Description:
Job Summary:At the direction of the General Counsel, draft, review, and approve contracts to ensure compliance with legal requirements and TCC policies. This position will work independently on a wide range of legal matters and provide counsel and support to sponsored programs office, risk management, and campus safety/compliance. The staff attorney will develop, review, and implement institutional policies, provide legal research and drafting of memoranda in support of the General Counsel.
Essential Duties:
- Draft, review, edit, and approve contracts in TCC contract database.
- Develop, review, and implement institutional policies, provide legal research and drafting of memoranda in support of the General Counsel.
- Provide counsel and support to sponsored programs office, risk management, and campus safety/compliance.
- Other office support as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- License to practice law and in good standing in the State of Oklahoma.
- Doctoral degree (Ph.D., J.D., Ed.D.), Juris Doctorate degree, or LLM from an ABA accredited law school. Degree requirement may be substituted with relevant and equivalent work experience.
- Three years of relevant experience at the time of hiring.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with and previous principled use of AI research tools.
- Knowledge of the legal environment in the State of Oklahoma.
- Three years experience in providing legal advice in corporate or educational setting.
- Three years experience working on government or state agency contracts.