SUMMARY

The Director, Moot Court Training is a staff position that provides opportunities to use initiative and mature judgment in a variety of management tasks designed to support and advance the Advocacy Program and the law school.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Help to supervise and mentor competition teams preparing for national moot court tournaments.

• Work with the Vice President, Advocacy to recruit moot court coaches.

• Train, directly supervise, and mentor coaches working with moot court teams.

• Provide administrative support for moot court coaches and teams, including setting practice round schedules and recruiting volunteers to serve as practice round judges.

• Help to implement curriculum for appellate advocacy courses.

• Recruit attorneys and advocacy scholars for break-out sessions of advocacy classes.

• Prepare and deliver lectures on appellate advocacy skills.

• Oversee the process of educating coaches and students about applicable law school policies.

• Oversee and plan for orientations each semester for moot court students and coaches.

• Help to oversee planning for regional competitions the Advocacy Program hosts for other schools.

• Help to oversee planning for and execution of the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge.

• Help the Director, Trial Training to secure courtrooms for the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge.

• Recruit judges for the South Texas Mock Trial Challenge.

• Act as a South Texas College of Law Houston representative to the national advocacy community.

• Participate in strategic planning and implementation of programs designed to further the Advocacy Program’s mission.

• Work with the Vice President, Advocacy and the Office of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement to engage alumni of the Advocacy Program.

• Work with the Vice President, Advocacy and the Marketing Department to market the Advocacy Program.

• Coordinate efforts with the Vice President, Advocacy on a regular basis.

• Comply with all aspects of the Law Schools Customer Service Standards.

• Generally, help to advance the mission of the law school and the Advocacy Program.

• Complete other job duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Supervise and support adjunct Advocacy Coaches working with competition teams.

QUALIFICATIONS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Must be professional and confidential of all department data and correspondence. The person must have a poised and professional image; a strong ability to multi-task and prioritize in a fast-paced environment, excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to interact effectively and efficiently with all employees, visitors and students while projecting a positive image for the area and law school. Service-oriented with ability to make all visitors feel welcome. Must be computer literate with proficiency in MS Office applications (Word, Excel and PowerPoint) with ability to learn new programs as necessary. Must be detail-oriented and have the ability to work independently.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

J.D. degree required. Experience in an advocacy coach role preferred. At least five years of practice experience preferred.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Proficient in both spoken and written English. Ability to interpret and explain complex data. Ability to effectively and professionally communicate in one-on-one and small group situations to students, alumni, clients, and other employees of the organization.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to perform basic to intermediate math essentials. Must possess the ability to analyze numerical data and detect patterns, errors, and trends.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to define routine problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions to solve routine problems and/or deal with a variety of variables in situations, especially when the department head may be out of the office or unavailable. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

Licensed to practice law in Texas or eligible for admission to the Texas Bar by reciprocity.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is regularly required to stand and walk. Occasional light to moderate lifting from floor level, at waist, and above shoulders is required. Infrequent bending and stooping are necessary. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision to accurately input data and proofread; distance vision to recognize and assist visitors to the department.

**WORK ENVIRONMENT **

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Extremely fast-paced, multi-tasking, non-smoking work environment. Must be able to work the general business schedule of the law school (9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.) plus evenings and weekends as needed.

THE ADVOCACY PROGRAM

The Advocacy Program at South Texas College of Law Houston operates to create, foster, and assist advocacy training. While South Texas has a long-standing reputation for excellence in national moot court and mock-trial competitions, the Advocacy Program has grown and matured to reflect the evolving nature of the provision of skills training in legal education. The Advocacy Program seeks to engage students in a variety of opportunities to help them find their own voices as advocates.

THE LAW SCHOOL

Located in the heart of the nation’s fourth largest city, South Texas College of Law, Houston is a private, independent institution that has earned a reputation for providing students with an exceptional, relevant, practical legal education that fully prepares them for a career in the profession.

South Texas College of Law Houston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, or disability in employment or in the provision of services. Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, requests for reasonable accommodation needed during the application process should be communicated with the application.

Competitive Benefits Package for full-time staff

· All Health/Dental/Vision Insurance Coverage Effective on your date of hire

· CIGNA Plus Medical & Prescription Coverage (Employee Only Semi-Monthly $71.92)

· CIGNA Dental & Vision (Employee Only Semi-Monthly $3.56)

· HSA/FSA Medical Savings Accounts

· Pet Insurance.

· Life Insurance covered by the law school at two times your basic annual salary.

· Optional Life Insurance for employee and spouse

· Short & Long Term Disability coverage no cost to employee

· 403(b) employee only contribution; auto-enrolled at 2%

· 401(a) Employer contributes 8% of your salary after 1 year and worked 1,000 hours.

· Paid Leave Time, New Employees earn 1 day (7.5 hours) per month

· Sick Leave Time, New Employees Sick leave will be prorated based on the hire date at 9.375 hours per month for the first partial year of employment. On January 1st, staff employees are eligible for 15 days sick leave at full pay.

· 18 Paid Holidays 2024

· Employee and Dependent Tuition Remission options

· FREE Downtown Employee Parking

· Discount Tickets to STCLH Sporting Events for Employee and Family

· On Campus Cafe

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Required Experience