Reporting to the Vice President for Legal Affairs & General Counsel (or designee), this position will collaborate closely with leadership for the Office of Innovation to prepare, file, and prosecute patent applications, either directly or in coordination with external counsel; provide strategic IP counsel to leadership and staff, including guidance on patentability, claim scope, prosecution strategy, filing decisions, and portfolio development; collaborate with faculty, inventors, and staff to identify, evaluate, protect, and position intellectual property for commercialization; oversee patent prosecution workflows, including docket management, review of prosecution materials, foreign filing decisions, and continuation strategy; and support copyright and trademark matters, including protection strategy, registration questions, ownership issues, and practical risk assessment. Provide legal advice and counsel in contracting, compliance, intellectual property, and other higher education legal practice areas including, but not limited to, trademarks and licensing, labor and employment, student-related matters, contract review and negotiation, public procurement, compliance, privacy, public records, constitutional law, real estate, transactional matters, gifts and development, administrative law, and research-related matters such as ethics, intellectual property, compliance and contracting.