| Assistant Dean, Academic Success & Professionalism Program administers and assesses the existing academic support, and bar preparation programs, and executes strategies designed to strengthen academic success, focusing on initiatives to increase skills development and bar passage rates. - The first priority of all members of the College of Law is to serve our clients--the applicants, students, and alumni. Therefore, Professors of Practice will not be limited by this job description but will perform whatever tasks are assigned by supervisor(s). Professors of Practice will be readily available, responsive, and accessible to students and other constituents of the College of Law. Primary responsibilities will be teaching and providing academic support to the students and alumni studying for the bar exam.
- Administers all aspects of academic success and professionalism instruction, individual academic support services, and bar examination preparation for students and graduates, including teaching in and/or administering the relevant courses.
- Develops programs, workshops and events that provide academic assistance for all students to improve foundational skills including logic, critical reading comprehension, essay writing, legal issue identification, and legal analysis skills.
- Plans and organizes workshops designed to assist students as they develop and improve legal study and test-taking skills, bar application and admission process, and preparation to enter law practice.
- Designs and implements assessment tools to identify "at-risk" students at each phase of their program participation to provide relevant remediation for each student to help improve retention and bar passage.
- Designs and implements innovative academic and bar readiness programs.
- Develops learning outcomes, exercises, and assessment tools designed to help students develop into self-regulated learners consistent with College of Law strategic goals, ABA accreditation, and SACS accreditation requirements.
- Counsels and works with students in individual and small group sessions, and providing intensive support for graduates during the bar review period as they prepare for the bar exam.
- Collaborates with commercial bar review programs, works with the alumni department on the alumni mentoring program, tracks at-risk students, develops assessment tools, and prepares bar exam statistics and reports.
- Implements a program to track and report bar passage information and programming assessments with outcomes focused on improving existing programs.
- Represents the College of Law at and participates in outside conferences and other events organized for and/or by bar preparation or academic support professionals.
- Performs other duties as directed or required by the Dean.
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