Vice Dean

Overview

Touro University Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center is expanding its footprint and seeking an experienced, visionary leader to serve as Vice Dean, with faculty status (Associate or Professor of Law), for its nationally recognized FlexTime JD Program at its new Great Falls, Montana campus. The Vice Dean will serve as the chief deputy to the Dean, overseeing and managing the day-to-day academic and administrative operations of the Touro Law Montana campus. Touro's innovative FlexTime JD Program is a blend of in-person instruction (required only on Sundays) with online asynchronous coursework completed during the week. The program is specifically designed to meet students where they are, breaking down geographic and scheduling barriers. It provides students who may not be able to step away from existing careers and family obligations an opportunity to earn a law degree. By leading this campus, the Vice Dean will directly increase access to a high-quality law degree for non-traditional students and, in turn, help close the access-to-justice gap across Montana.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities as Vice Dean include, but are not limited to:

• In collaboration with the Dean, serves as the primary, on-site authority for implementing established academic policies and procedures and overseeing daily operations at the Great Falls campus
• Supports full-time faculty with intellectual life, research, and teaching needs/development
• Oversees adjunct faculty
• Partners closely with all student services offices (admissions, career services, academic excellence and bar success, student services) to manage student academic progress from admissions to graduation
• Meets with and creates outreach opportunities with local bar associations, local community leaders, etc.
• Collaborates with deans and faculty from other Touro University programs sharing the Great Falls, Montana campus to create opportunities for innovative interdisciplinary programming
• Other duties as assigned by the Dean

Responsibilities as faculty member include, but are not limited to:

• Prepare and teach graduate-level law student courses in a physical classroom and/or a virtual classroom as assigned and scheduled by the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
• Prepare course materials such as syllabi, assessments, final examinations, assignments, and handouts
• Timely grade student assessments, exams, assignments, etc. and provide meaningful feedback to students
• Maintain regularly scheduled office hours in order to advise and assist students
• Meet regularly with assigned student advisees
• Maintain accurate student records
• Maintain a regular physical presence at the Montana Law Center campus
• Stay current in and continually strive to improve teaching skills and expertise in the subjects that they teach
• Stay informed of changes in the law and remain current in recent statutory changes and caselaw developments
• Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues
• Engage in legal research and produce innovative legal scholarship
• Engage in service to legal education and to the wider community
• Engage in the intellectual life of the Law Center
• Participate on faculty and University committees
• Attend faculty meetings and Law Center and student events

Qualifications

Education/Experience

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an ABA-accredited law school required
• Minimum of 5 years' law school administrative experience
• Preference for both legal practice and teaching experience

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Proven administrative leadership
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize
• Ability to make decisions and solve problems
• Excellent interpersonal skills in communications with supervisors, peers, subordinates, and students
• Ability to resolve conflicts and negotiate with others

Travel

• As needed.

Working Conditions

• Sitting at a desk with a computer and standing to teach classes for long periods of time.

Maximum Salary

Minimum Salary