Lecturer in Law

Temporary (12 Months Maternity Cover)

Interview Date: Thursday 05 December 2024

The College of Law, Social and Criminal Justice Birmingham City University is a dynamic and diverse academic community, with a strong track record of delivering excellent education at undergraduate, taught postgraduate and research postgraduate levels. Our city centre campus in Birmingham’s Eastside, the city’s knowledge quarter, places us firmly at the heart of the city and close to the many institutions and social constituencies with whom we work closely. We embrace a practice-led, knowledge-based approach to our teaching, which is research-informed. 

We are currently looking to appoint a Lecturer in Law for 12 months. The successful candidate will contribute to all areas of activity within the subject of Law, in particular teaching on our LLB and LLM Programmes. We would particularly encourage applications from candidates with a passion for transformative legal education and with a relevant background in legal practice to help support our growing Law Clinic. More specifically, applicants should be able to teach in two of the following fields – Equity and Trusts, Land and Property Law, Law of the European Union, Business Law, Family Law and Employment Law and/or Professional practice subjects.

Informal enquiries regarding the role should be addressed to Tracey Cooper, Subject Lead for Law - Tracey.Cooper@bcu.ac.uk. 

At Birmingham City University we are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. All staff are expected to understand and enact the University’s commitment to ensuring equality, diversity and inclusion in our employment practice and in all that we do. This commitment is enshrined in our Core Values and is detailed in our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Employment Policy. The University values and celebrates the diversity of our staff and students; we welcome people from the many different backgrounds and life experiences that reflect the students and the citizens we serve. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and actively encourage unique contributions, in particular from under-represented groups in respect of age, disability, sex, gender or gender identity, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation or transgender status

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Job Description - Lecturer

At the heart of our Strategy for 2030 and Beyond, it is our mission to enable our students to transform their lives and to achieve their potential. Through our education and research, and the roles our graduates go on to play in the world, we not only support individuals to transform their lives, but we also play a part in transforming society.

Located in the centre of the UK’s second city, we are a university with a long heritage of innovation and of making, dating back to our origins in 1843 when we were founded as the Birmingham Government School of Design.

Our heritage of making through innovation and its application through knowledge exchange, and of creative research and practice, today finds it expression in our STEAM agenda, in our research and enterprise, and in our commitment to challenge-based learning. Working across disciplines, and delivering impactful research and enterprise, interdisciplinarity is at the heart of the continuing transformation of our academic portfolio.     

Apply Before: 24/11/2024, 23:59