Corporate Counsel

Job Description

As Corporate Counsel, you will step into a role where legal expertise meets purpose-driven impact. This is an opportunity to innovate, move fast, and do important work that directly shapes the future of higher education and healthcare. You’ll support unique institutions across the U.S. and Caribbean, working with diverse clients and partners in nursing, medical, and veterinary programs.

Every day brings the chance to learn something new, sharpen your legal skill set, and tackle complex challenges that matter from regulatory compliance to student success to strategic partnerships. In this role, you’ll be a trusted advisor who combines broad legal knowledge with resourcefulness, creativity, and the ability to drive meaningful outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support for five Title IV institutions located in the United States and the Caribbean.
• Work collaboratively with appropriate institutional departments to provide legal research, writing, and analytical support, review domestic and international agreements, negotiate clinical affiliation agreements and draft strategic partnerships agreements.
• Provide guidance on student-related issues including student misconduct, academic dishonesty, student records, disability accommodations and academic policy requirements, and pre-litigation matters.  
• Review, draft, and respond to student complaints with external agencies and/or from private legal counsel.
• Coordinate and monitor issues involving compliance with FERPA and student privacy protections, including subpoenas for education records.
• Advise on academic research, institutional contracting, regulatory compliance, and other matters related to higher education issues for nursing and medical programs, and veterinary medicine, including for-profit higher education issues.
• Review and draft policies, procedures, principles and practices to support institutional goals, manage risk and provide guidance on periodic updates to same. 
• Collaborate with business partners to develop and implement best practices. 
• Create and deliver training on substantive legal topics. 

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Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.  Below are the minimum requirements of the education, experience, knowledge, and skills required to competently perform in this position.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• J. D. from an accredited law school required.
• Must be in good standing with the Illinois State bar required.  
• 5+ years prior experience as an attorney practicing in a law firm required or corporate in-house legal experience.
• Experience negotiating commercial contracts, particularly information technology and consulting services purchases. 
• Litigation experience. 
• Experience providing legal counsel to clients on consumer protection laws.  
• Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly assess potential for risk and opportunity.
• Exemplary analytical and interpretation skills; strong legal research, writing, negotiation and organizational skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate and interact with clients at all levels of the organization, including senior management.
• Must be able to exercise sound judgment and work independently and efficiently under time pressures and deadlines in a fast-paced environment with attention to detail.
• Possesses strong work ethic and customer service orientation and ability to prioritize conflicting demands from multiple business clients.