Associate Director and Clinical Supervising Attorney, Gilbert Global Justice & Human Rights Center

The University of Southern California, Gould School of Law seeks a highly motivated Associate Director and Clinical Supervising Attorney to help establish and operate its new Gilbert Global Justice & Human Rights Center.

This is a fixed-term position. The initial contract term is one year, renewable for additional one-to-three-year terms full-time, based on funding. The position will report to the Center's faculty director.

Founded in 1896, the Gould School of Law has a distinguished past built on the principles of equity and excellence, and the courage to break new ground. USC first introduced legal education in Southern California. Today, the law school continues to make history through its philosophy of innovation and through its people. USC Gould cultivates analytical ability, ethical values, and a spirit of collegiality that prepare students for meaningful careers benefiting society. It was one of the first law schools to engage students in clinical programs and remains a leader in experiential education.

The Center's mission is to engage students, scholars, and practitioners in education, research, and projects that promote respect for human rights while strengthening international law and institutions for preventing atrocities, holding perpetrators accountable, protecting refugees, and providing transitional justice for impacted communities in the wake of serious violations of human rights.

Building on USC Gould School of Law's tradition of innovation, equity, and excellence as a top 20 U.S. law school, the Gilbert Center will serve as the focal point at USC for human rights education, research, and impact, nationally and internationally. The Gilbert Center at USC Gould will:

• Train and expand the next generation of human rights advocates with a deep understanding of how antisemitism, racism, and other forms of hatred lead to violence and atrocity.

• Engage in critical scholarship and thought leadership that strengthens and progressively develops respect for universal human rights through international law and institutions.

• Develop impactful policies and programs that work with victims of human rights abuse and persecution to seek protection, accountability, and transitional justice.

With increased resources, scope, and scale, the Gilbert Center will not only focus on student-facing education and opportunities but also offer a distinctive, university-wide program. It will leverage the substantial engagements and talents of the entire USC campus, including deep partnerships with USC's Shoah Foundation Institute, USC's Center for Advanced Genocide Research, and other units. Through collaborations with academic institutions, civil society organizations, the United Nations, and other global stakeholders, the Center will advance justice and promote equality for all.

Two Core Pillars

• The International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC), established in 2011, trains the next generation of human rights lawyers by engaging student attorneys in real-life cases, individual client representation and advocacy to advance global justice for atrocity crimes, refugee rights, and fair trial rights for human rights defenders and journalists. As part of the Gilbert Center, a particular emphasis will be on working with impacted communities--defending the rights of victims and refugees targeted by antisemitism, racism, and xenophobia while seeking reparations for hate crimes and atrocities.

• The Justice & Accountability Initiative (JAI) will prioritize research and projects that focus on atrocity prevention, accountability and transitional justice such as documenting crimes against humanity and genocide (building on lessons from Nuremberg), drafting legal documents and instruments for further developing international law to uphold human rights while preventing and punishing atrocities, and engage in strategic litigation before national and international courts and tribunals as well as human rights mechanisms.

The Center's programs may include original research, conferences, symposia, and reasonable travel associated with Center programs. The Center expects to host or sponsor annual events with the goal of bringing together leading academics, practitioners, and policymakers from across the country and around the world to discuss critical problems and challenges that exist within the realm of human rights and international law.

We are seeking a visionary leader with the desire to have a national and global impact on the critical and urgent conversations surrounding human rights, refugees, transitional justice and atrocity prevention/accountability. The Ideal candidate must possess strong entrepreneurial skills and must be a self-motivated and well organized, collaborative leader. Candidates must possess excellent oral and written communication skills and be willing to engage in external outreach in collaboration with the law school's communications and development teams.

Among other things, the Center Associate Director will, together with the faculty director:

• 1) engage in strategic planning and establish policies, protocols, and procedures, to govern the operation of the Center, including the establishment and management of an Advisory Board

• 2) direct the day to day operations of the Center, including its education, research and programming activities

• 3) plan and administer the Center's budget

• 4) hire and supervise the Center's administrative staff and collaborate with staff attorneys in the Justice & Accountability Initiative as Center operations are established and grow

• 5) engage in workstreams through the Center's International Human Rights Clinic and Justice & Accountability Initiative working on documentation, litigation, client representation and providing legal advice while supervising a legal fellow and/or student attorneys

• 6) create opportunities for students to benefit from the work of the Center, including administering the International Law and Human Rights Certificate, providing career advice in collaboration with the Career Services Center, placing students in internships/externships,administering/teaching a summer short course in Europe on the human rights legacy of the Holocaust, and developing an alumni/mentoring network

• 7) work closely with faculty affiliated with the Center, including visiting lecturers-in-law both at the USC Gould School of Law and across campus, to support and promote their teaching and work

• 8) ensure compliance with the requirements of any applicable endowment, grant or gift agreements

• 9) advance and grow the center through fundraising efforts, including grant-writing and donor relations, in collaboration with the USC Gould School of Law's development team and the Center's faculty director

• 10) draft and disseminate the Center's annual report while maintaining its website and social media platforms.

In addition, the Associate Director will assist with both final exam administration and proctoring at the end of the Fall and Spring semesters and commencement each year and perform other related duties as assigned or requested. The university reserves the right to add or change duties at any time.

Preferred qualifications required are as follows: J.D from an ABA accredited U.S. school; an excellent academic record which includes education in international criminal law, international human rights law and institutions, or international refugee law; membership in the California Bar or another U.S. bar certification; at least five years of successful human rights law practice experience, including at least two years' experience supervising junior attorneys; demonstrated management or administration of programs or centers and organizational skills, with successful prior experience in fundraising and coordinating scholarly or professional conferences/events; a strong record of established relationships with other human rights advocates, organizations and researchers; clinical legal education; advanced degrees from schools in the U.S. or globally in international law and human rights; clinical teaching experience; prior experience as an academic administrator or working in the university setting; fluency in languages other than English.

Learn more about our benefits and perks here: https://employees.usc.edu/benefits-perks/

The Gould School of Law (Gould) considers candidates that demonstrate, through ideas, words and actions, a strong commitment to USC's Unifying Values. Gould holds a unique position in society, and within the university, as every aspect of these principles are influenced by and can be protected through legal rules and institutions. At Gould, we are proudly committed to maintaining a community in which each person respects the rights of others to live, work, and learn in peace and dignity, to be proud of who and what they are, and to have equal opportunity to realize their full potential as individuals and members of society.

The annual base salary range for this position is $143,193.60 - $175,000.08. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.