"Program Director, Externships"

Founded in 1863, Boston College is a Jesuit, Catholic university located six miles from downtown Boston with an enrollment of 9,484 full-time undergraduates and 5,250 graduate and professional students. Ranked 35 among national universities, Boston College has 888 full-time and 1,281 FTE faculty, 2,711 non-faculty employees, an operating budget of $1.4 billion, and an endowment in excess of $3.5 billion.

Job Description

The Director of the Externships Program oversees all aspects of the Law School's Externship Program, a crucial component of the experiential learning offerings. The Director coordinates three interconnected components: (1) Advising law students seeking externships (domestic & international) and overseeing their supervision once placed; (2) Working with field placement and supervisors to coordinate the placement and ensure compliance with BCLS externship policies; and (3) Managing and advising adjunct faculty who teach externship seminars. In each area, the Program Director ensures compliance with ABA Accreditation Standards. Each semester, an average of 55 students extern through this program, completing approximately 350 credits.

This position works with students, faculty, alumni, and staff and supervisors at field placements. The position oversees approximately 10 faculty each academic year and makes recommendations to the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs for hiring adjuncts.

Essential functions include:

• Develop and maintain relationships with public and private sector employers and members of the judiciary. Recruit, approve, and support externship placements for students, including in the BC/Dublin and BC in DC Program.
• Provide academic advising to students regarding externships. Monitor and supervise students throughout the externship experience.
• Develop, process, and execute program administration for a successful Externship Program that complies with ABA Accreditation Standards. Collect, maintain, compile, and analyze data regarding externships.
• Manage platform for tracking data related to placements and student advising notes.
• Create and update program guides, resources, marketing materials, website content, etc., for the successful promotion and execution of the program.
• Assist in recruiting faculty to teach in externship seminars and assist faculty in developing course syllabi.
• Maintain relationships with the offices where externs are placed and with the field placement supervisors.
• Evaluate and monitor the quality of the experience and supervision, including intervening where problems arise and reviewing written evaluations at the conclusion of each placement.

Full-Time Equivalent Hiring Range: $83,950 to $104,950; salary commensurate with relevant experience.

Requirements

Required:

• JD from an accredited law school
• Excellent writing and editing abilities, comfort with public speaking, and affinity for working with different constituents, including counseling and mentoring students
• Experience managing and developing a legal program
• Minimum of five years of experience in career placement, externships/internships, and/or experiential learning

Externship seminars meet in the evenings. This position requires occasional appearances at seminars and occasional travel to field placements.

Closing Statement

Boston College offers a broad and competitive range of benefits depending on job classification eligibility, including tuition remission for employees and eligible spouses/children, generous medical, dental, and vision insurance, low-cost life insurance, eligibility for University-Funded 401k and Employer-Sponsored 403b Retirement Plans, paid holidays, generous sick and vacation pay, and more. Additional benefits can be found on https://www.bc.edu/employeehandbook.

Boston College conducts pre-employment background checks and is an equal opportunity employer. In concert with its Jesuit, Catholic mission, Boston College is dedicated to building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff and strongly encourages applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and covered veterans. To learn more about diversity and inclusion, visit https://www.bc.edu/diversity. Boston College's Notice of Nondiscrimination can be viewed at https://www.bc.edu/nondiscrimination.