Senior Lecturer in Clinical Legal Education

This post is full time and permanent, working 35 hours per week.

Westminster Law School is a large, vibrant and diverse community of legal scholarship, learning and practice located in central London.

As part of our commitment to innovative, authentic and immersive legal education, the School is looking to appoint a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Legal Education (CLE). The School has a proud and long-standing tradition of CLE, and is particularly committed to providing its students with opportunities to learn through legal practice. The award-winning Westminster Legal Advice Clinic works with numerous local and national organisations to afford opportunities to its undergraduate and postgraduate students to deliver legal services and assistance to the community in a wide range of fields. 

In order to further develop these transformational opportunities for our students and to stay at the cutting-edge of practice-based learning, the School is looking to appoint a specialist academic colleague with a passion and expertise in this field to work alongside the Clinic Director and the broader academic and professional community to contribute to the pedagogical development of its clinical delivery and our research and knowledge exchange endeavours in this field.  

The School particularly invites applications from candidates with a research or practice background in CLE, and who have a prominent or emerging voice in the CLE community more broadly. We would particularly welcome applications from candidates with a deliverable vision for new and innovative models of CLE which offer meaningful opportunities to our large and diverse student population in a way which affords them transformational professional skills. The successful candidate will join the broader Law School as a full academic member and contribute to our broader research and teaching activities. 

The School houses a diverse academic and professional community which seeks to push the boundaries of legal knowledge and practice, and is home to numerous flagship centres, which are leading hubs of expertise and public engagement. We offer unique undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in a large number of fields. 

The School is proud of, and committed to, the diversity of its academic community, and candidates from all professional, personal, intellectual and cultural backgrounds are encouraged to apply. We are happy to consider fractional appointments and job-share arrangements.

Informal queries can be directed to:

Professor Luke Mason, Head of Westminster Law School (l.mason@westminster.ac.uk) 

To apply for this vacancy please click 'Apply' above. Further information can be found in the job description and person specification, which can be accessed through this link too.

At the University of Westminster, diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity are at the core of how we engage with students, colleagues, applicants, visitors and all our stakeholders.

We are fully committed to enabling a supportive and safe learning and working environment which is equitable, diverse and inclusive, is based on mutual respect and trust, and in which harassment and discrimination are neither tolerated nor acceptable.

The University has adopted Smart Working principles to support and further our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion aims of being an inclusive, collaborative and flexible employer. Further details of Smart Working can be discussed at interview stage.

Closing date: midnight on 1 November 2024

Interviews are likely to be held on: w/c 11 November 2024

Administrative contact (for queries only): Recruitment@westminster.ac.uk

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