Dean, College of Law

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Employment Type: Faculty
Internal Job Category: Tenure Track (Faculty)
Position: Full-Time
Department: College of Law
Hours: N/A

Belmont University is a private, Christ-centered university in Nashville, Tennessee, serving nearly 9,000 students from 35 countries. The College of Law is ranked 84th among ABA-accredited law schools by U.S. News and World Report, with a 96.91% bar passage rate (July 2025). The Dean will serve as the academic and organizational leader, reporting directly to the Provost & Executive Vice President for Academic Excellence.

The Dean will

• Ensure excellence in legal instruction and deepen student learning and character-forming whole‑person development.
• Champion scholarship, maintain collegiality, and implement action plans to sustain high bar passage achievements.
• Communicate the mission, vision, and values of Belmont University and the College of Law to students, alumni, donors, and partners.
• Strategically utilize resources, manage the budget, and serve as a prolific fund‑raiser supporting the College’s mission and initiatives.
• Build and maintain relationships with alumni, corporate sponsors, donors, professional community, and university marketing and communications.
• Support interdisciplinary initiatives and collaborate with other deans, administrators, and faculty across Belmont University.
• Recruit, hire, and evaluate exceptional faculty members in accordance with university policies and college practices.
• Lead the programmatic accreditation processes and ensure compliance with accrediting bodies.
• Facilitate the continuous assessment and improvement of academic initiatives, curricular, and administrative work.
• Effectively manage the financial resources and budget of the college, ensuring responsible fiscal management.
• Oversee the student educational experience, including learning, support, retention, and success.
• Provide leadership and supervision for associate deans, faculty, and staff; guide organizational, curricular, and administrative work.
• Participation in university‑wide structures, committees, and initiatives as necessary.
• Perform other duties as assigned and directed by the President or Provost & Executive Vice‑President for Academic Excellence.

• Serve as the chief academic and administrative officer for the College.
• Identify, cultivate, solicit, steward, and sustain relationships with external constituencies and partners.
• Meet fundraising and engagement objectives in partnership with the Office of Development.
• Work collaboratively with university marketing and communications and the Office of the President around strategic branding opportunities.
• Identify and foster opportunities for collaboration across the various Colleges within Belmont University.
• Provide leadership and supervision for COL associate deans, faculty, and staff.
• Oversee the student educational experience, including student learning, formation, support, retention, and success.
• Facilitate and advance the continuing assessment and improvement of all academic initiatives.
• Lead the programmatic accreditation processes within the college, ensuring compliance.
• Commit to continual improvement of curricula with attentiveness to ABA and other accreditation standards.
• Collaborate with other deans, university administrators, and faculty members to advance interdisciplinary initiatives and shared resources.
• Participate in university‑wide structures, committees, and initiatives as necessary.
• Effectively manage the financial resources and budget of the college.
• Recruit, hire, and evaluate exceptional faculty members.
• Promote a culture of excellence in teaching, research and scholarship, student support, and service.
• Perform other duties as directed by the President or Provost & Executive Vice‑President for Academic Excellence.

• Commitment to Belmont University’s Christ‑centered institutional mission.
• Evidence of successful leadership experience in an academic or professional environment.
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