Pepperdine Seeks To Hire An Assistant Dean For Professional Formation

Pepperdine Caruso Law is looking to hire an Assistant Dean for Professional Formation. This new position is an exciting opportunity to join the law school's leadership team and teach 1L students:

The Assistant Dean for Professional Formation envisions, creates, implements, and supports innovative strategies for the development and enhancement of professional formation and career opportunities for Pepperdine Caruso Law students and alumni. This is accomplished through leadership in the Parris Institute for Professional Excellence (“Parris”) and the Career Development Office (“CDO”). With vision and leadership, the Assistant Dean supervises and works closely with the Parris and CDO staff to accomplish the school’s career, professional formation, and leadership goals.

Duties

• Teach professional formation classes to the first year class (up to 10 hrs per week), including substantive participation in Launch Week.
• Support ongoing special programming directed towards upper year students.
• Counsel first year students in character development, the role of faith and deeply held moral convictions in the legal profession, and reputation in the professional practice of law.
• Develop direct relationships and contacts, and foster effective outreach programs and working relationships, with employers, alumni, faculty, staff, and other placement professionals. 
• Continuously grow alumni and employer outreach programs and current job listings.
• Guide CDO and law school staff in placing recently graduated alumni with employers, driving excellence in law school's student and graduate employment outcomes relative to peer and aspirational schools.
• Encourage ongoing positive communications and relationships between students, alumni, and the CDO.
• Plan and implement innovative marketing strategies to identify and solicit a diverse group of potential employers and relationships.
• Work closely with the Alumni Affairs Office of Alumni Relations to cultivate and enhance employer and alumni relationships. 
• Regularly attend and help organize and facilitate alumni and employer networking functions.
• Manage employment data collection and reporting to the ABA, NALP, and other entities.
• Guide the Parris Institute manager in research projects, facilitating participation in external research opportunities, and reviewing initial data on law student professional development, wellness, leadership, and character formation.
• Creatively consider ways to expand the scope and reach of the institute in the legal profession by researching trends on legal professional development, wellness, leadership, and character formation to position the Parris Institute as a thought leader in the legal academy and broader community.
• Supervise, and work with CDO staff to counsel students and alumni in career planning, job searches, resume preparation, interviewing skills, and networking in the diverse legal market; coordinate training skills workshops, career forums, and alumni speaker programs; and manage the on-campus interview (OCI) and student recruiting programs.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Support and contribute to the law school's mission, student and community service ideals, and overall goals and objectives. Uphold University mission through work performed.

To apply for the position, see here. For more information, contact me or Chalak Richards, our Associate Dean of Student Life, Diversity, and Belonging; and Executive Director, Parris Institute for Professional Excellence.