Assistant Registrar - Cornell Law School

About the Law School
Founded in 1887, Cornell Law School is a top-tier law school. We offer a 3-year JD program for about 220 students per class, a one-year LLM program for about 100 students from countries throughout the world, a doctoral (JSD) program for about 2-3 new students per year, and an online Master of Science in Legal Studies with about 85 students. Cornell Law School has 41 tenured and tenure-track faculty, including 20 with chaired faculty positions; and 20 clinical professors in the legal research and writing program and in clinics at the local, national, and international level. Our faculty is consistently ranked among the top in the country for scholarly productivity and influence, and has pre-eminence in many areas, including quantitative and qualitative empirical legal studies, international and comparative law, and robust doctrinal scholarship in core fields. Our school is committed to being recognized as the leader among law schools at combining inspiring theoretical, doctrinal, and experiential teaching with cutting-edge scholarship in a supportive, intellectually rich community, so that our graduates can achieve excellence in all facets of the legal profession.

Enrollment representatives within Cornell’s colleges, schools, and units regularly collaborate and partner with the Enrollment Division to accomplish the University’s enrollment goals.

   

The Opportunity

The Assistant Registrar serves as a key operational partner within the Law School Registrar’s Office, overseeing and maintaining course, class, and academic records functions for the Law School’s degree programs through the University’s PeopleSoft Student Information System and related registrar technologies. Working closely with the Law Registrar, this position supports the effective administration of systems, processes, and policies related to course proposals, scheduling, registration, grading, and academic records.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinating registrar systems, technology initiatives, and related projects at both the University and Law School levels.
• Managing the semester course setup process within the University’s student information system and ensuring alignment with Law School databases and records.
• Maintaining the Law School catalog by collaborating with academic programs and implementing curriculum changes approved through faculty governance processes.
• Leveraging technology to enhance office operations, improve business processes, and support best practices that meet the needs of students, faculty, and administrative leadership.
• Collaborating closely with the University Registrar’s Office and the Office of Enrollment Compliance on matters related to curriculum, systems, and regulatory requirements.
• Supporting the administration of Law School examinations and related processes.

The role requires the exercise of significant independent judgment in managing complex scheduling and records-related matters that directly affect students, faculty, and academic operations, while ensuring compliance with institutional policies and academic regulations.

 

While position responsibilities vary, every member of our community is expected to foster a culture of belonging and a psychologically healthy work environment by communicating across differences; being cooperative, collaborative, open, and welcoming; showing respect, compassion, and empathy; engaging and supporting others regardless of background or perspective; speaking up when others are being excluded or treated inappropriately; and supporting work/life integration of oneself and others.

What We Need

• Bachelor’s degree with 2-4 years of relevant experience in an academic setting or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while supporting the efforts of an overall team.
• Ability to work successfully with highly confidential material under pressure in a fast-paced, team-oriented setting, handling multiple tasks with differing deadlines, and to prioritize work on projects happening simultaneously.
• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, along with organizational, planning, time management, and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient with student records systems and extensive knowledge of FERPA regulations.
• Ability to cultivate and develop inclusive working relationships with students, faculty, staff, and community members. 
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, database management, and a vended student information system (i.e. Peoplesoft).

If you have all those things, great! We have a few more things that we would prefer you to have, but it’s ok if you don’t.

4+ years of experience in an academic setting. Familiarity with university policies and procedures, and the role of the Registrar’s Office at both the university and Law School levels. Prior experience with PeopleSoft, CourseLeaf, Stellic, Explorance Blue, Perceptive Content, 25Live, Salesforce.

This is a full-time (40 hours/week) position that is based in Ithaca, NY and fully on-site.

Rewards and Benefits 

• Cornell receives national recognition as an award-winning workplace for our health, wellbeing, and sustainability.
• Our benefits programs include comprehensive health care options, generous retirement contributions, access to wellness programs, and employee discounts with local and national retail brands. We invite you to follow this link to get more information about our benefits: Understand Your Benefits | Working at Cornell.
• Our leave provisions include health and personal leave, three weeks of vacation and 13 holidays: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and the day after, and an end of the year winter break from December 25-January 1. To offer greater flexibility for observing faiths and traditions we also offer two additional floating holidays. Learn more about our generous leave provisions: Holiday and Accrued Time Off | Working at Cornell 
• Cornell's impressive educational benefits include tuition-free Extramural Study and Employee Degree Program, tuition aid for external education, and Cornell Children's Tuition Assistance Program. Learn more about our extensive educational benefits: Education Benefits | Working at Cornell
• Follow this link to learn more about the Total Rewards of Working at Cornell: Total Rewards | Working at Cornell.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

   

University Job Title:

Assistant Registrar

   

Job Family:

Student Services

   

Level:

F

   

Pay Rate Type:

Salary

   

Pay Range:

$72,209.00 - $82,296.00

   

Remote Option Availability:

Onsite

   

Company:

Endowed

   

Contact Name:

Liz Flint

   

Contact Email:

[email protected]

   

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2026-11-12