Details
Posted: 16-Mar-22
Location: Nationwide
Salary: Open
Internal Number: 2022-04692
Job Summary:
The Office of the General Counsel (âœOGCâ) offers a two-year, full-time, non-renewable legal fellowship, commencing on or about September 2022. This position is intended to be in-person and will be located in DuBourg Hall.
The William R. Kauffman Legal Fellowship Program provides a recent law graduate or an early career attorney with fewer than two years of practice experience, with an exciting opportunity to develop litigation, transactional, and client counseling skills within the context of higher education. The Legal Fellow will be exposed to many aspects of the Office of Counsels work, including but not limited to: employment, student affairs, athletics, research, transactions, charitable giving, litigation, and international collaborations.
The Kauffman Fellowship is named for Saint Louis Universitys esteemed former Vice President and General Counsel, William R. Kauffman, who announced his retirement from that position in 2021 after more than twenty-six years of service to the University and continues to serve as Senior Counsel and Secretary to the University.
Job Duties:
Under the direction of OGC attorney(s), the Legal Fellow will:
- Provide proactive assistance, research, and advice on various legal issues such as contracts, dispute resolution, regulatory compliance, research misconduct, employment-related issues and proceedings, data security and privacy, trademark, intellectual property, corporate governance, and litigation-related matters.
- Assist university counsel in responding to federal administrative charges, including but not limited to complaints before the Department of Educations Office for Civil Rights and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
- Conduct internal investigations under the direction and supervision of university counsel.
- Draft/review contracts, agreements and other legal documents.
- Advise on employment disputes and proceedings and assisting on a broad range of student affairs matters.
- Assist with litigation matters.
- Conduct training on federal and state laws and University policies.
- Perform other related duties incidental to the work described herein.
The above statements describe the general nature and level of work performed by Legal Fellows. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and additional duties may be assigned as needed.
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Demonstrated interest in higher education law and creating equitable and inclusive academic communities.
- Excellent academic credentials and a high level of professional maturity.
- Demonstrated ability to organize and analyze information to create clear and professionally designed written deliverables.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain exceptional ethical standards and consistently demonstrate sound professional judgment.
- Demonstrated ability to practice discretion, maintain professional confidences, and protect privileged communications.
- Superior and professional writing, communication, and presentation skills.
- Ability to work collegially and cooperatively with others in a team-oriented, fast-paced work environment.
- General knowledge of Microsoft Office suite of applications and other software programs to develop presentations and work product in a variety of formats to meet client expectations.
Minimum Qualifications:
Education and Licensure: Applicant must have received a J.D. within the past three years and have a license to practice law or plan to sit for a state bar exam the summer before commencement of the Fellowship.
HOW TO APPLY
Applications must include:
- Cover letter
- Resume
- Law school transcript
- Writing sample (5 pages minimum and 15 pages maximum demonstrating analysis of a complex legal issue)
- Letter of recommendation from a member of the legal profession who can personally comment on the applicants aptitude for one or more of the Fellowship requirements.
You can upload these items on the third page "My experience" under the header "Resume or CV/Cover Letter and/or additional documents listed as a requirement in the job posting"
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