Associate Dean Of Law Admissions

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Associate Dean of Law Admissions
The candidate will report to the School of Law Dean and is responsible for the overall direction and performance of the law school's JD program recruiting and admissions process. Will provide expertise and functional oversight of this process for the law school's graduate law programs. Oversee administration of the Law School Admissions Office. Select, train, supervise and evaluate professional and support staff. Develop and manage the annual operating budget. Oversee all office procedures, use of internal databases and management of student record systems. In conjunction with the Dean and the faculty Admissions Committee, develop admissions policies and direct a comprehensive program for the recruitment, admission and retention of new students. Design and implement strategies to meet enrollment goals and objectives for the annual entering class. Serve as executive staff to the faculty Admissions Committee and collaborate with committee members to ensure the consistent review and evaluation of application files. Make JD admissions decisions. Provide counseling for prospective and admitted students. Travel to local and national recruiting events and industry conferences. Research, design, implement and evaluate strategies to identify non-quantitative factors and less-traditional indicators that can be successfully used to identify leadership potential and predict success in law school. Collaborate with the Law School Director of Communications and Marketing to plan, organize and produce web and print-based marketing materials, social media communications and recruitment/yield efforts to cultivate relationships with prospective students from inquiry to matriculation. Design and implement quality control systems for monitoring all electronic, web-based, written and oral communications. Oversee event planning and execution. Communicate with industry media and serve as a representative for the law school when appropriate. Collaborate with the Financial Aid Office to coordinate admissions and financial aid decisions, including the awarding of entering student scholarships. Provide leadership to the Scholarship Committee in developing scholarship policies that reward merit and encourage retention. In collaboration with the Associate Dean for Budget, Administration and Enrollment Management, perform statistical analyses. Prepare and present written and oral reports. Serve on law school and university committees. Be a dynamic and enthusiastic representative of the law school before internal and external constituents including faculty, staff, alumni, pre-law advisors, student ambassadors, legal employers, university officers, accrediting agencies and the Law School Admissions Council. Direct the law school's Peer Mentors Program and collaborate with senior staff and faculty to plan the annual first-year orientation for new law students. Collaborate with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, the Associate Dean for Law Student Support and the Associate Dean of Law Career Development to develop a comprehensive set of expectations and standards for student conduct, professionalism and leadership formation and apply these throughout the law school recruiting and admissions process.

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