Boston University
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, School of Law, Advocacy Programs
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Job Description
- Req#: 314442
Boston University School of Law's Advocacy and Legal Writing Program seeks an Assistant Director with a strong background in project management and excellent communication skills who is excited to work across teams with law students, faculty, and law school staff. The Advocacy and Legal Writing Program oversees a wide variety of student programming, including law student competition programs, law student journals, and upper-class writing programming and curricula, and works closely with the Law Schools Academic Enrichment and Academic Engagement offices.
The Assistant Director plays a key role in planning and executing a wide range of programming and events that are designed to support our students in developing various legal skills. The Assistant Director will work with the Director of Advocacy and Legal Writing to develop, coordinate, and execute the administrative function of the Law Schools legal skills programming, external competitions, and upper-class writing curriculum. The Assistant Director will also provide support to and contribute to the Associate Dean for Academic Engagement and the Director of Academic Enrichment in the performance of their teaching, programming, and administrative duties, including student workshops, academic support and bar prep courses, ABA accreditation requirements, and other co-curricular work.
Attention to detail, responsiveness, and clear, consistent communication will be essential to success in this role. Given the student-facing nature of the work, this is a hybrid position, with consideration given to flexible or remote work arrangements as team staffing permits. There are occasional night and weekend responsibilities.
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Boston University is a leading private research institution with two primary campuses in the heart of Boston and programs around the world.
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