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Boston University Part-Time Lecturer, School of Law, OGIP in Boston, Massachusetts
The American Law Program at Boston University School of Law seeks an instructor to teach a course entitled "In House Legal Counsel" which is a semester-long practical skills course offered exclusively for LLM in American Law Program and LLM in Intellectual Property Law students. The course will introduce internationally-trained LLM students to the roles and responsibilities of in-house legal counsel. Topics covered during the course will include: the relationship between in-house counsel and his/her client; in-house counsel's role in adding value to his/her organization; advising and counseling clients; fact gathering and investigation; managing an in-house legal practice; selecting and managing outside counsel; and the ethical challenges of in-house counsel. This will be a hands-on course focused on practice skills development. In role plays, students will step into the shoes of in-house counsel to address a variety of situations in which an in- house counsel would be expected to act. The course is a three-credit offering which meets in the spring 2025 semester which begins on Tuesday, January 13, 2025
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Prior teaching experience is preferred.
PLEASE DO NOT APPLY THROUGH THE BOSTON UNIVERSITY HR WEBSITE.
Applicants should email a letter of interest and a resume to Maureen Leo, the Director of International Graduate Programs at mtleo@bu.edu by Wednesday, April 3.
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