Job Description:
BRIEF SUMMARY: Reporting to the Assistant Dean for Academic Support and collaborating with other faculty and staff, the Director of Bar Support assists students and graduates as they prepare for the bar exam, both as they progress through the College of Law and after they graduate. The Director develops, implements, and coordinates school-wide initiatives to improve bar passage, including credit-bearing courses and workshops, as needed.
EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Implements, evaluates, and enhances existing bar-preparation services.
• Teaches in the College of Law’s U.S. Law & Procedure class, a four-credit course designed to support students’ bar preparation. Also supervises adjunct instructors and guests involved in the course.
• Improves and expands existing programs, including: providing a clearinghouse of bar preparation information; collaborating with commercial bar preparation companies to assist students with their bar preparation efforts; working with faculty to coordinate a mentor program to provide individual mentors to graduates preparing for the bar; tracking at-risk students’ preparation for the bar exam and performance on the exam; and providing resources for repeat bar exam takers.
• Helps individual students and graduates develop and execute customized study plans and strategies for passing the bar exam.
• Creates individual student plans of study after one-on-one meetings with all 2L, 3L, and 4L students.
• Provides counseling and mentoring for students and graduates, starting in first semester 3L year.
• Provides advice on course selection for bar preparation purposes.
• Provides general assistance about bar application completion and character and fitness questions with the assistance of the Dean of Students.
• Meets regularly with students and graduates who are preparing for the bar exam, reviews sample bar exam essays, and provides analysis and feedback to help them improve their skills.
• Coordinates instruction and assessments for bar preparation course and provides feedback on student work product.
• Analyzes bar exam results (including statistical analysis) and provides regular reports concerning results.
• Provides bar-related information to faculty members regarding topics tested and recent bar exam questions in the faculty member’s area of teaching. Encourages and supports faculty development with respect to the bar exam.
• Develops web page, social media, and other communications describing bar support program and services.
• Stays abreast of bar exam developments in Florida and nationally and evaluates new developments in the delivery of bar support by law schools.
• Regularly attends and develops relationships at regional and national bar support conferences, with efforts to develop a leadership role.
• Secondarily participates in efforts to support all students’ law school success.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
