March 2022

After 18 years of extraordinary service, Jim Leipold will be retiring as Executive Director of NALP effective October 2022. We are deeply grateful for Jim's long commitment to ensuring NALP's stature in the legal community and service to its members. NALP is conducting a comprehensive search across North America for a new Executive Director and has engaged search consultants Isaacson, Miller to assist in the search.

NALP invites nominations and applications for the position. This is an exceptional opportunity for an innovative and dynamic thought leader to advance the nation's premier association for legal career professionals in education and practice. NALP is at a pivotal moment after 50 years of serving the legal community. The Association is in a strong financial position, and it has the largest number of members in its history. At the same time, the legal field and the recruiting and employment landscape are shifting quickly, which creates opportunity for innovation driven by NALP and its members. The next executive director has an opportunity to leverage NALP's core strengths to lead the Association into its next chapter.

Read the full position description (PDF).

Questions, nominations, and applications should be submitted electronically and in confidence to Isaacson, Miller.