About the Center

The Corporate Law Center at the University of Cincinnati College of Law was founded in 1987.  Its mission is to carry out  programs related to the education and training of students and others in the field of corporate law.  The Center has historically fulfilled its mission in a variety of ways, including the following: Awarding CLC fellowships to incoming law students, hosting an annual symposium devoted to trending topics in business law, supporting research, coursework, and other academic activities related to corporate law, sponsoring the student-led Business Law Society at the College of Law, supporting the Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic, which provides transactional legal services to start-ups, small businesses, and non-profit organizations; supporting the Patent & Trademark Clinic, which provides intellectual property legal services to individuals and businesses throughout the Cincinnati entrepreneurial ecosystem, and administering the Business Law Concentration for current law students.

Many of these activities continue to be enormously valuable. As part of the creation of a vision and strategic plan, the new Director will undertake a full programmatic review of the CLC and determine what kind of restructuring and reimagining is necessary to bring the CLC to the next level, as the leading national center of its kind.  Additional activities in this regard may include the creation of additional educational opportunities for students, a mentoring program, the establishment of an advisory board, and roundtables and seminars for members of the bar.

Job Overview

The College of Law seeks an innovative and dynamic leader to reinvigorate and reimagine its storied Corporate Law Center (“CLC”).  Reporting directly to the Dean and working closely with its Academic Director, the new Director of the CLC will be responsible for defining a vision for the CLC, developing the resources to carry the vision out, and raising the profile of the CLC so that it is properly recognized as one of the premier centers of the College of Law. 

The ideal candidate will be collaborative and visionary, with experience in transactional law and a passion for the educational mission of the College of Law.  The candidate’s background will reflect the potential to build strong and lasting partnerships with various constituencies both within and outside the institution to advance the mission of the Corporate Law Center.  The ideal candidate will also demonstrate the capacity to tailor academic and nonacademic programming to meet the unique needs of law students interested in transactional law.  Finally, the candidate will have a demonstrated track record of bringing a vision from its original conception through to full implementation.  

The position is structured as a two-year term, with the potential for extensions if the CLC is successful in obtaining funding to support the position for a longer period. 

Standard Days Worked: M-F
Type of Appointment: Full-Time (12 Months)
Work Location:  In-person.  The office location is University of Cincinnati College of Law, 2925 Campus Green Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221.

Essential Functions

• Undertake a full programmatic review of the CLC’s current activities.
• Create a vision and a long-term strategic plan for the CLC.
• Develop the resources necessary to carry out the plan. 
• Build partnerships across campus and to the Cincinnati business community.
• Research, design, and implement high quality programming in the area of corporate law.
• Provide educational outreach to the transactional legal community through events, workshops, and collaboration with applicable partners.
• Collaborate with College of Law leadership, faculty, and staff, as well as campus and community members.
• Maintain data and provide reports on Center activities, as well as assessment of outreach and other efforts.
• May provide direct and/or indirect supervision to exempt and non-exempt staff (i.e., hiring/firing, performance evaluations, disciplinary action, approve time off, etc.).
• Perform related duties based on the needs of the Corporate Law Center.

Minimum Requirements

• Demonstrated capacity for developing a vision and creating and carrying out a strategic plan.
• Substantial capacity for fundraising.
• Commitment to working collaboratively and building partnerships to advance the mission of the CLC and the College.
• Strong communication skills.
• Deep commitment to creating a culture of inclusive excellence and belonging.
• Five years post-J.D. work experience in corporate legal practice or a related field.
• Juris Doctor.

Additional Qualifications Considered

• Experience with law teaching.
• A record of published scholarship in corporate law and related fields.

Application Information

• Interested and qualified applicants must apply online and include (i) a cover letter of interest, and (ii) a resume.  
• Applications without a cover letter and resume will not be considered for the position. Please use the additional documents feature as needed for these items.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment