Assistant Director, Academic Success Program en University of New Hampshire - Franklin Pierce School of Law
University of New Hampshire - Franklin Pierce School of Law · Concord, Estados Unidos De América · Onsite
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The University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law invites applications for an Assistant Director position in the law school's Academic Success Program (ASP). ASP supports all law students at UNH Franklin Pierce from orientation through the bar exam. Working alongside the Director of ASP, the Assistant Director will be primarily focused on working directly with law students in their first and second years to help them develop core academic skills to be successful in class and on exams, and eventually on the bar exam. This includes specific interventions to support students at academic risk, including students on academic probation under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Academic Standing and Success.
Duties/Responsibilities
Support law students through individualized academic coaching and tutoring, with a primary focus on development of study and exam skills.
Working with the director of ASP, design and deliver workshops on academic skills, both in person and online, targeted to specific groups of law students
(for example, residential lLs, hybrid lLs).
Working with the director of ASP, design and implement pre-lL programming to help incoming students think about the skills and work ethic they will need to be successful in law school, culminating in a full day of academic success programming at orientation.
Collaborate with faculty committees, including the Committee on Academic Standing and Success and the Student Success Committee.
Support a staff of adjunct ASP professors, including assigning students to meet with each professor, and regular check-ins to discuss student progress and professor needs.
Explore options for and eventually design a skills-focused class to be offered to lLs and/or 2Ls.
Working with the director of ASP, manage the law school's Preliminary Bar Exam, which is a graduation requirement for all JD students. This includes working on the adjustment of the Preliminary Bar Exam to reflect new question styles introduced by the NextGen Bar Exam.
Help manage the law school's relationship with outside vendors in the academic success and bar exam space.
Depending on workload and department, work with the director, 3Ls, and recent graduates on bar exam prep support.
Other related duties as assigned.
Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience:
Hold a juris doctor (JD) degree from an ABA-accredited school
Admission to the bar in at least one state/jurisdiction in the US
2+ years of legal work experience
Must be able to work independently and effectively interact with a wide array of parties at all levels (students, faculty, administration/staff)
Strong written and oral communication skills
Proven dedication to student learning
Required Licenses & Certifications:
Hold a juris doctor (JD) degree from an ABA-accredited school
Admission to the bar in at least one state/jurisdiction in the US
Preferred Qualifications:
Law school teaching or student mentoring experience
Experience teaching via online learning management systems
5+ years of legal work experience
Applicant instructions:
Applicants should be prepared to upload the following documents when applying online within the Resume/Cover Letter section of your application:
Resume/CV
Cover Letter
Contact Information for 3 Professional References
Applications that are missing any of the required items may not move forward for consideration. Additional uploaded documents not requested in the position announcement will not be reviewed.
The University of New Hampshire is an R1 Carnegie classification research institution providing comprehensive, high-quality undergraduate and graduate programs of distinction. UNH is located in Durham on a 188-acre campus, 60 miles north of Boston and 8 miles from the Atlantic coast and is convenient to New Hampshire’s lakes and mountains. There is a student enrollment of 13,000 students, with a full-time faculty of over 600, offering 90 undergraduate and more than 70 graduate programs. The University actively promotes a dynamic learning environment in which qualified individuals of differing perspectives, life experiences, and cultural backgrounds pursue academic goals with mutual respect and shared inquiry.
EEO Statement
The University System of New Hampshire is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access employer. The University System is committed to creating an environment that values and supports diversity and inclusiveness across our campus communities and encourages applications from qualified individuals who will help us achieve this mission. The University System prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or marital status.
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