Main Responsibilities of a Clinical Professor of Law at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
Amy's main responsibilities as a Clinical Professor of Law at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles center on student mentorship and teaching, going beyond academics to include "career advice, family advice, life advice." In addition to teaching and preparing classes, the role involves faculty committee work, conference presentations, and extensive advising of students pursuing postgraduate judicial clerkships, both during and after their time at the school.
Legal Education, Mentorship, Higher Education, Legal Writing, Career Counseling
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Amy Levin
Clinical Professor of Law
LMU Loyola Law School, Los Angeles
University of California, Berkeley 1994
University of California, Los Angeles JD/MSW
Psychology
Education, Law
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Honors Student
Video Highlights
1. Teaches first-year and upper-division law students, focusing on writing.
2. Provides extensive mentorship and career advising to students, including internship and clerkship guidance.
3. Serves on faculty committees and actively participates in placing students in postgraduate judicial clerkships.
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What are your main responsibilities within your current role?
I'm a professor and I teach primarily first-year law students, but I also teach upper-division law students. My primary responsibilities are to be available for the students.
I'm at Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, which is very student-centered. Most of my time is spent prepping for classes, teaching classes, and meeting with students outside of class. This can be for help with their writing, advice on internships or externships, career advice, family advice, or life advice.
I see my biggest role as a teacher and a mentor. Beyond that, I work on presentations at conferences and serve on several faculty committees. I am most involved in advising students on postgraduate judicial clerkships, specifically federal clerkships.
I do a lot of advising and mentoring for this both while students are in law school and once they become alums. Many are still looking for a clerkship, so that's probably most of my day-to-day.