The Office of the General Counsel of Princeton University (OGC) is seeking an exceptional attorney with no more than five years of legal practice experience (including any judicial clerkship), to join its team for three (3) years as Assistant University Counsel. When fully-staffed, the OGC has ten attorneys (the Vice President and General Counsel, the Deputy General Counsel, seven University Counsel, and one Assistant University Counsel) (AUC)). The OGC is supported by three administrative professionals. The Assistant University Counsel position will provide an early-career attorney with an opportunity to gain the experience required to obtain a permanent attorney position in higher education by helping more senior attorneys at the OGC deliver legal services to University academic and administrative offices. Alumni of the Princeton OGC Assistant University Counsel fellowship are now practicing attorneys at institutions of higher education around the country, including Stanford University, Yale University, and Middlebury College.

About Princeton University:

Princeton University, chartered in 1746, is widely regarded as one of the worldâ™s premier educational institutions. Princeton aims to produce scholarship and teaching of unsurpassed quality, and adheres to the conviction that research and education should be mutually reinforcing pursuits rather than independent priorities. The University plays a unique role within American higher education by virtue of its distinctive emphasis on undergraduate and doctoral programs. Princetonâ™s beautiful campus is home to a vibrant residential community, and is located in the town of Princeton â“ a community rich in cultural resources that is only an hour away from New York City and Philadelphia, the New Jersey beaches and the mountains.

The University community, including an active and deeply loyal alumni body, is warm, inclusive and united by a shared sense of purpose. A commitment to the University's unofficial motto,

About Princeton University

Princeton University is a vibrant community of scholarship and learning that stands in the nation's service and in the service of all nations. Chartered in 1746, Princeton is the fourth-oldest college in the United States. Princeton is an independent, coeducational, nondenominational institution that provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering.As a world-renowned research university, Princeton seeks to achieve the highest levels of distinction in the discovery and transmission of knowledge and understanding. At the same time, Princeton is distinctive among research universities in its commitment to undergraduate teaching.Today, more than 1,100 faculty members instruct approximately 5,200 undergraduate students and 2,600 graduate students. The University's generous financial aid program ensures that talented students from all economic backgrounds can afford a Princeton education.

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