Legal Secretary Center For Advocacy And Dispute Resolution

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Legal Secretary, Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution
The candidate supports the Center for Advocacy and Dispute Resolution (CADR) at the College of Law (COL) and its Director. The CADR is the base for a curricular concentration, co-curricular activities, and professional programming at the College of Law. The AS must be a multi-talented individual who thrives on working with a variety of individuals on a diverse variety of projects in a busy professional environment. Requires as energetic and personable individual, willing to serve as the initial introduction that students and guests have to the CADR. Duties fall into three areas, curricular, co-curricular, and programmatic. In the curricular area, provides administrative and faculty support to the Director of the CADR, who also serves as a full-time faculty member at the College. In addition to helping the Director meet teaching, service, and scholarship responsibilities, also supports, as directed, 20-25 adjunct professors who teach in the CADR. This support includes scheduling, corresponding with students, interfacing with the COL intranet portal, acting as a repository for assignments, and coordinating and providing technical assistance, including all classroom technology. Also recruits and schedules auxiliary service providers for classes, including student actors, court reporters, and others. When necessary, the coordinates travel for invited guest speakers. In the role of co-curricular activities, the regularly works with students who lead the College Moot Court Board. This work includes maintaining a communication database, facilitating communications about annual events, scheduling travel for visiting judges; aiding in the design of marketing efforts and appreciation gifts; planning meals and receptions, and delegating tasks to and supervising student tasks. In the programmatic area, the provides administrative support to the Director for all professional events, including schedule, travel and event coordination.An Associate Degree is required, with a Bachelor Degree preferred. Experience in a legal setting and/or 3-5 years of experience in a professional setting. Must have confidence and knowledge of the expectations of those working in a professional work environment and must be proficient in the standards for professional communication and in the use of standard office equipment and MS Office with mastery of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Adobe, Publisher, One Drive, video-capture software, and upload and download software. Required skills include professional written and oral communication skills, organizational skills, including prioritization and time management; multi-tasking; trouble shooting and providing first-line support and interface to solve computer and office equipment problems; compiling, organizing, and duplicating materials; internet research; drafting, editing, and finalizing correspondence; organizing and maintaining files; updating templates; collecting and organizing data; editing some course materials and articles; and event planning.

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