Associate Dean of Bar Studies and Academic Success

🇺🇸 Hybrid - Newark, NJ 🕑 Full-Time 💰 $125K - $191K 💻 Academic Advising 🗓️ May 14th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

Rutgers University is hiring an Associate Dean of Bar Studies and Academic Success. The role involves leading the Bar Studies and Academic Success Departments, developing and teaching bar passage courses, managing bar passage data and vendor contracts, and collaborating with faculty and administration to improve student success from matriculation through bar admission.

Highlights

Lead Bar Studies and Academic Success Departments with oversight of staff in Newark and Camden campuses.

Develop, teach, and supervise courses focused on bar passage and coordinate academic success programming.

Implement, manage, and analyze programming to maintain bar passage rates at or above peer institutions.

Use student data and collaborate with internal and external partners to support student success.

Manage contractual relationships with vendors related to bar studies.

Minimum qualifications include a J.D. from an ABA-approved law school, current or prior bar admission, 4+ years of law-related experience, and 2+ years in law school academic support or bar exam advising.

Requires at least 8 years of leadership or managerial experience with strong communication, organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills.

Preferred qualifications include 5+ years of law school teaching experience related to bar preparation or academic support and prior experience directing a bar preparation or academic support program.