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POSITION SPECIFICS
Are you passionate about helping future lawyers thrive? Penn State Dickinson Law is seeking a dedicated, student-centered leader to serve as our Director of Student Affairs . Reporting to the Senior Assistant Dean, you will provide leadership and comprehensive support to law students across our law school’s two locations. From pre-orientation through graduation, you will champion student success, well-being, and engagement.
ABOUT THE ROLE
In this dynamic role based in University Park (State College), PA, you will serve as a primary resource for students facing personal, academic, financial, or health-related challenges. You will connect them with university support resources, services, and accommodations. You will oversee student support services, signature programming such as New Student Orientation (NSO), character and fitness counseling for bar exam applicants, accommodations, policy administration, and student organization activities, and you will lead the student affairs office and staff. If you enjoy building meaningful connections with students, faculty, staff, alumni, and university partners in a fast-paced academic setting, we would like to hear from you.
Responsibilities:
Student Care, Wellness, and Support
Provide holistic support to students facing personal, social, emotional, or academic challenges, including matters of care and concern, conduct, professionalism, bias and harassment, basic needs, and leaves of absence.
Mentor student leaders, encourage professional identity development, and address behaviors that affect the learning environment
Support new student orientation, signature law school events, and commencement activities
Disability Accommodations and Accessibility
Lead programming that makes students aware of Penn State Student Disability Resources
Coordinate classroom and testing accommodations, including proctoring of accommodated exams, with faculty, offices, students, and IT, so that implementation is timely, consistent, and compliant at both locations
Process and certify accommodation documentation for licensing exams, including the MPRE and bar examinations.
Student Organizations and Leadership Development
Guide the Associate Directors of Student Affairs in supporting recognized student organizations, student activities, and leadership programming
Help resolve student organization issues, and oversee annual updates to student organization policies, registration, and leadership training
Provide leadership to the Associate Directors ensuring support for student organization activities, events, and meetings, including event organization, logistics, and purchasing.
Program Management and Policy Administration
Keep current on law school and university policies, ABA Standards, and state bar admission requirements
Manage Student Affairs policies and communications, including the Student Academic Handbook, intranet content, and public web resources
Lead daily Student Affairs operations at University Park and oversee co-curricular initiatives
Provide support for planning and executing of annual New Student Orientation and Commencement activities with the Senior Assistant Dean.
Support ABA accreditation and…