Essential Functions:* Counseling: Provide legal advice and counsel to University client representatives* Contracts: Draft and review University contracts and agreements* Research: Perform legal and factual research pertaining to various issues* Preventative: Provide information and guidance to clients on a wide range of legal topics relating to a higher education setting. SMU serves approximately 7,000 undergraduates and 5,000 graduate students through eight degree-granting schools: Dedman College of Humanities and Sciences, Cox School of Business, Lyle School of Engineering, Meadows School of the Arts, Simmons School of Education and Human Development, Dedman School of Law, Perkins School of Theology and Moody School of Graduate and Advanced Studies.