Assistant Director, Student Affairs

Title: Assistant Director, Student Affairs

Employee Classification: Asst Dir Student Affairs

Campus: University of North Texas - Dallas

Division: DAL-Academic Aff & Stdnt Success

Sub Division-Department: DAL-UNT Dallas College of Law

Department: DAL-College of Law-517000

Job Location: Downtown Dallas

Salary: Salary commensurate with experience

FTE: 1.000000

Retirement Eligibility:

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The UNT Dallas College of Law invites applications for the position of Assistant Director of Student Affairs. The mission of the Office of the Dean of Student Affairs is to support the academic success, healthy personal development, and ethical and professional formation of students, and to support and sustain the College of Law as an educational, social, and professional community. In carrying out this mission, the Office works closely with the faculty of the College of Law, the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, and other departments within the College of Law.

The Office of Student Affairs provides counseling services to assist law students in maximizing their potential for personal and academic success.

The UNT Dallas College of Law is a new public law school that will enroll its inaugural class in Fall 2014. The College of Law plans to enroll one fulltime section of between 60‑80 students, and one part‑time evening division of between 40‑60 students (with the total number of students not exceeding 120). For the near‑term future, each entering class will include a day section and an evening section of approximately these sizes.

The College of Laws goals are: (1) widening access to legal education for those who could be superb legal professionals; (2) providing an educational program focused on excellence in developing practice related competencies, through a curriculum mapped to those competencies and using best instructional practices, including multiple formative and summative assessment throughout, engaged class design, and a spectrum of experiential education;

(3) creating opportunity for our students by keeping tuition and debt low and producing graduates with high value and ability in multiple segments of the market for legal services; (4) becoming a national leader in advancing understanding of best legal education practices, of professional formation, and of the relationship between legal education and the evolving practice and business of law;

(5) improving access to justice for underserved legal needs; and (6) serving as a valuable partner in civic engagement with the City of Dallas and the North Texas region. More information is available at the UNT Dallas College of Law web site: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..

The Assistant Director of Student Affairs is a student‑facing…