Closing Date: 9th April, 2024
Description:
Position Summary:Litigation Counsel represents UNC-Chapel Hill in state and federal courts, administrative forums, and internal advocacy proceedings. This attorney also partners with colleagues in the Office of University Counsel to address legal requests for information, including regulatory investigations, subpoenas, and discovery. The litigation counsel will work with attorneys from the North Carolina Department of Justice as either lead counsel, co-counsel, or support counsel in various matters and will interact with attorneys from the UNC System Office and other UNC constituent institutions as part of a system-wide community of practice. This position requires significant court-facing experience, including experience handling complex litigation matters, strong written and oral advocacy skills, and appearances before state and federal courts and administrative bodies. Experience with commercial, employment, discrimination, and/or other complex litigation, including e-discovery processes, is strongly preferred.
Litigation Counsel is integrated into the Office of University Counsel's advocacy team and the attorney should possess strong communication skills and the ability to work flexibly as a member of teams consisting of internal and external counsel and support staff.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:
Relevant post-Baccalaureate degree required (or foreign degree equivalent) with three years or greater of related professional experience; for candidates demonstrating comparable professional backgrounds, will accept a relevant Bachelor's degree (or foreign degree equivalent) and five years or greater of relevant experience in substitution.
Required Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience
Demonstrated ability to provide legal advice, representation. and advocacy with general supervision and guidance from more experienced lawyers. Ability to deliver legal advice and arguments in an understandable manner and in such formats as may be desired by the organization, including through written correspondence, memoranda, briefs, and presentations. Knowledge of applicable law and procedure, and demonstrated ability to research, develop, and advocate legal arguments. Ability to conduct civil litigation in trial and appellate courts; build and marshal evidence at trial and in administrative proceedings; interpret and apply laws, constitutional provisions, statutes, regulations, and court decisions; analyze facts, evidence, and legal instruments; creatively develop case strategy and tactics and express conclusions and arguments clearly, logically, and convincingly in oral and written form. Ability to determine issues in various cases and analyze complex legal problems and render formal opinions. Effective team member; aptitude for building positive working relationships at all levels. Creativity, strategic common sense, good judgment, level-headedness.
- A law degree from an accredited school.
- Admission to the North Carolina Bar or ability to be admitted within one year of hiring.
- A minimum of four years of post-license experience as a practicing attorney, where all or substantially all time is devoted to employment, trial, and/or appellate litigation.
Demonstrated ability to provide legal advice, representation. and advocacy with general supervision and guidance from more experienced lawyers. Ability to deliver legal advice and arguments in an understandable manner and in such formats as may be desired by the organization, including through written correspondence, memoranda, briefs, and presentations. Knowledge of applicable law and procedure, and demonstrated ability to research, develop, and advocate legal arguments. Ability to conduct civil litigation in trial and appellate courts; build and marshal evidence at trial and in administrative proceedings; interpret and apply laws, constitutional provisions, statutes, regulations, and court decisions; analyze facts, evidence, and legal instruments; creatively develop case strategy and tactics and express conclusions and arguments clearly, logically, and convincingly in oral and written form. Ability to determine issues in various cases and analyze complex legal problems and render formal opinions. Effective team member; aptitude for building positive working relationships at all levels. Creativity, strategic common sense, good judgment, level-headedness.