Associate General Counsel (Contracts)

About the role

LSAC’s mission is to advance law and justice by promoting access, equity, and fairness in law school admission and supporting the learning journey from prelaw through practice.

Responsibilities

• Provide exceptional legal advice and counseling to support LSAC’s departments, dynamic business operations and product development initiatives.
• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts and other legal documents, including a high volume of commercial contracts (e.g., NDAs, MSAs/PSAs, License Agreements, SaaS agreements, marketing agreements, research agreements, service agreements (where LSAC is operating as the consultant), independent contractor, business, data sharing agreements, hotel agreements, and grant agreements).
• Evaluate third-party provisions for risk, identify potential liabilities, and recommend alternative language.
• Provide actionable legal advice to departments to facilitate business transactions.
• Ensure all contracts comply with applicable laws, regulations, and corporate policies.
• Streamline contract administration processes and manage the contract lifecycle.
• Aid in the development, drafting, reviewing and implementation of organization policies and procedures (e.g., corporate, employment, compliance, data governance, use of generative artificial intelligence, accessibility, non-profit governance).
• Provide training and guidance to employees on legal topics relevant to their roles.
• Assist with commercial transactions, intellectual property matters, compliance issues, disputes, and other legal needs under the direction of the General Counsel or his/her designee.
• Support the General Counsel or his/her designee in administering and operating the vendor due diligence program, policy and procedures.
• Aid in the preparation for Board and Committee meetings, presentations, communications and departmental initiatives.
• Support candidate and member-facing departments, working closely with the departments on operational matters, policies and procedures, resolution of complaints and concerns, internal and external communications, and day-to-day matters.
• Provide support for Misconduct and Irregularities matters for LSAC.
• Aid in the management of LSAC’s intellectual property portfolio, compliance, and enforcement, including enforcement of licensing agreements, copyrights, and trademarks, with a focus on litigation and enforcement of intellectual property rights.
• Aid in a wide variety of other legal matters including, but not limited to, legal research and writing, document organization and production, policy and procedure development and updating, project management, OGC-sponsored projects and initiatives, and litigation support.
• Collaborate across all operational areas at the organization to solve problems proactively.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctorate degree from an ABA-accredited law school.
• Licensed in good standing to practice law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or eligible for reciprocity on the date hired.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant general corporate, higher education, or in-house legal department or large firm practice.
• Familiarity with corporate policy making (preferred).
• Familiarity with data privacy, intellectual property rights, cybersecurity laws and regulations and legal issues related to emerging technology, including, but not limited to, artificial intelligence (preferred).
• Familiarity and understanding of legal requirements and trends related to non-profit governance (preferred).
• Knowledge of web accessibility standards and best practices (preferred).