Director, Legal Research Programs

Director, Legal Research ProgramsDirector, Legal Research ProgramsApply locations Ottawa, ON Main Campus time type Full time posted on Posted 6 Days Ago time left to apply End Date : March 24, 2025 (4 days left to apply) job requisition id JR21305Job Type : EmployeeDuration in Months : N / AJob Family : Academic Program Management# of Open Positions : 1Faculty / Service - Department : Faculty of Law - Common Law SectionCampus : Main CampusUnion Affiliation : N / ADate Posted : March 13, 2025Applications must be received BEFORE : March 24, 2025Hours per week : 35Salary Grade : Non-Union Grade NM2Salary Range : $112,957.00 - $140,190.00Position PurposeProvides leadership, management, decision-making, and all knowledge and skill dissemination in relation to undergraduate legal research programs, with a view to ensuring critical and experiential core research, citation, and professional writing competencies for all English Common Law graduates as specified by Federation of Law Societies (on average 400 students per year).This position oversees The Common Law Section’s legal research components for all JD students. Teaches substantive law courses in the Common Law Section’s English Program. Legal research is a core legal skill, necessary to learn and perform in all other areas of law. Employers look for high performance in legal research when hiring our students.ResponsibilitiesProvide expertise, leadership, and creativity in developing, revising, and conducting undergraduate legal research and writing programs, including core first year programming and the competitive Dean’s Legal Research and Writing Fellowship program for upper year students.Cultivate strong, professional relationships with legal practitioners in the Ottawa community and beyond to ensure that the progressive development of first and upper year legal research programs accounts for the evolving needs of the legal profession.Provide linkages and opportunities for upper year J.D. students to lead, mentor, and support first year colleagues, while simultaneously creating networks between students and external legal mentors, which provide students the opportunity to display and develop research and writing excellence and to act as ambassadors of the law school to the external community.Teach up to four courses in the undergraduate program (JD) related to legal research, writing, and substantive law, as determined by the Vice Deans (French and English), thus contributing to the academic programming of the Common Law Section and enhancing the rigour and repute of legal research programming at the Faculty.What You Will BringUndergraduate and Post-graduate degree in law with experience in applying and developing legal research and writing competencies both within and outside of a law school, in a diversity of settings.A minimum of ten (10) years’ experience teaching, with at least five of those teaching research and writing.Good standing of at least ten (10) years in a provincial or territorial law society.Excellent knowledge and ability to demonstrate knowledge of such core legal research tools as : CanLII, WestlawNext, Advance Quicklaw, Justice Laws, Canada Gazette, e-Laws, Ontario Gazette, Hein on Line, LII, Justis, and Social Sciences Research Network.Strong knowledge of the application of core competencies in the legal profession in a variety of contexts.Experience in providing educational, experiential, and professional leadership to students.Demonstrated ability to create, maintain and build relationships and partnerships.Excellent and constantly updated knowledge of legal citation and ability to convey these technical skills.Excellent analytical, problem-solving, interpersonal, organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.Superior time management skills.Ability to assess desired learning outcomes and transform those into meaningful and challenging programming.Functional bilingualism preferred.Key CompetenciesHere are the required competencies for all of our employees at uOttawa : Planning : Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realize an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.Initiative : Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.Client Service Orientation : Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.Teamwork and Cooperation : Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from qualified Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment.#J-18808-Ljbffr