60973BR
Campus: Downtown Phoenix
Dir College of Law
Job Description
Arizona State University's Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law seeks a proactive individual with a deep knowledge of the criminal justice system and a commitment to its reform to help run the Academy for Justice, a grant-funded effort to bridge the gap between academia and on-the-ground criminal justice reform by making scholarly research and ideas accessible to policymakers and the general public. Under a working title to be determined as part of the hiring process, this individual will be a key driver in helping the Academy achieve the following goals:
• To make academic research and scholarly expertise available to legislators, executive-branch policymakers, judges, and other government decision-makers charged with designing and implementing America’s criminal justice system;
• To sponsor and promote accessible, evidence-based academic research regarding America’s criminal justice system and to connect such research to interesting developments in criminal justice reform;
• To create and support a community of scholars who serve as a vital resource for the media on issues of criminal justice reform;
• To convene events focused on specific criminal justice issues that bring together academics, policymakers, the media, and the general public; and
• To collaborate and create partnerships with major local and national organizations focused on criminal justice reform
The director will work closely with the Executive Director and under the direction of the Faculty Director and the Dean and/or an Associate Dean of the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law.
Juris Doctorate