Opening: Associate Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Director of the Law Library, Louisiana State University Law Center

The LSU Law Center invites applications for candidates for its Law Library and Information Services Director.  The directorship is a tenured or tenure-track position with a rank and salary commensurate with the successful applicant's experience and competitive with those available at the nation's other outstanding law schools.  An active role in teaching legal research, including advanced legal research, is possible if the director is interested in such a role.  An ABA accredited law degree and an ALA accredited library degree are required, along with significant experience in an academic law library.

The LSU System is composed of ten institutions spanning Louisiana, one of which is the LSU Law Center, an independent campus in the system.  The law library director reports to the Chancellor and the Faculty of the Law Center.  Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, is a Research I University, with an enrollment of over 30,000 students.   The campus is located on 2,000 acres in the southern part of Baton Rouge, and is bordered on the west by the Mississippi River.   Baton Rouge, with a metropolitan area population of more than 756,000, is the capital of Louisiana.

In the last seven years, the Law Center has increased its operating budget by over 50%; reduced the size of its student body by 10% to approximately 576 J.D. students; increased the LSAT entering credentials of its first year class from 149 (25th percentile), 153 (median), and 156 (75th percentile) to 154, 156, 159; completed an extensive renovation in excess of $17 million dollars of its physical plant; and hired ten new faculty members;

The LSU Law Center is the only United States law school that offers a common law, federal law, and international law curriculum comparable to other outstanding American law schools and an extensive civil law curriculum reflecting Louisiana's unique French and Spanish legal heritage.  Every graduate is trained in both the common law and the civil law, and receives both the traditional American Juris Doctor degree and a Graduate Diploma in Civil Law.  LSU Law also offers a LL.M. and a Master of Civil Law degree to U.S. and foreign law graduates.  On the international front, the Law Center offers a Comparative United States/European curriculum in its well-established Lyon, France, Summer Program.   Distinguished judges, practitioners and academicians drawn from the United States, Europe, and other nations teach annually in a cycle of three-week courses enriching our students' appreciation of the civil law tradition and of comparative modes of legal analysis.  The Law Center is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools.

In 2008, the LSU Law Center received substantial funding to support the expansion of its Clinical Legal Education program.  The clinical program offers students the opportunity to represent live clients, as well as externship opportunities with courts, other governmental agencies, and community organizations.

The Law Library and Information Technology Services departments have and must continue to play a central role in supporting these and other developments and trends.  Indeed, in direct response to the Law Center's Operational Plan, both groups have been among the principal beneficiaries of the Law Center's unprecedented state, federal, and private financial support.

We are looking for an individual who will maintain the tradition of excellence in the Library's collection and acquisitions programs (including the Civil and Comparative Law fields in which the Library has been among the preeminent law libraries since the 1960's), and who will bring superb management skills to the direction of a customer service oriented team.

Candidates should submit a resume and at least three references.  Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.  The LSU Law Center is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to diversity.  Applications or inquiries should be sent to:

Professor Wendell Holmes
Chair, Search Committee
225/578-8711
LSU Law Center
E. Campus Road
Baton Rouge, La. 70803
Wendell.Holmes@law.lsu.edu

The Louisiana State University Paul M. Hebert Law Center is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access Employer.