Professionalism Mentor

Position Title: Professionalism Mentor

Department: School of Law

Advertised Pay: 12.00

Campus Location: Washburn University

Position Summary:

Assist entering law students with professionalism assignments the first four weeks, and serve as peer mentors throughout the rest of the semester.

About Washburn University: 

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of just over 7,000 students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a dynamic faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a robust learning and working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions:
Mentors must be available to meet for training the week before First Week (Orientation), twice with students during First Week (Orientation), weekly during the first two weeks of the regular semester, and then as needed throughout the rest of the first semester.

Non-Essential Functions:
Answering the phone, filing, and typing.

Required Qualifications:
-Must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.8.
-Applicant must be enrolled as a 2L, 3L, or LLM student at Washburn University Law School.
-No honor code violation or honor code investigation pending.
-Be self-motivated, reliable, with sincere interest in helping incoming first-year students.
-Professionalism.
-Ability to maintain confidentiality.
-Computer/keyboarding skills.
-Excellent grammar; written and verbal communication.
-Interpersonal skills.
-Ability to multi-task.
-Understand legal terminology.

Special Instructions to Applicants: 

Hourly, Part time
Background Check Required