Associate Director Environmental Law Programs

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Associate Director, Environmental Law Programs

Duties: Provide important research to support program strategic planning processes and participate as an active member in program planning meetings and retreats. Assist with the student research program, including hiring law student research assistants and guiding their work. Attend and promote the program at admissions fairs, 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 graphic designer for print materials and directly creating e-newsletters using email software. Provide a continuous social media presence. Provide continuous updating of program website using Drupal software. Create and edit the Annual Report of the program and periodic e-newsletters throughout the year geared towards a national and international audience. Assist with curriculum and career counseling for JD and LLM students. Attend and take minutes of the law school's monthly Environmental Committee and the Sustainability Committee meetings; 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. Assist with developing and managing environmental law conferences, events, and CLEs throughout the year. Assist in logistics with the Brazil Comparative Environmental Law course, including working with travel agent to develop lowest-cost group travel packages, organizing student passport and visa applications, investigating potential field day sites and creating agendas with professor. Participate in the National Environmental Law Moot Court Competition by conducting and overseeing research relative to the competition problem and bench memorandum, correcting the problem, supervising the writing of the bench memorandum, and judging the preliminary rounds of the competition. Maintain the environmental law alumni database, and advise environmental alumni of program news and events. Although not specifically required for this position, may teach as an adjunct professor in the environmental law curriculum as time permits. Maintain and coordinate annual program budget. Assist with fundraising and external grant applications.

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