"Clinical Supervising Attorney (CSA) and Lecturer-in-Law, International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic"

The Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School

The Mills Legal Clinic at Stanford Law School invites applicants for a clinical supervising attorney (CSA) and lecturer-in-law position with its International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic (IHRCRC). The CSA will join the thriving clinical community at Stanford Law School where, together with the clinical faculty and staff, they will represent clients, work alongside project partners, and train law students at one of the country’s leading institutions for legal scholarship and education.

International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic

IHRCRC engages students in innovative and interdisciplinary advocacy to advance human rights and foster just and lasting peace globally. While in the Clinic, students develop the skills to become thoughtful, critical, adaptive, strategic, and creative lawyers, through engagement in an intensive seminar and project work. The Clinic works on urgent, under-addressed, and emerging human rights issues. The projects are designed and implemented in partnership with impacted communities and civil society groups around the world.

The Clinic’s practice is responsive to the needs of our project partners and currently spans the following areas: equality and non-discrimination, rights across borders, peace and justice, and climate justice. Since the relaunch of the Clinic in 2023, students have worked in partnership with advocates and communities in Uganda, Jamaica, Liberia, India, Kashmir, Pakistan, El Salvador, Panama, Mexico, Colombia, Myanmar, The Gambia, and the United States. Clinic projects adopt a range of methodologies from the human rights and conflict resolution fields including litigation; fact-finding investigations; legislative and policy drafting; advocacy to the United Nations, media, or governments; coalition building across regions and disciplines; conflict analysis; and designing and facilitating dialogues in conflict-affected regions or across identity groups.

The Clinical Supervising Attorney Position and Candidate Qualifications

The CSA plays an important role in designing and implementing all aspects of the Clinic, including setting up and leading clinic projects, co-creating the syllabus and curriculum with the Director of the Clinic, facilitating seminar and case rounds discussions, fostering a sense of deep and supportive community within the Clinic, and supervising students in all aspects of their work, including during travel and through individualized mentoring. The CSA will also be involved with human rights programming at the law school and university, and will have the opportunity to engage in scholarly research and writing.

Mills Legal Clinic CSAs are part of the intellectual community within the clinical program, the Law School, and university at large. The Mills Legal Clinic provides resources for its CSAs to participate in continuing education and any other professional development/training/mentorship activities that support the CSA’s individual learning goals.

Minimum qualifications

• J.D. or equivalent legal degree;
• A minimum of five years of human rights experience, which may include supervising and mentoring law students and/or junior colleagues; and
• Admission to practice in California or eligibility and willingness to sit for the next California Bar exam.

Preferred qualifications

• Demonstrated commitment to rigorous, innovative, strategic, and self-reflective human rights work;
• Substantive legal knowledge of human rights issues;
• Ability to design and direct complex, innovative, and interdisciplinary projects;
• Significant experience implementing a wide range of tactics and tools employed in the human rights field;
• Deep commitment and demonstrated ability to work in strong, collaborative, and rights-respecting partnerships, including with clients, impacted communities, and civil society organizations;
• An understanding of and engagement with critiques of human rights field, as well as experience with responding to and overcoming those critiques in practice;
• Excellent teamwork, collaboration, and interpersonal skills;
• Strong organizational / management skills and attention to detail;
• Ability to work in a self-directed and entrepreneurial environment; and
• Second language abilities.

The expected pay range for this position is $130,000 - $170,000 per annum.

The Application Process

Applicants should submit resumes and other materials through http://jobs.stanford.edu, referencing job number 107994. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the position is filled. Applicants are encouraged to submit their materials by February 22, 2026. The CSA will ideally begin work with IHRCRC on June 8, 2026.

The following materials should be submitted:

• Cover letter no longer than two pages describing the applicant’s interest in clinical teaching and the relevant experience they bring to the position;
• One-page statement of the applicant’s vision of clinical education, and any clinical project(s) the applicant would propose to develop;
• Resume;
• List of at least three references;
• Law school transcript; and
• Writing sample of no longer than 15 pages.