Advocacy Fellow

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Advocacy Fellow (Coordinator of Academic Area 3)
Duties: Provides support and coaching to student participants in the Center’s Advocacy Programs. Responsible for the administration and continued development of a robust set of student advocacy skills development opportunities. Supports and assists the Program Director with competition registration and team travel arrangements for the Law Center’s external moot court, ADR, and mock trial competitions. Supervises student Moot Court and Trial Advocacy Boards in the preparation and assembly of team travel paperwork and travel packets, and acts as liaison with Center’s Events Coordinator for all student travel and event needs. Assists in the recruitment and training of Advocacy Program coaches and guest judges. Facilitates student travel reimbursement arrangements with the Law Center’s Business Office as needed. Provides one-on-one case preparation assistance to Advocacy Program internal and external competition participants, and acts as primary liaison between external competition team members, the Moot Court and Trial Advocacy Boards, and the Advocacy Programs Director. Case preparation activities may include development of theories of the case; review of written briefs, witness examination scripts, and draft opening statements and summations; development and production of courtroom visual aids; and creation of trial notebooks. Plans and implements, under the supervision of the Program Director, voluntary skills training opportunities and events for participants in the Law Center’s Advocacy Programs. Examples of possible opportunities include weekend skills boot camps, lunchtime workshop series, and similar events. Creates, under the supervision of the Program Director, at least one full moot court, mock trial, or alternative dispute resolution case file for use in the Law Center’s internal advocacy competitions and for eventual publication. Acts as a secondary coach where needed for the Law Center’s moot court, mock trial, and/or ADR external competition teams.

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