Assistant Director for JD Advising
Hybrid · Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Provide career counseling to JD students across their 3-year HLS experience with a focus on the private sector including careers in BigLaw, law firms of all sizes, paths to in-house counsel roles, and business careers. Plan, develop, and implement large and small-scale programming and workshops. Meet one-on-one with a large volume of students to serve as trusted adviser on private sector career trajectories, national and global legal markets, legal practice areas, recruiting timelines and strategies, interviewing skills, materials development, and overall support of students’ short- and long-term career goals. Collect and analyze student recruitment data to track student progress and evaluate real-time needs during a busy recruiting cycle. Areas of responsibility may include programming on professional development, advising on private sector legal careers outside of BigLaw, including boutique law firms, plaintiffs’ firms, and mission-driven firms, and advising on alternatives to legal careers including non-law jobs in the business sector. Serve as a liaison to and collaborates with various student groups. Interact and collaborate with other HLS departments as needed. Develop materials for office including sections of OCS website and communications emails.
Required Qualifications
- J.D. with 3 or more years of relevant professional work experience
- Knowledge of the private sector legal recruiting process across major geographic markets
- Experience in a law school career services office or a law firm professional development or recruiting role
- Experience helping student navigate the “BigLaw” landscape across various U.S. and international legal markets
- Experience and comfort with survey development and data collection, analysis, and visualization
- Excellent organizational, project management, interpersonal, presentation and writing skills
Additional Requirements
- Visa sponsorship not provided by Harvard University for this position
- Occasional flexibility with hybrid arrangement and availability for some evening programs during the academic year
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