Assistant Director of Legal Residencies (Lecturer)

Job description

USNH Employees should apply within Workday through the Jobs Hub app The University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law (UNH Law), a national leader in practical legal education with a commitment to inclusion, diversity, and quality engagement for all, seeks to hire a Lecturer to serve as Assistant Director of Legal Residencies. The legal residency program is a foundation of the practical legal training at UNH Law. The program allows students to apply classroom knowledge in a real-world legal setting by working under the supervision of attorneys or other professionals. Through this experience, students build skills, characteristics, and competencies essential to success. The Assistant Director is a full-time member of the law faculty who participates in faculty governance. The positions demands administrative and communication skills necessary to assist with running and promoting a program that involves numerous constituents, including UNH Law staff and faculty, alumni, students, judges, lawyers, and other professional practitioners. Duties/Responsibilities • Assisting the Director of Legal Residencies with developing and maintaining high-quality legal residency field placements meeting the needs of a diverse student population. • Creating curriculum for and teaching legal residency courses in compliance with ABA Standards. • Communicating with and advising students about legal residency placements. • Assisting students in securing legal residency placements in all types of legal practice. • Mentoring students during their legal residencies as they develop professional identities and lawyering skills. • Cultivating and managing relationships with existing and potential legal residency placements and supervisors including regular communications with the bar, bench, and other legal professionals. • Assisting the Director of Legal Residencies with program administration and compliance with academic rules and ABA Standards. • Assisting the Director of Legal Residencies with program assessment to accomplish program goals and maintain an accessible, student-centered program that empowers students to grow into thoughtful, skilled, and practice-ready legal professionals. • Assisting the Director of Legal Residencies with the recruitment and supervision of adjunct faculty for legal residency courses. • Collaborating with other UNH Law departments, including the law clinics, Career and Academic Advising Office, Academic Success Program, Admissions, and Registrar’s Office for student success. • Collaborating with Marketing, Alumni Relations, and Admissions to promote the program. • Engaging with the nationwide clinical legal education community to stay abreast of current trends and developments. • Staying informed about current issues in legal practice to help support students through their residencies and prepare students for practice upon graduation. Requirements Minimum Acceptable Education & Experience: • J.D. from an accredited law school. • Legal practice experience. • Demonstrated skill at working collaboratively. • Demonstrated administrative leadership skills. • Strong interest in all aspects of legal practice and the profession. • Excellent interpersonal skills, including great listening skills and ability to work with students at times of high stress in their lives. • Interest in engaging with the national externship and clinical communities. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: • Legal practice experience. • Experience and interest in mentoring and supervising students. • High degree of professionalism in all aspects of lawyering. • Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills. • Creativity and flexibility in approaching and solving problems. • Strong interest in all aspects of legal practice, legal education, and the legal profession. • Flexibility in scheduling and being available for various events to support the program. • Familiarity with and comfort navigating various software platforms and technology. • Strong organization skills and ability to manage multiple competing obligations. Preferred Qualifications: • Ability to use CANVAS or other technology for delivery of online education. • Clinical or externship teaching experience. • Demonstrated professionalism in the bar, including state or national involvement. Applicant Instructions: Applicants should be prepared to upload the following documents when applying online within the My Experience: Resume/CV section of the application: (Maximum of 5 Documents) • Resume/CV • Cover Letter • Contact Information for 3 Professional References • Teaching Philosophy 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. Compensation Pay Range: $ 85,000-$95,000 The rank of the selected candidate will depend upon the candidate’s qualifications. 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 prohi