The Director of the Department of Law shall be an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Ohio. He/she shall perform such duties on a full-time or part-time basis, as may be assigned to the office of Director of Law by general law, as well as those imposed by the administrative code and this Charter. He/she need not be or become a resident of the Municipality. The Council may provide for assistants and special counsel to the Director of Law. All assistants shall be appointed by the Director of Law. The assistants shall be responsible to the Director of Law and, when authorized, may exercise all or any part of the powers, duties and functions granted to the Director of Law under this section. The Director of Law shall be appointed or removed by the Manager with the approval of Council. Special counsel may be employed by Council to perform powers, duties and functions authorized by and in the manner provided by Council.