Assistant Director Public Service

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Assistant Director, Public Service
Duties: Manages coordination and promotion of public interest and government (public service) opportunities to students and alumni. Manages the public service Graduate Jobs Initiative Program. Advises students and alumni as to public interest and government law opportunities; performs outreach to public interest and government employers to enhance opportunities; gathers and organizes information on such opportunities. Serves as a liaison to local, regional, and national legal public interest and government legal employer communities. Designs and initiates programs and projects on public service law careers. Serves as a resource and advisor for student public interest law organization, and oversees all aspects of student participation in the annual public interest law conference in Washington DC and the annual SoCal Public Interest Career Day. Will design and direct a comprehensive, voluntary Pro Bono Service Program for the law school. Works under the guidance of Assistant Dean for Career and Professional Development of the Law School, and provides direction to staff on relevant projects and assignments. Public Service Career Advising and Programming: Manage public interest and fellowship programming and provide advising for law students and alumni of the school regarding summer clerkships, fellowships and post-graduation and lateral career options. Advise students on career planning and professional development and assist them in attaining career goals. Review and revise application materials. Provide direction to other advisors on counseling students interested in pursuing externships/internships and careers in public interest law and government service. Oversee student participation in public interest law and government career fairs. Maintain public interest informational database on national, state and local opportunities including but not limited to fellowships. Develop and maintain resources of information on national, state and local government hiring requirements and timelines. Conduct annual public interest informational workshops and speaker programs. Manage acquisition of content for library of public interest materials. Create and maintain a database of alumni currently employed in public interest law practice in collaboration with the Law Alumni Office. Build and manage relationships with student public interest law organizations, public interest organizations and clinics. Prepare and update OCPD webpage contents that pertain to public service programs. Serve as resource to public interest student organizations. Manage the application process and selection for and supervise students attending annual Equal Justice Works Conference and Fair; arrange meetings with prominent alumni and students in DC and prepare students for interviews. Advise and assist students with externship placements in Washington DC for the “USD in DC” program and for summer semesters. Manage and maximize outreach and communications with local, regional and national public interest and government employers and market students to such employers. Obtain, evaluate, and synthesize information about public interest and government legal employers and employment opportunities nationwide. Develop and maintain employer contact and relationships with potential public interest and government employers to cultivate expanded opportunities for law clerk and post-graduate positions. Oversee and manage all aspects of students’ participation in the Southern California Public Interest Career Day; attend Public Interest Career Day event, supervise students attending event, and interact with employers in attendance. Attend Equal Justice Works Conference and Fair and develop employer relationships. Design and direct a comprehensive, voluntary Pro Bono Service Program for the Law School. Develop and maintain pro bono placement contacts and relationships with public interest organizations and other potential placement sites to cultivate expanded pro bono opportunities for students. Manage the pro bono service module in the career management system.

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