Director of JD Admissions

Trustees of University of Pennsylvania; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School invites applications for a Director of JD Admissions. This leadership role oversees recruitment, yield strategies, and communications to attract JD classes of approximately 260 annually.

Reporting to the Assistant Dean, the Director will lead data-informed programs and collaborate with faculty, alumni, and external partners to strengthen Penn Carey Law's admissions and enrollment goals.

Responsibilities

• Strategic recruitment and matriculation goals; manage high-volume application review and JD/transfer class selections.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive recruitment program with events and campus visits.
• Create print and electronic publications to attract JD candidates and support enrollment goals.
• Represent Penn Carey Law to stakeholders; cultivate relationships with institutions and advisors.

Job description

University Overview

The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school consistently ranks among the top 10 universities in the annual U.S. News & World Report survey. Penn has 12 highly-regarded schools that provide opportunities for undergraduate, graduate and continuing education, all influenced by Penn's distinctive interdisciplinary approach to scholarship and learning. As an employer Penn has been ranked nationally on many occasions with the most recent award from Forbes who named Penn one of America's Best Large Employers in 2023.

Penn offers a unique working environment within the city of Philadelphia. The University is situated on a beautiful urban campus, with easy access to a range of educational, cultural, and recreational activities. With its historical significance and landmarks, lively cultural offerings, and wide variety of atmospheres, Philadelphia is the perfect place to call home for work and play.

The University offers a competitive benefits package that includes excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families, generous retirement benefits, a wide variety of professional development opportunities, supportive work and family benefits, a wealth of health and wellness programs and resources, and much more.

Posted Job Title

Director of JD Admissions

Job Profile Title

Director B, Student Services, Admissions

Job Description Summary

The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School is one of the nation's oldest and most distinguished law schools. The School offers a unique approach, incorporating cross-disciplinary legal education, a distinctly collaborative environment, and an innovative curriculum to enrich student learning. The small and highly interdisciplinary faculty achieves scholarly excellence while emphasizing a shared effort to advance understanding of the law. The result is an intellectual community that bridges traditional boundaries and disciplines within a renowned internal culture of collegiality, making the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School an extraordinarily supportive academic community for all its members.

The Director of JD Admissions ("Director"), reporting to the Assistant Dean of JD Admissions ("Assistant Dean"), supports the development and implementation of data-informed recruitment and yield strategies that demonstrate imagination and creativity, using Penn Carey Law's distinctive strengths to attract and enroll JD classes of approximately 260 students annually.

The Director uses all available technologies and research to identify, connect with, and interest candidates in Penn Carey Law's distinctive JD program. The Director represents Penn Carey Law to a host of internal and external audiences.

Job Description

Responsibilities Include:

• Strategic 25% In collaboration with the Assistant Dean, develop and support the implementation of long- and short-term JD recruitment and matriculation goals and explicit strategies to achieve them. Conduct high-volume application file review and assist with the selection of the JD and transfer classes. Operationalize research and employ innovative technologies to model, establish, and meet recruitment and matriculation goals in JD admissions.


• Recruitment and Yield 30% Develop, direct, and implement a comprehensive recruitment program, including the fall recruitment schedule, open houses, regional information sessions, campus visits, and tours for prospective and admitted students. Devise, design, and lead the implementation of a strategic matriculation campaign designed to enroll the exceptional students offered admission, including the creation of a coordinated schedule of communications and events for admitted students and the active engagement of faculty, staff, alumni, and current students in yield efforts.


• Communication and Marketing 10% In collaboration with the Assistant Dean and the Communications Department, develop creative and effective print and electronic publications that attract academically talented JD candidates, support enrollment goals, and convey the distinctive strengths of Penn Carey Law to prospectivestudentsandotherkeyaudiences. Evaluate, recommend, and design new application materials, forms, and other marketing tools.


• Representational 15% Serve as a highly visible representative of Penn Carey Law, engaging thoughtfully and effectively with key internal and external constituencies. Identify, cultivate, and sustain strategic relationships with stakeholders and partners whose engagement advances Penn Carey Law's admissions and institutional goals. Articulate Penn Carey Law's distinctive educational opportunities to undergraduate institutions, pre-law advisors, and national and international organizations. Maintain substantial in-person and virtual engagement with prospective students and other individuals throughout all stages of the ad