Director of Law Admissions

University of Baltimore • Baltimore, MD

2d • $100,000 - $115,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Director of Law Admissions oversees operations for the admissions office within the law school, supervising law admissions staff and making decisions for the office in the absence of the Assistant Dean. The role leads events and recruitment, develops communications strategies, and serves as the lead for data analysis and reporting on law admissions. The director works collaboratively with contacts within and outside of campus to meet admissions goals. The position will primarily be on-campus with some remote work possible.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 5 years of professional experience in higher education or law school admissions, with 3 years in a supervisory role.
• Superior communication, organizational and interpersonal skills
• A proactive customer service orientation
• Ability to work with diverse populations
• Strong Microsoft Office skills
• Understanding of how to utilize student administration databases for recruitment
• Strong writing skills
• Willingness to take on new challenges
• Valid driver’s license
• Extensive out of state travel required.
• Some evening and weekend events required.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree or Juris Doctorate highly preferred.
• 7 years of directly related professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Office Operations Supervise the Admissions Staff, office operations, and workflow
• In the absence of the Assistant Dean, supervise all functions of the Law Admissions Office.
• Apply ABA, University, Law School and University System Policies to admissions matters.
• Regularly monitor for changes to these policies to ensure compliance.
• Coordinating all off campus recruitment travel which includes planning of recruitment with the Assistant Dean, registration for all events, maintaining recruitment calendar, assigning staff to events, disseminating assignments information, coordinating with graduate admission on shared events.
• Attending off campus events.
• Serve as the Law School Admissions Forum (LSAC) contact and be responsible for communication and registration for LSAC forums.
• Represent the law school at educational institutions throughout Maryland, the region, and other recruitment markets.
• Develop a strategic recruitment plan for non-JD programs. This includes identifying and cultivating key student markets.
• Authors and runs the platforms used to communicate with LSAT registrants, test takers, forum registrants and forum attendees. Currently using Unite as the CRS platform, creates multiple email communications for each type of prospect. Creates reports to generate emails. Schedules emails for mailing.
• Develop, manage, and execute comprehensive email communication strategies for all prospect and applicant pools (JD and Non-JD) using platforms like Unite and PeopleSoft, including creating reports, content, and mailing schedules.
• Creates admitted student communications plan.
• Creates multiple email communications for admitted applicants.
• Collects institutional data for communication content including placement data, class data, bar passage data and scholarship data.
• Creates Unite reports to generate emails and the schedule for mailing.
• Generates admissions’ communications in PeopleSoft.
• Sends PeopleSoft admissions email.
• Assembles and mails admit packets to prospects.
• Develops, coordinates, and implements social media strategy to engage prospective and admitted students.
• Coordinates, prepares, and submits annual reports to external bodies, including but not limited to, ABA and U.S. News.
• Analyze trends and outcomes from submitted reports to inform strategic planning and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Responsible for reporting of prospective student information, event information, and applicant information as required.
• Collect and analyze institutional data to inform communications and admissions strategy and ensure compliance with Non-JD admissions policies.
• Serve on University committees as needed.
• Work collaboratively with other departments in the School of Law and with faculty, deans, department chairs and others who contribute to the admission effort.

Benefits

• We offer a competitive benefits package, including health, life, prescription, and dental plans, tuition remission benefits, paid leave (22 days of annual, 15 days of sick, 3 days of personal, and 14-15 holidays) and retirement plans with employer contributions.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees