FYI Executive Director, Law and Media Program at Yale Law School
The Law and Media Program at Yale Law School seeks applications for the position of Executive Director. Yale Law School has a long history of focusing on the intersection of law and media. Through its Masters of Studies in Law (MSL) program, Yale Law School has trained such well-known journalists as Linda Greenhouse, Barbara Bradley Hagerty, Charles Lane and Charlie Savage. In addition, Yale’s JD program has produced many journalists and media industry leaders, including Adam Liptak, Jeffrey Rosen, Steve Brill and Joel Hyatt. The Law School’s Information Society Project, founded in 1997 to study the effects of new information technologies on law and society, promotes access to knowledge, freedom of speech, and civil liberties in the United States and around the world. Other centers, programs and faculty research have focused on these topics as well. The Law and Media program builds on this history and will be directed toward: - Current Yale Law School students who plan to be journalists, advocates for journalists, policy-makers or leaders in the media industry; - Working journalists who seek a deeper understanding of law, media, and policy; and - Scholars who study cutting-edge issues of law and media. The Executive Director position will provide an exciting opportunity to help develop and to shape the direction of the program. The Executive Director will work with the co-directors of the program, Professors Jack M. Balkin and Robert C. Post. The Executive Director will administer the day-to-day operations of the Law and Media Program, including working with Yale Law School faculty and senior administrators to plan, direct and manage activities related to the program. The Executive Director will engage students in law and media curriculum and programming, including a student organization, summer internships, a reading group and a speaker series focused on law and media. The Executive Director will also reach out to and network with journalists, media businesses, and scholars to build momentum for the program. Other responsibilities include maintaining the program’s website, developing training programs for journalists, planning conferences and events on issues related to law, media, and journalism, collaborating on joint projects with the Information Society Project and other centers at the Law School, developing and implementing budgets, and managing the program’s student research assistants. The Law and Media Program is looking for applicants who will make at least a two year commitment. Qualifications include a law school or other advanced degree; a distinguished academic record; administrative talents; knowledge about law and media issues; strong writing skills; public speaking ability and the ability to represent the Law and Media program at conferences and in networking and fundraising efforts; and the ability to work with students, alumni/ ae, faculty, staff, lawyers, policymakers and journalists. Salary will be commensurate with experience. Applicants should provide a resume, lists of references (including at least one academic reference and at least one reference with whom the applicant has worked closely within the last two years); examples of written work (including copies of relevant publications, reports, research papers, essays or briefs); and transcripts. Please send all materials (by e-mail and hard copy) to Kathleen Slater ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Yale Law School, P.O. Box 208215, New Haven, CT 06520-8215, by November 15, 2007. For further information, please contact Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Megan Barnett at [EMAIL PROTECTED] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-society?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
