Academic Coach - Legal Writing

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Academic Coach - Legal Writing
Duties: Providing academic assistance to University students in a variety of forms, including synchronous and asynchronous coaching sessions, tutorials, and webinars. Assist students in developing strong written communication skills. Identify the student’s unique learning strengths, develop individual plans for academic support, and promote self-confidence and independence. Assist students in understanding the foundations of legal writing (legal analysis memos, memorandum of points and authorities, opinion letters, demand letters, mediation statements, trial briefs). Assist students in understanding the differences between objective and persuasive writing and tone and how to determine which tone is appropriate for specific circumstances. Assist students in understanding BlueBook citation guidelines related specifically to legal communication. Assist students in being able to locate and critically analyze legal research. Assist students in understanding the components of a statute. Assist students in understanding how to brief a court opinion to use in an analytical memoranda. Assist students in learning how to structure a legal argument using the IRAC style of writing. Implement best practices in working with adult, online students at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels. Provide synchronous one-to-one and group academic coaching. Provide asynchronous screencast or written coaching feedback. Assist students in becoming autonomous, self-directed learners. Provide post-coaching session feedback to students. Maintain records of student contact. Engage in the assessment of student learning. Help students identify their learning strengths and weaknesses and connect them with the necessary resources to aid in success. Evaluate student learning styles, skills, deficiencies, and goals; identify appropriate learning resources for them to use; and facilitate their use of those resources. Develop academic resources to include video tutorials and lessons on assigned topics. Stay current with organizational, educational, and faculty development policies that affect the ASC. Continually improve coaching skills. Support the mission of the ASC within **MEMBERS ONLY**SIGN UP NOW***.. Participate in required training, coaching, and other activities that promote high-quality coaching. Attend team meetings. Other duties as assigned by the ASC Associate Director and/or Coordinator. Reasonable and consistent attendance to fulfill requirements of the position.

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