Senior Counsel, Intercollegiate Athletics

University of California-Berkeley; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 230,000 - 282,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of California, Berkeley's Office of Legal Affairs seeks a Principal Campus Counsel to serve as the primary legal advisor to Intercollegiate Athletics. This senior role provides broad counsel across labor, employment, commercial agreements, governance and compliance for a modern Division I athletics program.

The incumbent collaborates with Ethics, Risk & Compliance and campus partners to identify risks, negotiate agreements, support litigation, and help protect the university's

Qualifications

• Extensive and progressively responsible legal experience.
• Expert knowledge of California labor and employment law.
• Significant experience drafting and negotiating complex employment and commercial agreements.
• Experience representing organizations in litigation, investigations and administrative proceedings.
• Ability to advise executive leadership on highly complex legal and business matters.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary legal advisor to the Athletic Director and Athletics executive leadership.
• Provides strategic legal advice regarding athletics operations, governance and organizational initiatives.
• Advises senior leadership regarding legal implications of significant business decisions and emerging risks.
• Develops practical legal strategies that balance institutional objectives with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Identifies emerging legal trends affecting collegiate athletics and proactively advises leadership regarding institutional impacts.

Skills

Executive counsel

Legal risk management

Negotiation & drafting

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic advising

Education

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Job description

The University of California, Berkeley's Office of Legal Affairs seeks a Principal Campus Counsel to serve as the primary legal advisor to Intercollegiate Athletics. This senior role provides broad counsel across labor, employment, commercial agreements, governance and compliance for a modern Division I athletics program.

The incumbent collaborates with Ethics, Risk & Compliance and campus partners to identify risks, negotiate agreements, support litigation, and help protect the university's