The University of Michigan (U-M) Office of the Vice President and General Counsel (OGC) represents U-M’s Ann Arbor, Dearborn, and Flint campuses and Michigan Medicine. OGC is seeking an outstanding attorney to help our clients flourish and fulfill their educational, research, patient care, and entrepreneurial missions while complying with the myriad legal and policy requirements applicable to public research universities. The successful candidate must be able to work independently on a wide range of complex and novel issues, with a particular focus on transactional and regulatory matters. While the role ultimately will be tailored to the unique qualifications and experiences of the selected candidate as those talents relate to client needs and other OGC team members’ areas of expertise and workloads, the ideal candidate will have one or more of the following: - significant experience with general business law and counseling;
- experience with one or more of the following substantive areas: drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, drafting and negotiating software and technology agreements, governmental and municipal law, government contracting, environmental law, higher-education law, sponsored research, regulatory matters, and construction;
- prior in-house experience, particularly in higher education or governmental institutions;
- proven success in helping a client identify and modify business processes for efficient implementation of legal protections in contract creation and implementation processes;
- experience with dispute resolution and contract litigation and/or providing advice on mitigating risks of contract litigation.
The attorney will play an important role in advancing the University’s academic and business objectives and in protecting the University’s overall interests by promoting effective risk management and a culture of ethics, integrity, and compliance. Other responsibilities may include service on University committees; policy development and review; and creating and delivering training programs. In this dynamic and fast-paced workplace, the attorney should be enthusiastic about taking a client-centered, business-oriented, collegial approach to representing a world-class public research institution. The University of Michigan is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and believes that diversity, broadly defined, is integral to institutional excellence. To apply for this position, please see: https://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/194185/associate_general_counsel |