Assistant Dean For Student Life And Leadership

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Assistant Dean for Student Life and Leadership
The candidate serves as the law school’s principal liaison with students and provides leadership and strategic direction to ensure an outstanding and supportive student experience. The Assistant Dean fosters a strong and inclusive community within the law school by creating, running, and supporting programming for students on a wide variety of topics, including convening faculty-student gatherings, and supporting student governance. Although primarily responsible for the J.D. student population, the Assistant Dean of Students collaborates with the Associate Dean for Graduate and Center Programs on matters pertaining to LL.M. and M.J. students—including students in online degree programs—and works closely with various student-facing departments such as Admissions, Academic Services, Academic Achievement, Career Services, Financial Aid, Security and Campus Safety, Clinics, Writing Resource Center, Institutional Affairs, Information Technology Services, and advocacy programs. The Assistant Dean of Students reports to the Dean. Responsibilities: Coordinate student programming and outreach; Provide guidance, support, and structure for student organizations; Lead the law school’s Student Support and Emergency Team; Facilitate student leadership opportunities; Work with students on health and wellness issues, and non-academic discipline; Coordinate new-student orientation with the Assistant Dean for Admissions; Coordinate the Honors Convocation; Regularly update the Student Handbook; Develop and implement policies relating to Student Life; Develop and maintain the content for Student Life and related webpages; Lead the Student Life staff to accomplish the law school’s strategic priorities; Participate in weekly Deans Staff meetings with other members of the senior management team; and Work on other projects as requested. Must have MS. in student affairs, higher education, or a related field is the minimum qualification. A Ph.D., Ed.D., or J.D. is strongly preferred. Should have 5 years of relevant experience, including legal practice or higher education administration. Experience in counseling or mentoring preferred. Knowledge of risk-management and event-management preferred.

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