SALARY RANGE: Competitive
Founded in 1894, City, University ofLondon is a global university committed to academic excellence with a focus onbusiness and the professions and an enviable central London location.
City attracts around 20,000 students(over 40% at postgraduate level) from more than 150 countries and staff fromover 75 countries.
In the last decade, City has almosttripled the proportion of its total academic staff producing world-leading orinternationally excellent research. During this period, City has madesignificant investments in its academic staff, its estate and its infrastructureand continues to work towards realising its vision of being a leading globaluniversity.
The City Law School attracts students across all stages oflegal education. It has a very long history of educating lawyers, judges,policymakers and business leaders dating back to the nineteenth century in theform of the Inns of Court Law School. Alumni include three British PrimeMinisters, many of the City of London’s most prominent barristers, solicitorsand judges, and leaders of a wide variety of business and communityorganisations.
The City Law School is the first inLondon and the only in the University of London to educate students andpractitioners at all stages of legal education. It hasa professional education pedigree that dates back over 100 years. TheSchool has made significant advances in both research and education and seeksto build upon that success to become one of the UK’s leading law schools as ittakes advantage of the new regulatory landscape for legal education. The CityLaw School offers a complete portfolio of legal education and training,including undergraduate and postgraduate Law degrees, the Bar VocationalStudies programme, and the Legal Practice Course.
The School is seeking to appointoutstanding academics who are passionate about providing students with the bestpossible education and co-curricular experience and enthusiastic about researchthat will advance legal knowledge and practice to the benefit of society.
For appointment on an Education & Research role profile,candidates will have produced, or will demonstrate the potential to produce,research of a world-leading and internationally excellent quality. Candidates appointed on an Education roleprofile will focus on educational activity. All appointed candidates will havetaught or will demonstrate the potential to teach to a very high standard andsupervise students undertaking research.
The School is seeking to attract staff at all levels, fromnew entry positions (including new and emerging academics) through to recognisedprofessorial leaders. It will considercandidates who have researched, educated, or practised in any area of the Law,its theory, processes, and practice, although preference will be given toapplicants able to contribute to the core subjects of the LLB.
We particularlyencourage applicants from underrepresented groups and communities to apply,including those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and/or withcharacteristics protected under the Equalities Act including race, disability,sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment and religion & belief.
For further information, including on the University’sacademic staff role profiles, please see:
www.city.ac.uk/about/working-at-city
City offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefitsincluding a comprehensive package of staff training and development.
Closing date for applications: 08 August 2021
Actively working to promote equalopportunity and diversity
Academic excellence for business and theprofessions
