Posted 10/9/09
CHARLOTTE SCHOOL OF LAW
Dean
The Charlotte School of Law invites nominations and
applications for the position of Dean of the Law School.
Founded in 2006 as the third school in the Infilaw
consortium of law schools, the Charlotte School of Law is
the only law school located in the growing city of
Charlotte, North Carolina.
ABOUT THE LAW SCHOOL:
As a relatively new law school, the Law School is at an
exciting point in its development. The Law School is
growing dramatically in regard to students, faculty and
staff. The Law School moved into three floors of a very
attractive modern 100,000 square foot building in August
2008. Expansion to the fourth floor is scheduled to begin
in the Spring semester 2010. Tremendous opportunities
exist to leverage the remarkable assets of a growing city
and to continue to recruit talented faculty, staff and
students. We take great pride in our student-centered
approach to teaching and our faculty's open door policy,
which fosters intellectual curiosity and promotes
mentorship.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
The Dean is the chief academic and administrative officer
of the Law School and reports to the President and CEO of
Infilaw. The Dean is responsible for long-range planning,
academic leadership, curricula, budgets, personnel matters,
representation of the Law School both inside and outside of
the Infilaw Consortium, and the promotion of its
reputation. The Dean will be fully engaged in the life of
the law school as well as the Charlotte community and legal
community.
The successful candidate should be able to articulate how
he or she will help lead the school toward achievement of
its mission of becoming the benchmark of excellence in
legal education for the 21st century. The successful
candidate should also have a substantial commitment to
legal education, scholarship, and public service, together
with the vision and executive skills needed to lead a
growing, contemporary law school. In addition, the
candidate should have tenure or meet tenure eligibility as
a full professor with significant experience in legal
education and practical legal experience outside the
classroom. The Dean will provide entrepreneurial, creative,
and inspirational guidance and support to take the Law
School forward as a vibrant, intellectual community. The
Dean will promote market leading performance using the
model of outcome based evaluation. Candidates must
demonstrate superb interpersonal and administrative skills,
the ability to develop short and long term goals as well as
the highest level of personal integrity. The successful
candidate will have the capacity to advance the Law School
and to be a global ambassador for its three differentiating
mission pillars of student centered outcomes, employer
preferred graduates, and serving the underserved.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
All applications must be submitted by October 15th, 2009.
The Search Committee will begin review of applications on
October 1, 2009. Applications must include:
(1) A letter addressing how the candidate's background
matches the position requirements
(2) A complete curriculum vitae
(3) The names, addresses, e-mail addresses and telephone
numbers of at least four references
Inquiries, nominations and applications should be
submitted electronically to:
Email: MAILTO:deansearch@charlottelaw.edu
Materials that cannot be sent by email may be directed to:
POSTAL: Charlotte School of Law
Dean Search Committee
c/o Human Resources
2145 Suttle Avenue
Charlotte, NC 28208
Applications and nominations will be held in strict
confidence by the search committee. The review of materials
will begin immediately and will continue until the position
is filled.
FURTHER INFORMATION:
For information on the Law School, please visit the website
at:
http://www.charlottelaw.edu
Charlotte School of Law is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Inquiries welcome from qualified candidates. Women and
members of historically disadvantaged groups are
particularly encouraged to apply.