice, and occupational safety and health law, and a commitment to empowering marginalized communities. The Staff Attorney/Policy Analyst will be supervised by the Legal Director/Senior Attorney, engaging in strategic...