For nearly 40 years, nonprofit AccessLex Institute® has been partnering with our member institutions – the nearly 200 state-affiliated and nonprofit ABA-approved law schools – to meet the ever-changing needs and challenges of law students and the legal education community we serve. From providing free resources for every step of the law school journey to maximizing the value and affordability of a law degree through research and policy advocacy, we exist to increase access and further the success of aspiring lawyers from admission to law school to admission to the bar. Helix Bar Review is our latest service in pursuit of our nonprofit mission – empowering the next generation of lawyers.

AccessLex combines mission-driven work with long-term financial strength. Backed by nearly $1 billion in net assets that funds a $40+ million annual operating budget, we’re built to advance our mission for the long haul, and we accomplish this by investing in the resources, programs, and personnel that ensure sustained growth and furtherance of our organizational goals. Learn more at AccessLex.org and HelixBarReview.org.

Salary for this position is $80,000-90,000 annually.

Job Summary: The Manager of Pathway Initiatives provides curricular, academic, and operational oversight of the LexScholars Post-Baccalaureate Program (LexPostBacc), a 10-month law school preparation program designed for prospective law students with bottom-quartile LSAT scores and/or other characteristics that would benefit from additional academic readiness support prior to beginning law school.

This role ensures academic quality, grading integrity, curricular relevance, and seamless coordination across internal and external teams, including graders, program administrators, and partner law schools.

As the LexPostBacc program continues to expand in scale and impact, this position plays a critical role in shaping program delivery, participant outcomes, and overall program effectiveness.

Responsibilities and Duties:

Curriculum and Academic Oversight:

• Lead ongoing development and refinement of the LexPostBacc curriculum based on participant performance and feedback from referring law schools.
• Ensure alignment of curriculum with best practices in online and adult learning.
• Maintain academic rigor and grading consistency across all delivery formats.
• Adapt curriculum and assessments to address appropriate, ethical, and productive use of AI tools.

Grading and Assessment Management:

• Oversee grader onboarding, training, calibration, and ongoing performance monitoring.
• Design and facilitate training and calibration sessions to ensure grading consistency.
• Manage grading workflows and ensure timely delivery of performance reports to referring law schools and internal decision makers.
• Generate and customize grade summary reports for use by program directors.

Program Operation and Delivery:

• Respond to participant inquiries related to program grading, assessment, and academic expectations.
• Monitor trends in feedback and recommend curricular improvements.
• Maintain and update Canvas LMS content and course structures.
• Coordinate with internal teams and external vendors to support program delivery.

Stakeholder Engagement and program Growth

• Collaborate with partner law schools to support academic alignment and post-program coaching initiatives.
• Conduct outreach to support program engagement and expansion.
• Utilize Salesforce to track engagement, outcomes, and coaching activities.
• Support program growth initiatives, including drafting agreements, budgets, and calendars.
• Other duties as assigned in support of the Company’s mission.

Candidate Requirements:

• Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs). To succeed in the Manager, Pathway Initiatives position, candidates should possess the following KSAs:
  • REQUIRED
    • Minimum of 5 years of experience working in a higher education academic support role.
    • Experience developing and implementing academic upgrade curriculum.
    • Experience delivering online courses to adult learners.
    • Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to academic integrity.
    • Ability to manage multiple priorities independently.
    • Experience working with learning management systems, such as Canvas.
    • Experience using database platforms, such as Salesforce and Excel.
    • Experience working with higher education students from underrepresented backgrounds.
• • PREFERRED
    • Understanding of law school academic success principles, assessment and grading practices, and curricular frameworks preferred.
• • Background Experiences. The following candidate background experiences are desired:
    • Juris Doctor or graduate degree in relevant field (e.g., curriculum development, adult education, distance learning)
    • Graduate-level coursework in relevant field (e.g., curriculum development, adult education, distance learning) preferred

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work: This is a full-time, remote exempt position. The incumbent is expected to be available for work and accessible for at least 40 hours per week, subject to approved leave time, travel and other absences as described in the Employee Handbook or as otherwise agreed by the Company. The Company’s standard hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 8:15 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: AccessLex Institute provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals regardless of their race, color, creed, religion, gender, age, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by state, federal, or local law.