Dean, Levin College of Law

University of Florida•Gainesville, FL

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Dean reports directly to the Provost and serves as a member of the University’s senior administrative team providing strategic, operational, and intellectual leadership. Key responsibilities include fundraising and alumni engagement to assure continued financial strength and stability of the institution, and the school’s connection to the profession; representing UF Law within the University community and to external constituencies, including alumni, bench, bar, and state government; managing operations, staff, budgeting, planning, and law school resources; promoting and fostering continued excellence in research, teaching, service, and intellectual engagement of a committed faculty and student body; overseeing faculty hiring, promotion, tenure, and professional development; and assessing new or entrepreneurial or interdisciplinary initiatives in the changing landscape of legal education, the legal profession, and UF Law’s impact on education and training in the legal profession and broader economy. The ideal candidate will be a forward-thinking leader with a deep understanding of the evolving landscape of legal education.

Requirements

Juris Doctor (J.D.) or equivalent terminal law degree
Possessing a distinguished record of academic scholarship and research
Having substantial administrative or higher-education leadership experience

Nice To Haves

Vision for UF Law’s preeminence
Leadership, management, interpersonal skills, and ethical compass to administrate and lead a major public law school
Ability to work effectively with the Provost and other university officials in the enterprise of a major public university
Intellectual depth to be a leader of scholars, academics, and teachers
Respect for faculty governance, dialogue, and collegiality
Ability to foster faculty and staff development, and to promote student employment outcomes
In-depth understanding of legal education, the legal profession, and their evolving dynamics
Ability to work effectively with alumni and members of the bench and bar, and to connect the law school to the legal profession
Ability and strong interest in fundraising and alumni engagement

Responsibilities

Fundraising and alumni engagement to assure continued financial strength and stability of the institution, and the school’s connection to the profession
Representing UF Law within the University community and to external constituencies, including alumni, bench, bar, and state government
Managing operations, staff, budgeting, planning, and law school resources
Promoting and fostering continued excellence in research, teaching, service, and intellectual engagement of a committed faculty and student body
Overseeing faculty hiring, promotion, tenure, and professional development
Assessing new or entrepreneurial or interdisciplinary initiatives in the changing landscape of legal education, the legal profession, and UF Law’s impact on education and training in the legal profession and broader economy