ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ALUMNI RELATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
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ASSOCIATE DEAN FOR ALUMNI RELATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW
CHICAGO, IL
www.law.northwestern.edu
Send Nominations or Cover Letter and Resume to:
Jill Lasman
Senior Vice President
617-262-1102
jlasman@LLLsearches.com
The Opportunity:
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partner with Northwestern University School of
Law on its search for the position of Associate
Dean for Alumni Relations and Development.
Northwestern Law provides a legal education
that is rigorous, interdisciplinary, and
practical. Its aim is to not only train future
leaders of the profession, but also to educate a
new type of lawyer—one whose capacity to
advocate, strategize, and lead will further the
objectives of both clients and employers. Its
graduates will adapt to the rapidly changing legal profession and act as change agents within
their professional and civic communities.
Northwestern Law School has consistently been recognized as a nationally prestigious law school,
ranked among the top dozen. The School also has been ranked as #1 for Best Career Prospects
by The Princeton Review, a position it has held for 6 of the 10 years that these rankings have
been published.
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Reporting to Dean Daniel Rodriguez, a prominent voice and acknowledged leader in the field, the incoming Associate Dean will manage a team of experienced professionals who have worked with law school leadership to record fundraising highs and make substantial progress toward the school’s historic $150M campaign Motion to Lead: The Campaign for Northwestern Law . This is an opportunity to join a collaborative team at a leading law school known for its strong academic reputation as well as its dedication to social justice. Position Overview – Associate Dean for Alumni Relations and Development The associate dean will lead the law school’s advancement operation, working closely with the dean to provide overall leadership for both development and alumni relations efforts. The associate dean will organize and lead fundraising efforts and will set clear objectives for his/her team in reaching ambitious fundraising goals. In this respect, the associate dean will build on a history of record breaking fundraising efforts that have launched the success of the current comprehensive campaign and continue to move the school to the next level of achievement. The associate dean will generate strategic and operational plans for the Alumni Relations and Development (ARD) unit, and further integrate development and alumni relations’ efforts with those of other departments engaged in outreach. The associate dean will manage a staff of at least 20, with four direct reports. The Law School has already raised more than half of the money to meet its comprehensive campaign goal of $150M. Annual fund giving has grown from $2M to $2.5M over the past five years and is expected to reach $3.5-$4M per year by the end of the campaign. Principal Accountabilities: 30% - Provide creative, energetic, and strategic leadership to the Law School’s full scale ARD program including annual giving, major/principal gifts, planned giving, corporate and foundation giving, donor relations and stewardship, alumni relations and gift processing and acknowledgement. Work to ensure a positive, collaborative, congenial work environment and develop strategies for retaining staff and rewarding outstanding performers. Lead a team of 20 and directly supervise a staff of 4, which includes Directors for the Law School Fund, Major Gifts and Stewardship and Alumni Relations, as well as a dedicated ARD administrative assistant. 30% - Develop and execute strategies to ensure the law school successfully achieves or surpasses its $150M campaign goal by March, 2019. Responsible for the design and implementation of a comprehensive ARD program that focuses on principal, major, planned LOIS L. LINDAUER SEARCHES NORTHWESTERN U LAW SCHOOL BACKGROUNDER ⏐ 2
and annual gifts, but one that also builds a truly integrated and progressive alumni relations
program that strengthens existing ties with alumni and also attracts alumni who are not
currently involved to be active participants in the Northwestern Law community.
30% - Identify major, leadership, and principal gift prospects, qualify their ultimate giving
potential, assess the appropriate interest match within the Law School, and develop and
implement strategies to optimize gift closures for the School. Special attention to be given to
prospects for priorities identified within the featured objectives of the School. Determine the
appropriate NU related contacts (trustee, alumni, volunteers, friends) to be pursued vis-à-vis
each prospect and direct cultivating efforts by these contacts. Manage a portfolio of at least
50 principal/major gift prospects. Work closely with the dean to develop cultivation,
solicitation and stewardship strategies for the law school’s top prospects and staff the dean
as needed to move those relationships/gift conversations forward.
5% - Analyze department performance by initiating reports and conducting studies of the
planning, objectives, effectiveness, and direction of the ARD program and operations. Direct
the ARD staff’s efforts to provide the dean with an Annual Report from the ARD department.
Provide leadership and oversight for the ARD departmental budget, with a particular focus on
allocating resources efficiently and effectively so as to maximize alumni and donor
engagement with the law school.
5% - Serve as an active member of the law school’s senior leadership team (SLT) to ensure
that ARD has a voice and perspective in law school operations. Further, serve as the principal
liaison between the Law School and the Central Development Office to inform, coordinate,
and direct ARD activities and leverage partnerships with Central Development staff. This
includes serving as a member of the Central Campus’s senior leadership team. Communicate
appropriate information and directives from both of these senior teams to ARD Directors and
the ARD team.
Minimum Qualifications:
Advanced degree, beyond bachelor’s degree.
At least 10 years of significant experience in a development program, including successful
major gift experience and a track record of successfully closing face-to-face solicitations of
$100,000+.
Experience in leading a team and direct management of staff.
Results oriented individual with demonstrated success leading an individual and/or major
donor program.
Ability to inspire confidence and engage a diverse community of supporters in short and
long-term fundraising.
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Strong analytical and strategic thinking skills and ability to thrive in a dynamic,
entrepreneurial environment.
Ability to plan and implement in a demanding, fast-paced environment.
Possess excellent interpersonal, oral, and written communication skills.
Ability and willingness to travel as necessary.
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience in leading and executing major fundraising campaigns.
Experience identifying, cultivating, soliciting, closing and stewarding 7-, 8- and/or 9-figure
gifts.
Knowledge of database fundraising software.
Development Overview
Motion to Lead: The Campaign for Northwestern Law is a $150 million fundraising effort, as part
of the University’s $3.75 billion campaign, that will further the School’s efforts to fuel innovation
and foster creative solutions to the myriad challenges of the ever-evolving legal environment.
The campaign will secure financial support for
three critical objectives:
Improving the well-being of students—
academically, financially, and professionally.
Ensuring that the School maintains its
distinguished stature among American law
schools through enhancements to its
intellectual and physical infrastructure.
Growing the School’s reputation as a place
of innovation and a champion for justice in our
world.
Publically launched in September 2014, the campaign has raised more than half of the $150
million to date. The School’s endowment currently is $297 million.
To learn more about the campaign, please click: http://www.law.northwestern.edu/campaign/
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Client Overview
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL
Mission: Northwestern University School of
Law advances the understanding of law and
produces graduates prepared to excel in a
rapidly changing world.
The Northwestern University School of Law is
a private American law school in Chicago,
Illinois. Located in the North
Side's Streeterville, it is one of the twelve
constituent schools of Northwestern
University. The law school was founded in
1859 as the Union College of Law of the Old
University of Chicago. The first law school established in Chicago, it became jointly controlled by
Northwestern University in 1873 and fully incorporated into Northwestern in 1891.
Northwestern Law uniquely blends a rigorous intellectual environment with a collegial and
supportive community. Its students have access to the most interdisciplinary research faculty in
the nation. It also has one of the lowest student-faculty ratios, so students enjoy an unusual
amount of individual access to these scholars, even after graduation. The school emphasizes a
team-oriented curriculum inspired by an employer-focused strategy with the understanding that
succeeding in today's complex business
environment requires an ever-expanding set of
professional capabilities.
Northwestern Law School is the first top tier
law school to have pioneered the accelerated
J.D. program that takes two years to complete.
In addition to the traditional and accelerated
J.D. programs, students can complete joint
degrees including a J.D./MBA in conjunction
with the highly ranked Kellogg School of
Management or a J.D./Ph.D. with the
Northwestern Graduate School. The J.D./MBA offers students a unique opportunity to study both
business law and management techniques from the faculty of two of America's leading schools in
the fields of law and business. The J.D/Ph.D. is open to students who intend to pursue an
academic or research career and whose teaching and research will be enriched by both degrees.
The program is designed to allow students to complete both degrees more effectively than they
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would through consecutive degree programs. Students are able to complete the entire program,
including dissertation, in as few as six years.
Clinical education at Northwestern dates back
to the Law School’s beginnings and today is
internationally recognized for its involvement
in legal reform, and for advancing the goal of
providing a skilled, ethical, and public-
spirited legal profession integral to a society
that values and promotes
justice. Northwestern Law’s Bluhm Legal
Clinic is an innovative program widely
recognized as one of the most
comprehensive and effective in the
country. Housing more than 20 clinics within
14 centers, the clinical program provides opportunity for students to gain direct experience
representing clients and fine-tuning their skills as advocates. Students also work with clinical
faculty and staff to challenge the fairness of our legal institutions and to propose solutions for
reform. Each year, hundreds of clients receive assistance from Bluhm Legal Clinic students. The
range of clients served is wide reaching, including teenagers tangled in an unjust juvenile legal
system and entrepreneurs in need of affordable legal advice.
Northwestern Law expands its international reach by offering an LLM degree for foreign lawyers,
enrolling more than one hundred students each year from around the world. In addition,
Northwestern has unique Executive LLM Programs for working legal and business professionals in
Europe, Korea, and the Middle East. The programs, designed specifically for professionals who
cannot or do not wish to undertake a full-time
Master of Laws (LLM) degree in the United States
or elsewhere, are made possible through
partnerships with IE Law School in Madrid,
Spain; KAIST School of Innovation and Hallym
University of Graduate Studies in Seoul, South
Korea; and Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, Israel.
Northwestern Law has had a nationally ranked
LLM Tax program for a dozen years, with
graduates practicing through the region and
nation in law and accounting firms.
To address the complex intellectual property, legal, and regulatory environment facing today’s
technology professionals and entrepreneurs, Northwestern Law School has established a Master
of Science in Law (MSL) degree to provide focused, practical, business-centered legal training.
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Skills acquired in this program will allow professionals to communicate and interact across
disciplines and professions, to recognize obstacles and risks, and to visualize opportunities for
innovation and entrepreneurship.
Leadership
Daniel B. Rodriguez
Dean
Harold Washington Professor
Daniel B. Rodriguez was appointed Dean and Harold Washington Professor
at Northwestern Law in January 2012. In 2014, he served as President of
the Association of American Law Schools (AALS).
A nationally prominent law teacher and scholar, Rodriguez’s principal
academic work is in the areas of administrative law, local government law,
statutory interpretation, and state constitutional law. He also has a special
interest in the law-business-technology interface and its impact on the future of legal education.
He is a leader in the application of political economy to the study of public law and has authored
or co-authored a series of influential articles and book chapters in this vein.
In addition to his extensive scholarly work, Rodriguez has served in various professional
leadership roles, notably with the AALS Executive Committee, as a council member of the
American Law Institute, and on the Board of Directors of the American Bar Foundation. Rodriguez
is also a member of the newly created ABA Commission on the Future of Legal Services.
Prior to joining Northwestern Law, Rodriguez served as Minerva House Drysdale Regents Chair in
Law at the University of Texas-Austin; as a Research Fellow at Rice University’s Baker Institute for
Public Policy; as Dean and Warren Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of San Diego
School of Law; and, as a Professor of Law at University of California, Berkeley’s Boalt Hall. In
addition, he has been a visiting professor at Columbia University, University of Southern
California, University of Illinois, and at the Free University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Rodriguez received his law degree from Harvard in 1987. His undergraduate degree is from the
California State University of Long Beach, and he is a recipient of that school’s distinguished
alumnus award. After graduating from law school, he clerked for Judge Alex Kozinski of the
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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Location Chicago, IL: Northwestern law is located on Northwestern University's downtown campus in Chicago's Streeterville neighborhood. The campus is on Lake Shore Drive, just south of the Gold Coast neighborhood, along Lake Michigan, and a few blocks from the John Hancock Center, Magnificent Mile, Water Tower, and Navy Pier. Background Checks: Prior to submitting your resume for this position, please read it over for accuracy. LLLS does verify academic credentials for its candidates, and our clients frequently conduct background checks prior to finalizing an offer. LOIS L. LINDAUER SEARCHES NORTHWESTERN U LAW SCHOOL BACKGROUNDER ⏐ 8
To learn more call
Name of Jill Lasman, Senior Vice President
617-262-1102
or send nominations or cover letter and resume to
jlasman@lllsearches.com
All inquiries will be held in confidence.
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Alumni Relations and Development
Administrative
Vacant
Asst
Associate Dean
ARD Services
Alumni Relations Major Gifts Annual Giving
Director Director Director
Associate Associate
DOD – East Program Director Associate Assistant Assistant
Director
Coast Assistant Stewardship/ Director Director Director
Alumni Clubs
Donor Relations
Assistant
DOD – West Administrative Program
Director
Coast Asst Assistant
Young Alumni & Reunion
Vacant DOD – Legal
Program Assistant Clinic
Associate
Director
ChicagoSenior Leadership
Dan Rodriguez
Dean
Senior Leadership
Team *
Academic Affairs Enrollment,
Academic Alumni and Bluhm Legal External Partnerships, Faculty and Finance and Library
and International Student Affairs
Initiatives Development Clinic Career Strategy, Research Administration
Initiatives and Marketing
(Vacant)
Sr Associate Dean Director Associate Dean Associate Dean Associate Dean Associate Dean Associate Dean Director Associate Dean
Bluhm Legal Diversity
Accelerated
Curriculum Development Enrollment Searle Center Finance Library Education &
Programs Clinic
(Vacant) Andrea Kaapke Outreach
Master of Science External HR, Planning & International
CLR Alumni Relations Operations
in Law Partnerships Administration Programs
Facilities
Executive LLM Student Services and
Annual Giving Career Strategy and Space
Programs Academic Excellence
Planning
Marketing and Information
ITP Communication Services
Tax Program
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