Associate Director, Career Development Office
Yale Law School (New Haven, CT)

Reporting to the Executive Director, and working in cooperation with the Director, the Associate Director will develop a comprehensive program of career services for Yale Law School graduates on all aspects of professional opportunities, including private sector, public interest, government, and academic placements, as well as clerkship and fellowship opportunities. Associate Director will also participate actively in the management team of the Career Development Office and support office-wide programs and counseling to current students as needed.

Responsibilities include: developing contacts with graduates to facilitate mentoring, programs and career assistance; establishing contacts with regional, national, and international employers to assess job opportunities for alumni and students, and to foster professional development opportunities; creating and presenting programs on the job search process to educate and encourage alumni and students; researching and writing professional on-line and print publications, resource guides and reports; supervising CDO staff to enhance and maintain alumni resources such as the alumni mentoring network and 5th Year Survey and student resources as needed; collaborating with Associate Deans, Faculty, other departments within Yale University and practitioners to assess and promote professional opportunities and programs; and implementing technology to enhance programs, counseling, outreach and collection/retention of information.

Qualifications: ability to work effectively with a wide range of people, to counsel alumni and law students regarding their career development, and to design and implement effective programs. Superior interpersonal, written and verbal communication, group presentation, and organizational skills. J.D. and minimum 5 years relevant legal, legal education, or legal recruiting experience required. Career Services experience preferred. Interested candidates should submit applications by accessing the Yale employment site (STARS).
(Search for job number 7463BR).

Additionally, please send all materials (by email and hard copy) to:
Kathleen Slater (kathleen.slater@yale.edu)
Yale Law School
P.O. Box 208215
New Haven, CT 06520-8215

For further information, please contact the Executive Director of the Career Development Office,
Kelly Voight at kelly.voight@yale.edu .   

 Yale University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate against any individual on account of that individual's sex, race, color, religion, age, disability, status as a special disabled veteran, veteran of the Vietnam era or other covered veteran, or national or ethnic origin; nor does Yale discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity or expression.