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Vice President and General Counsel
Office of Legal Counsel, Rose Hill
Fordham University
Fordham University has an excellent reputation as a dynamic institution located in New York City. Founded in 1841, Fordham enrolls more than 16,000 undergraduate and graduate students in its 9 Colleges and Schools.
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Position Summary
Reporting to the University President, the Vice President and General Counsel (GC) plays a pivotal role as the chief legal strategist and senior advisor on all legal matters impacting the University. This executive position is responsible for steering the University through the complex legal landscape of higher education, ensuring compliance, and safeguarding the institution's integrity and reputation. The role demands a dynamic and seasoned legal expert who can navigate the myriad legal challenges facing modern educational institutions, ranging from regulatory compliance, labor and employment issues, litigation, intellectual property, governance, and policy development to crisis management.
As a key member of the President's cabinet, the GC is instrumental in shaping legal and policy decisions that influence the University's strategic direction and operational effectiveness. This role requires not only a deep understanding of the law as it applies to higher education but also a keen awareness of how legal decisions can impact the University's broader mission and values. The ideal candidate will bring a proactive, forward-thinking approach to the legal function, providing innovative solutions to complex legal issues while fostering a culture of compliance and ethical decision-making across the University.
In addition to leading the University's five-person legal counsel office, the GC will collaborate closely with many departments, offering legal insights that support the University's academic and administrative goals.
Through strategic leadership, expert legal counsel, and a commitment to the Jesuit principles that guide Fordham, the GC will play a vital role in advancing the University's mission of providing exceptional education and fostering ethical and responsible leaders.
About the President:
Tania Tetlow, the president of Fordham University, is a legal scholar who examines the intersection of equal protection and criminal law. With her deep Jesuit roots, Tetlow serves as the first layperson and first woman to lead the University in its history. She builds upon the University's great strengths in the humanities, social sciences, business, and law, and its location in New York.
Before becoming the 33rd president of Fordham in July 2022, Tetlow served as president of Loyola University New Orleans, where she oversaw the university's successful recovery from the most challenging period in its financial history. She came to Loyola from Tulane, where she served as senior vice president and chief of staff to President Michael Fitts during a transformative period for the university. She began her academic career at Tulane Law School as the Felder-Fayard Professor. In addition to producing research on constitutional policing that helped persuade the Justice Department to broaden its investigations, she directed Tulane's Domestic Violence Law Clinic, for which she raised millions of dollars in federal grant funds.
About the Office of Legal Counsel:
The Office of Legal Counsel provides advice and legal services to Fordham University in support of its mission and goals. Legal guidance is delivered promptly and effectively to the institutional client, represented by Fordham's officers and Board of Trustees, and other authorized representatives of institutional interests.
The office serves as a resource to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations affecting the University. It describes, prevents, and minimizes risks and supports informed decision-making and problem-solving by management. The office retains, coordinates, and evaluates all outside legal services so as to provide efficient and cost-effective legal services in specialized areas.
Essential Functions
Essential Functions Note
This list is not intended to be an exhaustive list.
The University may assign additional related duties as necessary.
Management Responsibilities
Provides strategic leadership and supervises others who supervise. Responsible for hiring, training, developing, managing performance, administering corrective action, makes compensation decisions and for managing strategic views at a high level.
Required Qualifications: Education and Experience
Required Qualifications: Knowledge and Skills
Preferred Qualifications
Minimum Starting Salary: $450,000
Maximum Starting Salary: $575,000
Note: Salary is commensurate with qualifications, experience, and skills.
FLSA: Exempt
START DATE: ASAP
APPLY HERE: https://careers.fordham.edu/postings/6906
ABOUT FORDHAM
Founded in 1841, Fordham is the Jesuit University of New York, offering an exceptional education distinguished by the Jesuit tradition to more than 16,000 students in its 9 colleges and schools. It has residential campuses in the Bronx and Manhattan, a campus in West Harrison, N.Y., the Louis Calder Center Biological Field Station in Armonk, N.Y., and the London Centre in the United Kingdom.
Fordham University is committed to excellence through diversity and welcomes candidates of all backgrounds.
Fordham is an Equal Opportunity Employer - Veterans/Disabled and other protected categories
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