New name. New holistic approach.
Three years ago, the Office of Student Life, comprising student organization support and student leadership development, joined with the Office of Admission to synergize the experiences of our students from recruitment through their extracurricular opportunities in the Emory Law community.
To continue this collaboration, the Center for Professional Development and Career Strategy (Career Center) now will join these offices to form the Office of Enrollment Management and Student Services. Admission and career teams will create an increased focus on cross collaborating their functions among all degree programs in one central office to help promote a seamless student experience.
Ethan Rosenzweig 02L will oversee this new office as associate dean for enrollment management and student services. Rosenzweig remarked, “The Career Center, admission, and student life offices have worked so closely together for the past few years that this new division is a natural step to formalize our synergies and continue to ensure that our students receive the hallmark service that underscores the Emory Law experience.”
To enhance the overall efficiency and collaboration of the recruitment and admission functions across all programs, Jenna Bowen Otokawa 10L, senior director for admission and financial aid, will be responsible for admission and financial aid for JD as well as all non-JD programs. She will supervise three assistant directors - Carol Riddock 14L (with primary responsibilities for JD admission), Farah Dharamshi 15L (with primary responsibilities for JM admission), and Rhani Lott 10L (with primary responsibilities for LLM admission). The admission team will be fully crosstrained and working across programs throughout the year.
Laura Yearout will continue to lead the Career Center as an interim assistant dean. Yearout says the Career Center will build upon its current activities to create more opportunity: “The Career Center, as the nexus between the law school community and the legal profession, remains focused on its mission to provide exceptional individual advising, career-related educational programming, and employment opportunities to Emory Law students and alumni. As we begin the next academic year under the umbrella of the Office of Enrollment Management and Student Services, we are looking forward to generating exciting new initiatives, exploring opportunities to maximize existing resources, and forming dynamic partnerships.”
Phoebe Stevenson will provide strategic oversight for the Office of Enrollment Management and Student Services as senior associate dean for finance, administration, and international strategies. Stevenson also will be responsible for international strategies relating to institutional partnerships, faculty and student exchange programs, and opportunities for student recruitment.
In addition, as the student population continues to diversify, Jessica Dworkin, assistant dean for graduate programs, now will play a more central role in providing academic advising and student support to graduate students enrolled in non-JD programs, reporting to Professor Rebecca Purdom, executive director for graduate and online programs. In collaboration with Kirsten Schaetzel, ESL specialist, Dworkin also will lead the effort to ensure that our international students’ transition to, and engagement with, the Emory Law community is seamless, providing cultural integration support, as well as English language and study skills support.
