Director Of Academic Success/associate Professor Of Academic Success

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Director of Academic Success/Associate Professor of Academic Success
The candidate will implement a plan to maximize student achievement in law school and on the bar exam. This will include various methods, such as leading large group workshops, facilitating a mini-bar examination or other assessment tools, and overseeing the student teaching fellow or tutoring program. The Director will also counsel those individual students academically at-risk or on academic probation beginning in the first year. The Director will continue to build programming and develop classes as necessary to further improve the program, advise faculty and staff on teaching effectiveness to achieve specified student learning outcomes, and collaborate with faculty in developing other academic success initiatives. The Director will be responsible for tracking and analyzing data on student performance at all levels from first year to bar exam. The Director will teach courses on topics such as legal analysis and bar preparation, providing students with appropriate guidance and constructive feedback. Courses taught by the Director will all be part of the academic success programming and bar passage initiatives. The Director may be expected, where appropriate to fulfill other teaching responsibilities within the Academic Success Program or the Law School, such as serving as advisor for Independent Studies and Independent Writing Projects. The Director may, with approval of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Dean, teach non-ASP courses within the Law School. The Director will attend and participate in appropriate conferences, workshops and seminars in the field of academic and bar support, as well as legal education and pedagogy. The Director will remain current on developments, trends, and scholarship in this field. The Director is not expected or required to make contributions to the scholarship of this or any other field, but may do so if consistent with other responsibilities. The Director is expected to engage in service to the Law School, the University, the profession, and the community. The Director may serve on any faculty committee, with the exception of the Personnel Committee, and may vote on all matters coming before the faculty, with the exception of retention, promotion and tenure of tenure-track faculty. Should have Juris Doctor Degree from an ABA-accredited law school. Should have 3+ years of relevant legal experience. Experience working with and supporting diverse populations. Knowledge of learning and teaching strategies for law students. Should preferably have 2+ years of experience in law practice or equivalent. Strong academic achievement in law school. Teaching or administrative experience in a law school or in the field of academic success. Member of a bar in any U.S. jurisdiction (active or inactive status). Experience working with students receiving academic accommodations.

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