"Vice Dean for Clinics and Experiential Education (Teaching Professor of Law)"

Vice Dean for Clinics and Experiential Education (Teaching Professor of Law)

University of California Los Angeles

Requisition Number: JPF10809

Position Overview:

UCLA School of Law invites applications for a full-time Vice Dean for Clinics and Experiential Education (Teaching Professor of Law) to provide strategic, innovative leadership across all of our experiential programs, including our clinics, practicum courses, the trial advocacy program, simulations, and externships. This is a full-time faculty position with security of employment to begin July 1, 2026. For this new Vice Dean position, UCLA School of Law seeks a visionary and highly motivated individual with extensive clinical teaching and leadership experience. The Vice Dean is a key member of UCLA School of Law's nationally recognized experiential program. Reporting directly to the Dean, the Vice Dean will serve as the principal leader responsible for advancing a comprehensive, multi-year strategy for clinical and experiential education; supporting experiential faculty and instructors; advancing learning outcomes, strengthening community and national engagement, and ensuring that UCLA Law's experiential programs reflect best practices in pedagogy, professional responsibility, and institutional risk management. The successful candidate will be expected to engage in this administrative leadership position for at least 5 years before returning to clinical teaching at the law school.

Core Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership and Vision

• Develop and implement a multi-year strategic plan for the law school's clinical and experiential education programs.
• Enhance curricular alignment across experiential course types.
• Advise the Dean on long-term priorities and resource allocation.

Experiential Faculty Leadership and Support

• Mentor and support clinical and experiential faculty across appointment types.
• Plan pedagogy workshops with internal and external facilitators.
• Create and maintain cohesion and community amongst clinical faculty.

Curricular Oversight

• Ensure that clinical and experiential courses meet UCLA Law and ABA standards.
• Re-establish and chair a school-wide Experiential Committee.
• Establish a process for evaluating proposals for new clinics and experiential courses.
• Promote curricular clarity for students; ensure strong student advising structures.
• Review and develop effective experiential enrollment procedures.

Operations and Budget

• Manage the central budget for all clinics and experiential programs.
• Oversee a centralized experiential operations team.
• Ensure administrative efficiency and support.
• Enhance uniformity and ensure best practices for document management, data security, and other administrative infrastructure for live client clinics.

External Engagement and Advancement

• Represent UCLA Law nationally in clinical and experiential education networks and academic conferences.
• Facilitate and strengthen partnerships between UCLA Law's experiential and clinical programs and the Los Angeles community.
• Collaborate with communications staff to promote impact.
• Partner with Development on strategic fundraising.

Teaching Responsibilities

• Responsibilities will also include, after the conclusion of Vice Dean administrative responsibilities, directing a clinic at the law school, with a teaching load comparable to other Teaching Professors of Law.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Juris Doctorate (JD), admitted to state bar
• Extensive experience in clinical and/or experiential leadership.
• Experience directing a law school clinic.
• Demonstrated understanding of clinical and experiential pedagogies.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex academic initiatives.
• Proven ability to manage teams and build consensus.
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills.
• Demonstrated commitment to student success.
• National engagement profile preferred.

Confidential review of applications, nominations and expressions of interest will begin immediately and continue until an appointment is made. Please apply online at https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10809 by submitting pdf copies of a cover letter that addresses the skills, experience, and vision the candidate will bring to the Vice Dean role; CV or resume; Statement on Research, Scholarship, or other Creative Work; the names and contact information for at least three professional references; and a UCLA Mission Statement. Applicants with teaching experience should also include their teaching evaluations for the past three years.

This position has an expected start date of July 1, 2026...

The salary range for this position is Step 1 to Step 9 ($196,000 - 297,600).