Anyone interested in either position should email a resume and cover letter to Dean Cara Foerst, Associate Dean for Academics:
cara.foerst@shu.edu | 973-642-8506
Position One
Seton Hall Law School seeks to hire an Assistant Professor of Legal Practice and Assistant Director of Academic Success. This is a part-time position that involves teaching one section of Introduction to Lawyering and administering the Bar Exam Support section of the Academic Success program.
Teaching Introduction to Lawyering
The Assistant Director of Academic Success and Assistant Director of Legal Practice will teach one section in our innovative Introduction to Lawyering course. The Introduction to Lawyering course is a full-year six credit course. The course covers legal writing, legal research, client interviewing, client counseling, negotiation, oral argument, and professionalism. The course is taught by doctrinal and legal practice professors in a coordinated and collaborative manner. In teaching the course the faculty member will be responsible for the following:
- Teaching Introduction to Lawyering classes twice a week during weeks when classes are scheduled.
- Meeting with students in individual and joint conferences to discuss writing assignments and interactive skills exercises.
- Providing students with detailed written feedback on writing assignments and interactive skills exercises.
- Attending Introduction to Lawyering faculty meetings to prepare for upcoming classes and activities.
- Teaching several sessions at the Introduction to Lawyering Day at law school orientation.
- Meeting with students outside of class time and conferences as needed to discuss assignments and other law school topics.
- Working with the Director and other Lawyering faculty to create and revise the class exercises.
- Other assignments consistent with the needs of the program.
Assistant Director of Academic Support
In the role of Assistant Director of Academic Success reports directly to the Director of Academic Success and the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. The Assistant Director is responsible for contributing to a positive student experience by providing academic and bar exam support services to current law students and recent graduates.
The Assistant Director provides high-level support to the Director on management, execution, and analysis of all academic support for bar exam preparation including programs, workshops, information sessions and other programming. The Director may be assigned to instruct in the academic support and bar preparation areas. Additionally, this position oversees confidential data for the Academic Success, Bar Exam Programs, and Bar Pass Rates.
The Assistant Director works in a collaborative relationship with all law school students, faculty and administrators and staff and actively participates in implementing procedures to enhance the overall effectiveness and efficiency of Academic Success and Bar Prep Programs. The ability to provide timely and accurate communication is essential. This position requires occasional attendance at on and off campus events during and outside normal business hours and presence at the Law School during the summer months while recent graduates are studying and preparing for the bar exam. Some travel may be required.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Aid in the development of the academic success program for students beyond their first year.
- Advise and work with students on all aspects of bar exam preparation.
- Host workshops on bar-exam related topics.
- Assist the Director of Academic Success with the administration of the Academic Success and Bar Exam programs, including but not limited to working with faculty and commercial bar prep companies.
- Provide one-on-one academic and personal counseling to J.D. students. Refer students to counseling resources when necessary. Maintain regular office hours. Provide academic skills tutoring and life coaching for students.
- Provide high-touch monitoring of and communication with recent graduates while they are studying and preparing for the bar exam.
- Manage confidential law school databases and processes relating to student academic information relating to student performance, bar pass statistical analysis, academic supervision, academic success, and other areas as needed.
- Perform administrative duties as necessary including managing budgets and costs, responding promptly to emails and phone calls, planning events and workshops, attending meetings within the department and law school.
- Keep current on latest trends and practices with bar exams, bar exam preparation, academic support and legal education.
- Attendance is expected at Orientation, Commencement and other Law School events. Presence in the building during the summer months in which recent graduates are studying and preparing for the bar exam.
Most weeks the person in this position will be expected to come to the law school at least three days a week to teach classes, meet with students and faculty and fulfill other responsibilities. However, some weeks will require a more substantial time commitment.
Qualifications: Seton Hall seeks individuals with stellar legal writing, interpersonal, and practice skills. Candidates must have 3-5 years of practice experience and excellent academic records. Teaching experience is preferred. Experience in higher education is a plus.
Position two:
Teaching Introduction to Lawyering in Innovative Weekend Program
Seton Hall Law School is hiring a part-time adjunct professor to teach a section of Introduction to Lawyering in our innovative weekend law school program for the 2018-19 school year. The Introduction to Lawyering course is a full-year six credit course. The course covers legal writing, legal research, client interviewing, client counseling, negotiation, oral argument, and professionalism. The course is taught by doctrinal and legal practice professors in a coordinated and collaborative manner.
In the weekend program the Introduction to Lawyering course is taught as a hybrid live/on-line class. Two-thirds of the class is taught live on alternating weekends, and one-third on-line. Many of the formal on-line components of the class have been prepared already, so, although the faculty member will be responsible for teaching from those components, the professor will not be responsible for preparing most of the on-line features. However, the faculty member will have to use technology, such as Skype or Zoom, to communicate with students, and to teach parts of the course.
In teaching the course the faculty member will be responsible for the following:
- Teaching a three and a half hour Introduction to Lawyering class session every other week for 8 weeks during each semester;
- Meeting with students during the evenings in individual and joint conferences, both in person and on-line, to discuss writing assignments and interactive skills exercises;
- Providing students with detailed written feedback on writing assignments and interactive skills exercises;
- Attending Introduction to Lawyering faculty meetings to prepare for upcoming classes and activities;
- Teaching several sessions at the Introduction to Lawyering Day at law school orientation;
- Meeting with students outside of class time and conferences as needed, both in person and on-line, to discuss assignments and other law school topics;
- Developing class plans and exercises with the other Lawyering professors, and
- Other assignments consistent with the needs of the program.
The faculty member is required to come to the law school for the weekend class sessions, which are tentatively scheduled for 8:30 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. every other Saturday, and to meet with students either on-line or in person most weeks. This will require additional availability either on weekends or at night, as most weekend students work full-time. Some weeks and weekends will require a more substantial time commitment, and some will be lighter depending on where the students are in the curriculum. The position begins in August 2018.
Qualifications: Seton Hall seeks individuals with stellar legal writing, interpersonal, and practice skills, along with experience and comfort with on-line technology such as Blackboard, Skype, or Zoom. Candidates must have 3-5 years of practice experience and excellent academic records. Teaching experience is preferred.
