Vice Dean for Clinics and Experiential Education (Teaching Professor of Law)
 University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) | |
 United States, California, Los Angeles | |
 Feb 03, 2026 | |
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Position overview
Position title: Professor of Teaching Salary range:
The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See Table 8. The salary range for this position is Step 1 to Step 9 ($196,000 - 297,600). "Off-scale salaries" and other components of pay, i.e., a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions. Application Window Open date: February 2, 2026 Next review date: Monday, Mar 2, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Final date: Tuesday, Jun 30, 2026 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Position description 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 Experiential Faculty Leadership and Support Curricular Oversight Operations and Budget External Engagement and Advancement Teaching Responsibilities Qualifications and Experience: 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, and is subject to the rules and regulations of the Regents of the University of California, which are mostly embodied in The UCLA CALL and the University of California Academic Personnel Manual. (See https://apo.ucla.edu/policies-forms/the-call; and The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and/or step at appointment. See Table 8. The salary range for this position is Step 1 to Step 9 ($196,000 - 297,600). "Off-scale salaries" and other components of pay, i.e., a salary that is higher than the published system-wide salary at the designated rank and step, are offered when necessary to meet competitive conditions. The University of California is committed to creating and maintaining a community dedicated to the advancement, application, and transmission of knowledge and creative endeavors through academic excellence, where all individuals who participate in University programs and activities can work and learn together in a safe and secure environment, free of violence, harassment, bullying and other demeaning behavior, discrimination, exploitation, or intimidation. With this commitment as well as a commitment to addressing all forms of academic misconduct, UCLA conducts targeted employment reference checks for finalists to whom departments or other hiring units would like to extend formal offers of appointment into Academic Senate faculty positions. The targeted employment reference checks involve contacting the finalists' current and prior places of employment to ask whether there have been substantiated findings of misconduct that would violate the University's Faculty Code of Conduct. To implement this process, UCLA requires all applicants for Academic Senate faculty positions to complete, sign, and upload the form entitled "Authorization to Release Information" into RECRUIT as part of their application. If the applicant does not include the signed authorization to release information with the application materials, the application will be considered incomplete. As with any incomplete application, the application will not receive further consideration. Although all applicants for faculty recruitments must complete the entire application, only finalists (i.e., those to whom the department or other hiring unit would like to extend a formal offer) considered for Academic Senate faculty positions will be subject to targeted employment reference checks. Qualifications Basic qualifications
Candidates must have a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school, plus admission to a state bar or willingness to sit for a state bar bar. Application Requirements Document requirements
Reference requirements
Please provide contact information for 3 professional references. Apply link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF10809 Help contact: douvan@law.ucla.edu About UCLA As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, state, or local government directives may impose additional requirements. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected status under state or federal law. As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct.
Job location Los Angeles, CA
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