Description:
Job Overview:A Law School seeks an innovative and dynamic leader to reinvigorate and reimagine its storied Corporate Law Center (“CLC”). Reporting directly to the Dean and working closely with its Academic Director, the new Director of the CLC will be responsible for defining a vision for the CLC, developing the resources to carry the vision out, and raising the profile of the CLC so that it is properly recognized as one of the premier centers of the College of Law.
The ideal candidate will be collaborative and visionary, with experience in transactional law and a passion for the educational mission of the College of Law. The candidate's background will reflect the potential to build strong and lasting partnerships with various constituencies both within and outside the institution to advance the mission of the Corporate Law Center. The ideal candidate will also demonstrate the capacity to tailor academic and nonacademic programming to meet the unique needs of law students interested in transactional law. Finally, the candidate will have a demonstrated track record of bringing a vision from its original conception through to full implementation.
The position is structured as a two-year term, with the potential for extensions if the CLC is successful in obtaining funding to support the position for a longer period.
Standard Days Worked: M-F
Type of Appointment: Full-Time (12 Months)
Work Location: In-person. The office location is A Law School, 2925 Campus Green Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221.
Essential Functions:
Minimum Requirements:
Additional Qualifications Considered
Work Location: In-person. The office location is A Law School, 2925 Campus Green Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221.
Essential Functions:
- Undertake a full programmatic review of the CLC's current activities.
- Create a vision and a long-term strategic plan for the CLC.
- Develop the resources necessary to carry out the plan.
- Build partnerships across campus and to the Cincinnati business community.
- Research, design, and implement high quality programming in the area of corporate law.
- Provide educational outreach to the transactional legal community through events, workshops, and collaboration with applicable partners.
- Collaborate with College of Law leadership, faculty, and staff, as well as campus and community members.
- Maintain data and provide reports on Center activities, as well as assessment of outreach and other efforts.
- May provide direct and/or indirect supervision to exempt and non-exempt staff (i.e., hiring/firing, performance evaluations, disciplinary action, approve time off, etc.).
- Perform related duties based on the needs of the Corporate Law Center.
Minimum Requirements:
- Demonstrated capacity for developing a vision and creating and carrying out a strategic plan.
- Substantial capacity for fundraising.
- Commitment to working collaboratively and building partnerships to advance the mission of the CLC and the College.
- Strong communication skills.
- Deep commitment to creating a culture of inclusive excellence and belonging.
- Five years post-J.D. work experience in corporate legal practice or a related field.
- Juris Doctor.
- Experience with law teaching.
- A record of published scholarship in corporate law and related fields.
Physical Requirements/Work Environment
Office environment/no specific unusual physical or environmental demands.
Office environment/no specific unusual physical or environmental demands.