Are you looking to work in a fast-paced, dynamic academic law school environment? Apply to be Associate Director for Research & Instructional Services, where the librarians:
Research interdisciplinary subjects for our world-renowned faculty
Provide legal and competitive intelligence research services for the law school
Coordinate research instruction for law students in legal writing and other courses
Work with staff throughout the law school – librarians are integrated into the legal writing program, handle social media for law school marketing, train staff on research and technology, and more
Explore professional leadership opportunities in local and national law library organizations
Work in a great part of Chicago, convenient to public transportation and terrific food
The Associate Director is a vital part of our team who will lead the library’s research and instructional services, supervise a research librarian, and collaborate with staff of the library and the law school. The Associate Director for Research & Instructional Services and the Associate Director for Operations provide leadership to ensure that the library’s services meet the needs of the law school.
Apply by December 30 for full consideration. Please apply through the Illinois Tech employment website.
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Requirements include:
1-3 years supervisory experience
JD, MLS, and 1-3 years law library reference experience
Technology experience – our daily work uses everything from Google Apps and MS Office to video production
Excellent teaching/presentation skills
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Legal education at IIT Chicago-Kent is scholarly yet pragmatic, broad-based yet personalized, demanding yet anything but rigid. There’s an energy to the law school that derives partly from our proximity to Chicago’s fast-paced legal community and partly from the caliber of the people here and their passion for their work.
Faculty scholarship fuels our academic enterprise and brings a constant supply of fresh ideas to the classroom. Classes here are challenging and intensely engaging. Our low student-faculty ratio promotes day-to-day engagement with some of the most influential scholars and teachers in the nation.
Our goal is to provide you with a solid grounding in classical legal studies along with the professional skills required to put that knowledge to use. To that end, we place a premium on skills training in a variety of ways: through our formidable legal writing, trial advocacy and appellate advocacy programs, through practicum courses in specialized areas of study, and through practical exercises integrated into many doctrinal classes.
You’ll also learn the practical side of being a lawyer by working on real cases through externships, through our clinical programs in the Chicago-Kent Law Offices, and via any number of pro bono opportunities you’ll find through our Public Interest Resource Center.
This is a place where rigorous academics, superior skills training and close interaction with faculty produce a distinctive, personalized approach to your professional education.
