Clinical Professor of Law

Indiana University Academic Positions•Bloomington, IN

18d•$105,000

About The Position

Indiana University Maurer School of Law (Bloomington) invites applications for a full-time clinical faculty position with the school’s Intellectual Property Law Clinic, a part of the Center for Intellectual Property Research ( CIPR ). CIPR oversees the law school’s intellectual property curriculum and programming, its co-curricular activities, its scholarly research in intellectual property and related areas, and its outreach to the practicing bar. The law school’s curriculum includes numerous upper-level courses in intellectual property law and adjacent areas such as information policy, health law, AI and the law, and other aspects of law and technology. The Intellectual Property Law Clinic provides students with hands-on experience delivering patent and trademark legal services to clients, with a particular focus on innovators, entrepreneurs, and emerging ventures. Under faculty supervision, students engage in all aspects of intellectual property practice, with a particular emphasis on client counseling, the preparation and prosecution of patent and trademark applications, and other aspects of intellectual property law of importance to the Clinic’s pro bono clients. The Clinic operates under the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Law School Clinic Certification Program, allowing students to practice before the USPTO while gaining practical, skills-based training in intellectual property law. The Clinic is one of the nation’s busiest clinics of its kind, with a large patent and trademark docket and a substantial student enrollment each semester. Working in the clinic is one of the capstone experiences for intellectual property law students at the law school. The clinical faculty member will be responsible for teaching the classroom component of the Intellectual Property Law Clinic and for managing the Clinic’s client service operations. The faculty appointment will be at the rank of clinical associate professor (with the opportunity for a later promotion to full rank) or at the full rank of clinical professor, depending upon the candidate’s background and prior teaching experience. This position is expected to commence on July 1, 2026, but an earlier start date is negotiable. Salary range, depending on qualifications and experience, begins at $105,000 for a 12-month appointment, with generous employer-supported benefits. Clinical faculty at Maurer are on a series of five-year presumptively renewable contracts upon promotion to clinical professor. We welcome lateral applicants as well as less experienced applicants.