La Verne College of Law is seeking a Director for CABR. Please see a brief description below. If anyone is interested, you can apply here.
The University of La Verne College of Law seeks an experienced, energetic, and dynamic person to serve as an Assistant Professor and Director in its Center for Academic and Bar Readiness (CABR.) The person in this position will assist students in developing the skills necessary for success in law school and on the bar exam. The position is a twelve-month contract, non-tenure track faculty position that includes both teaching and administrative components; after an initial probationary period, the applicant will be eligible for graduated multi-year renewals. The person hired will have faculty status and be permitted to vote on matters other than tenure/tenure track promotion and hiring.
The person hired will work closely with the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, the Assistant Dean for CABR, members of the CABR faculty, and the faculty at large. The successful applicant will:
- Advance La Verne Law’s mission to guide our students in the discovery of law and self as they prepare for the practice of law and other professional careers.
- Advance CABR’s departmental mission to provide an innovative, constantly evolving program that employs sound educational principles to help students to achieve their highest academic potential by cultivating and enhancing their academic skills.
- Demonstrate strong written and verbal communication skills and work effectively as part of a team.
- Supervise CABR faculty members by providing training and development to be used in teaching both academic skills and bar preparation courses.
- Work with the Assistant Dean of CABR to develop a budget and track program expenses
- Monitor contract compliance with vendors
- Assist in the development and implementation of new programs that will engage current COL students and increase academic and bar readiness skills.
- Demonstrate familiarity with ABA standards on legal education.
- Collect and analyze empirical data related to CABR program outcomes.
- Participate in program review and assessment initiatives.
- Teach skills and substantive content to enhance student academic and bar readiness.
- Provide high quality academic advising to students.
- Serve on La Verne Law and University- wide faculty committees.
- Work on other projects as assigned.
