Associate Director Environment Law Program

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Associate Director, Environment Law Program
The candidate will provide research to support program strategic planning processes and participate as an active member in program planning meetings and strategy sessions. Will manage two graduate LL.M fellows each year, including taking the lead on the application, selection and onboarding process for the positions, and overseeing the fellow’s work. Help to post for upwards of five graduate LL.M fellows annually. Assist with the student research program, including hiring law student research assistants and guiding their work. Attend and promote the Program at admitted student days and other events. Promote the Program and its specialized degrees through writing and designing print, email, and web advertising, working with a professional graphics designer for printed materials and directly creating e-newsletters using email software. Create and edit the Annual Report of the Environmental Law Program, e-newsletters, and other marketing materials throughout the year geared towards a national and international audience. Provide curriculum and career counseling for JD and LL.M students, and provide students updates on course, research and other educational opportunities. Assist with the Program’s curriculum development and course planning and serve as a point of contact for adjunct faculty teaching environmental law courses. Attend regular meetings of the Environmental Law faculty and staff and attend cross-institutional meetings as needed. Join the faculty in representing the Program at the American Association of Law Schools, New York State Bar Association Annual Environmental meetings, and other events as budget allows. Plan, organize and manage environmental law conferences and events throughout the year. Oversee, plan, organize and manage the administration of the firm' initiatives ie Visiting Scholars, JD firm's Scholars, firm' Field Placements, for example. Participate in the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition (NELMCC) by overseeing research relative to the competition problem and bench memorandum, supervising the writing of the bench memorandum, managing the student board in conjunction with the NELMCC Program Manager and supervising Law Faculty member, and judging the preliminary rounds of the competition. Manage the application and selection process for various environmental courses/programs, including the DC Environmental Law Externship Program. There is the possibility to teach a section on Environmental Law and the Structure of the US Government as part of the DC Environmental Law Externship Program’s Boot Camp. Maintain the environmental law alumni database, and advise environmental alumni of program news and events. Coordinate environmental law alumni events throughout the year along with the administration of such. Significant work, along with the Associate Dean, firm' Chair, firm's Chair of International Law, Environmental Law Faculty, to oversee programmatic budgeting. Work with law finance to develop and manage the annual Program budget. Assist with fundraising and external grant applications. Co-manage the Secretariat of the IUCN Academy of Environmental Law with colleagues at University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, including: working closely with the governing Board to manage membership, committee functions, and communications; coordinating with host institutions to plan and facilitate annual colloquia; and serving as editor on colloquia proceedings as needed. Develop and promote partnerships with other law schools and research institutions. Other duties as assigned.

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