Assistant Dean for Public Service and Director

Assistant Dean for Public Service and Director, Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center, School of Law

Charlottesville, VA

The University of Virginia School of Law seeks to hire an Assistant Dean for Public Service and Director of the Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center (PSC), to start in the fall of 2022.

The Assistant Dean for Public Service leads the Law School’s efforts to create an integrated program of career advising and development to students who are pursuing public service internships, externships, and/or postgraduate careers. As director of the PSC, the Assistant Dean provides strategic direction for, and day-to-day management of, the work performed by the PSC’s attorney directors and administrative assistant director. The center’s work includes: counseling and assisting students and law school graduates on all facets of their career searches; conducting public sector interview programs and employer outreach; creating educational programming and resources for students; administering summer and postgraduate fellowships and grants; advising student organizations about public service-related matters; and, gathering and reporting data on graduate employment. As one of the attorney counselors in the PSC, the Assistant Dean also engages directly in student and graduate counseling as well as in the broad range of activities performed by the center. The Assistant Dean works under the direction of the Senior Assistant Dean for Career Development and partners with the Office of Private Practice and the Office of Judicial Clerkships on matters affecting employment and employers. The Assistant Dean will also work in close coordination with the faculty director of the Law School’s curricular Program in Law and Public Service on matters affecting school-wide public service programs.

Requirements:

A J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school, plus a minimum of seven years’ relevant experience. The successful candidate will have at least five years of experience working in a public service law practice following graduation from law school, plus at least two years of postgraduate experience in any combination of: legal practice (private sector or public service), student services higher education administration, and/or a judicial clerkship.  Public service law practice is defined broadly to include legal employment by government agencies and/or nonprofit organizations.

Preferred experience includes:

Experience working in more than one field of public service law; experience mentoring attorneys and/or law students; and experience participating in the hiring and recruitment of attorneys and/or law students.

The successful candidate will also possess the following skills and qualities: demonstrated strength as a collaborative, innovative, and effective leader; superior problem-solving and conflict resolution skills; the ability to establish professional credibility and trust within a diverse community of students, graduates, and employers; exceptional interpersonal communication and oral presentation skills; exceptional writing skills, including the ability to provide effective critiques of students’ writing; superior project management and teamwork skills; and the ability to work diligently on multiple projects in a fast-paced, detail-oriented environment.

To Apply: https://uva.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UVAJobs/job/Charlottesville-VA/Assistant-Dean-for-Public-Service-and-Director--Mortimer-Caplin-Public-Service-Center--School-of-Law_R0037257

Complete the application and upload the following:

Cover letter describing why you are interested in this position; how your experience as a leader has prepared you to meet the requirements of this position; and whether you possess any of the preferred experiences described in this posting.

CV/resume

• Names and contact information for three professional references.
• Please note that ALL REQUESTED documents MUST be uploaded in the resume submission field, and you can combine documents into one PDF.
• Applications that do not have all the required documents will not receive full consideration.

The School of Law is located in Charlottesville, VA, a college town setting with natural beauty and significant historical relevance in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Charlottesville is a wonderful place to live with an extraordinary quality of life, often ranked among the best places to live in the United States.

For more information about UVA and the Charlottesville community please see http://www.virginia.edu/life/charlottesville and https://embarkcva.com/.

The University will perform background checks on all new hires prior to employment.

For questions about the position, please contact Annie Kim, Assistant Dean for Public Service and Director, Program in Law and Public Service, at akim@law.virginia.edu. Questions regarding the application process should be directed to Marcus Rozier, Academic Recruiter, at hjv5vm@virginia.edu.

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The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician’s Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff.  We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences.  We are equal opportunity and affirmative action employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, veteran status, and family medical or genetic information.