Career Consultant - Cornell Law School

The Opportunity

The Career Consultant provides specialized career development guidance, resources, and programming to students and alumni from Cornell Law School. This position serves as the main point of contact for the graduate legal programs and international JD cohort, and is responsible for the following:

• Delivering comprehensive career advising to students and alumni interested in pursuing summer and post-graduate employment, both in the U.S. and abroad.

• Advise students and recent graduates on securing positions, working with the Associate Dean and Career Development Office (CDO) colleagues to identify pathways, resources, and tailored employment options.

• Cultivating relationships with employers, including establishing a pipeline of potential new employers in the U.S. and abroad.

• Designing and implementing career-related panels and presentations, publications, and resources focused on educating and encouraging the exploration of legal opportunities.

• Hosting recruiting events, including job fairs focused on international graduate students.

• Developing electronic resources for the weekly Career Development Office eNewsletter, career guides, and website content.

• Maintaining comprehensive recruitment policies and procedures.

• Assisting with required regulatory and compliance efforts, including tracking employment statistics.

• Networking with peer schools and colleagues nationwide on law school career development and recruitment initiatives.

• Providing advice on internship and Optional Practical Training (OPT) opportunities in the U.S. and aboard.

• Serving as the primary liaison to the NYSBA's Committee on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, and reporting relevant committee matters to the Law School's senior leadership team and interested faculty.

• Monitoring New York Bar admission requirements as they pertain to LLM students, and advising students on the requirements throughout their time at Cornell.

• Collaborating with the Associate Dean and CDO colleagues to create an annual strategic plan, coordinate career-development efforts and programming, identify student support strategies, and develop initiatives and goals to provide a wide array of career opportunities to Law School students and alumni.

Occasional travel is required. The Career Consultant will also be expected to join/maintain membership in national and regional professional organizations.

While position responsibilities vary, every member of our community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative, collaborative, open, and welcoming; showing respect, compassion, and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration of oneself and others.

What We Need

• Bachelor's degree and 2-3 years of experience or equivalent combination.

• Experience working in a legal setting as well as counseling or mentoring experience.

• Excellent intercultural communications skills since this position works with lawyers from many countries with differing backgrounds and cultures.

• Knowledge of international legal credentials and standards. Stellar interpersonal, organizational, oral presentation and written communication skills.

• Proven ability to work well independently and to take initiative in developing and managing new programs for students.

• Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community members.

If you have all those things, great! We have a few more things that we would prefer you to have, but it's ok if you don't.

• Master's, LLM, or JD degree.

• International legal experience.

• Prior law school career services or career counseling experience.

Rewards and Benefits

• This position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement. Employees typically perform this role remotely 3 days per week and onsite 2 days per week. The position is based in New York City, specifically, the First Amendment Clinic carrel at Cornell Tech (Roosevelt Island). The university reserves the right to modify, suspend, revoke or terminate the hybrid work arrangement at any time.

• The New York Convenience of employer guidelines require New York State individual tax reporting and withholding for this position. Additional individual state income tax filings may also be required if working temporarily outside of New York State.

• Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health, wellbeing, and sustainability.

• Our benefits programs include comprehensive health care options, generous retirement contributions, access to wellness programs, and employee discounts with local and national retail brands. We invite you to follow this link to get more information about our benefits: Understand Your Benefits | Working at Cornell.

• Our leave provisions include health and personal leave, three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, and an end of the year winter break from December 25-January 1. To offer greater flexibility for observing faiths and traditions we also offer two additional floating holidays. Learn more about our generous leave provisions: Holiday and Accrued Time Off | Working at Cornell

• Cornell's impressive educational benefits include tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program, tuition aid for external education, and Cornell Children's Tuition Assistance Program. Learn more about our extensive educational benefits: Education Benefits | Working at Cornell

• Follow this link to learn more about the Total Rewards of Working at Cornell:

Total Rewards | Working at Cornell.

Exceptional candidates may qualify for additional compensation, including a signing bonus and/or relocation assistance.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

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