Career Development Fellow, School of Law

The Career Development Office of the University of Virginia School of Law seeks to hire a Career Development Fellow. This is a full-time position reporting to the Senior Assistant Dean for Career Development. The University of Virginia School of Law is consistently recognized as one of the top law schools in the country. The Law School takes pride in its keen sense of collegiality and active intellectual community.

The Law School's Career Development Office is comprised of the Office of Private Practice, the Mortimer Caplin Public Service Center, and the Office of Judicial Clerkships. The Career Development Office enjoys working with the Law School's exceptional students and is known for its ability to innovate in the career counseling space, to devise creative approaches to an evolving hiring landscape, and to help prepare law students for practice, including assisting in the cultivation of lawyers committed to professionalism, integrity and service. The extensive legal practice and career counseling experience in all three offices have allowed it to achieve top-of-industry results over many years.

The Career Development Fellow will work with each of the three Career Development offices on a broad range of interesting and challenging work. This position offers hands-on student services experience and the ability to develop deep knowledge of the range of legal careers. This position will be valuable for individuals considering the possibility of law school, a career in higher education student services work, or a career in legal recruiting.

Specific duties of this position include:

• Assist in communicating with and cultivating strong relationships with legal employers.

• Assist in planning and executing events, including interview programs and multi-employer events.

• Assist with outreach to and correspondence with students and employers.

• Help collect and analyze employment outcomes and office performance data.

• Assist with implementing legal technology solutions.

• Develop and maintain employment resources for students and graduates of the Law School.

• Assist with office projects and programs, as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree.

• At least one year of work experience, which may include college employment, summer jobs, internships, volunteer experiences, work-study, and externships. (May 2025 graduates with enough experience are encouraged to apply).

• Excellent interpersonal, project management, organizational, and written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong attention to detail.

• The ability to work in a fast-paced, detail-oriented environment.

• Positive, collaborative attitude.

• Client-service mindset and the ability to support and connect well with a diverse community of students, graduates, faculty, and colleagues.

• Experience with MS suite (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Facility for and ability to learn other computer programs and applications.

This is a full-time University Managerial and Professional Staff position with benefits.

This position requires most work to be performed in person at the Law School, with the opportunity to perform a limited amount of work remotely in accordance with Law School policy.

To Apply:

Apply online at http://jobs.virginia.edu/us/en/job/R0070927/Career-Development-Fellow-School-of-Law. Internal applicants must apply through their UVA Workday profile. Complete the application, and upload the following:

• Cover letter

• CV/resume

• Names and contact information for three references.

*** Please note that ALL REQUESTED documents MUST be uploaded in the resume submission field, and you can combine documents into one PDF. ***

***Applications that do not have all the required documents will not receive full consideration.***

The University will perform background checks on all new hires prior to employment.

Questions regarding the position should be directed to David Lowance, Senior Assistant Dean, Career Development, dlowance@law.virginia.edu. Questions regarding the application process should be directed to Marcus Rozier, Academic Recruiter, hjv5vm@virginia.edu.

The School of Law is located in Charlottesville, VA, a college town setting with natural beauty and significant historical relevance in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Charlottesville is a wonderful place to live with an extraordinary quality of life, often ranked among the best places to live in the United States.

For more information about UVA and the Charlottesville community please see http://www.virginia.edu/life/charlottesville andhttps://embarkcva.com/.

The University of Virginia, including the UVA Health System which represents the UVA Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Nursing, UVA Physician's Group and the Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, are fundamentally committed to the diversity of our faculty and staff. We believe diversity is excellence expressing itself through every person's perspectives and lived experiences. We are equal opportunity employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, race, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, and family medical or genetic information.