Associate Director Access To Justice Institute

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Associate Director Access to Justice Institute
The candidate will serve as an integral part of the agency team to accomplish the goal of inspiring law students to make a lifelong commitment to equal justice for marginalized and/or underserved communities. In collaboration with the Assistant Dean of the agency, develop a strategic plan and oversee activities and trainings that drive the mission to provide community engagement opportunities for students. Respond to inquiries by legal services providers, pro bono counsel, community agencies, courts, government agencies, faculty, SU Law Clinic or any other public interest entity by assisting them with communication to students about existing opportunities (e.g., draft volunteer opportunity announcements for review, serving as a filter for applicants, facilitating opportunities for the organization to make presentations). Conduct outreach so that students know about the opportunities (e.g., ensure opportunities are published in agency communications, encourage Center for Professional Development and relevant faculty members to share opportunities with their students). Follow up with students who take advantage of the opportunities to find out about their experience. Develop and oversee Partnership Projects (ongoing volunteer social justice opportunities facilitated by the agency in partnership with an organization) by collaborating with legal services providers, pro bono counsel, community agencies, courts, government agencies, faculty, SU Law Clinic or any other public interest entity. Reach out to potential partners and identifying how law students could help them. Design opportunities for student participation, in collaboration with the partner organization and, when appropriate, law student organizations with a goal of providing opportunities requiring varied commitment levels from students. Recruit student leaders and volunteers. Organize any necessary training. Provide oversight and guided reflection to ensure quality work by students and quality experiences for the students. Mentor and supervise students and student organization leaders who engage in social justice projects by providing technical support (i.e., legal expertise, ethics), guidance (i.e., connections to community, how to collaborate trainings), and capacity to build leadership skills. Organize, oversee, and/or support ongoing social justice events, trainings, symposia, and series. Develop new programming that serves the primary mission of the agency. Collaborate with law school departments to advance the law school mission. Some examples include: Lifelong Commitment to Social Justice, work with Center for Professional Development by cross- referring and meeting with students to connect them to volunteer and networking opportunities. Collaborate on programming, including public interest career road-mapping and post- graduate fellowship outreach. Work with faculty to identify and develop service-learning opportunities, connecting them to the equal justice community and the work of the agency. Build Law Student Community and Leaders for Justice, work with Office of Admission to assist with cultivating public interest minded applicants and selecting the Scholars for Justice. Work with the Office of Alumni Relations to encourage pro bono among alumni. Collaborate with external law school public interest administrators and faculty and equal justice and pro bono organizations, groups, and alliances to advance the mutual equal justice mission. Some examples of these groups include Access to Justice Board’s Law School Relations Committee, WSBA Pro Bono and Legal Aid Committee, and the Seattle Area Pro Bono Group. A J.D. with 3 – 5 years of public interest legal experience as an attorney required. A demonstrated commitment to social justice and demonstrated commitment to inclusion, diversity and cross-difference competence as a justice imperative, and a commitment to the university’s mission, vision, and values required. Excellent oral and written communication skills, and the ability to comfortably speak in front of large and small groups required. Competency with Microsoft Office products and some familiarity and experience with social media tools required. Experience: working at a law school or with law students, including having first-hand knowledge of working in a law school setting as well as having experience supervising law students in their legal work; with developing or participating in professional leadership development programming; with event and/or training/CLE planning and oversight preferred.

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