Associate or Assistant Director of Academic Success

About the role

Founded in 1901, Brooklyn Law School is a distinguished, independent law school located in Downtown Brooklyn, New York. The Law School is seeking an Associate or Assistant Director of Academic Success to join its Academic and Student Success program. Reporting to the Associate Dean of Academic and Student Success, the Associate or Assistant Director of Academic Success is a key member of the Academic and Student Success team and will work collaboratively with other members of the department to foster and promote high student achievement throughout their time in law school and as they transition to their professional careers. This includes developing communication strategies that foster an engaged and informed student body. The Associate or Assistant Director will support academic success programs available to all students but will serve primarily as the school’s 1L specialist and the team member responsible for working with part-time students throughout their tenure at the law school. The Associate or Assistant Director will have the responsibility for developing the 1L support curriculum and supervising other instructors in the program. During the 0L summer, the Associate or Assistant Director will have the responsibility of designing and running a week-long non-credit course designed to ensure seamless transition to the 1L year and other 0L summer support offerings. In addition, the Associate or Assistant Director will teach academic success courses for students in need of support and intervention (i.e. sections of the Legal Analysis Seminar and other intervention or pre-bar classes), conduct workshops, provide other targeted support to students and participate in other student retention activities as needed. The Associate or Assistant Director must stay abreast of developments in legal education including national and local bar-related testing. The Associate or Assistant Director must develop and maintain substantial knowledge about academic support, supporting different learning styles, and changes in law school curriculum. The Associate or Assistant Director will also help advise the faculty and administration on student outcomes, maintain and analyze data related to student outcomes, and prepare periodic reports for administrators and the Dean as needed. Most notably, the Associate or Assistant Director must possess a keen understanding of the cultural, social, neurological, psychological, and financial challenges that confront college-age and professional students, and work with other members of the Academic and Student Success team and other departments to devise thoughtful strategies for addressing them. This includes working collaboratively with the Director of Accessibility to support students with disability-related accommodations. Moreover, the Associate or Assistant Director must demonstrate genuine enthusiasm for working with and building meaningful learning relationships with both the student body and faculty.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the 1L specialist and responsible success professional for part-time students.
• Teach academic success courses (not to exceed 4 courses in an academic year); and provide other targeted academic support to students as needed.
• Conduct skills workshops on learning strategies, test-taking, time management and organizational skills.
• Work with students within the law school community to provide academic advice and support, both individually and through expansion of the law school’s existing academic success program, to ensure students’ wellbeing, successful completion of law school, and passage of the bar.
• Assist students in developing an academic plan.
• Prepare reports on student outcomes and program accomplishments.
• Employ student outcomes data to identify students who may need early intervention and to assess the effectiveness of our programming.