Lecturer in Law

At University of Hull, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world's talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in University of Hull workplace.

These include people from global majority backgrounds; people who have a declared disability; LGBTQI+ people; and women particularly for our Grade 9 and 10 roles.

We reserve the right to close the advert early if a satisfactory amount of applications are received

Background and Context

The Law School is the longest established department within the University of Hull. We are a well-established, and respected provider of legal education in the UK, Europe and worldwide. Our mission is to integrate the best traditions of legal scholarship into a modern context, and to teach and research law in a manner which reflects the diverse nature of the School’s staff and student body. We seek to maintain a broad, critical and innovative approach to legal education, often driven by original research, which opens opportunities both within and beyond the legal profession. We strive to work within a scholarly, professional, supportive and friendly community in which mutual respect among staff and students is maintained at all times, and which seeks to contribute to society locally, nationally and internationally.

The Law School has a strong reputation for the quality of the teaching in its undergraduate and postgraduate provision and as part of the Law School Vision and development strategy we are looking to find new members of staff that will help to build a dynamic and world leading research group which addresses the pressing needs of International Humanitarian Law and Global Human Rights . As such you will be contributing to the development of new and progressive curricula which involves new methods of delivery and technologies which support learning and teaching and innovative approaches to law subjects. 

The Law School is now moving into an exciting  new faculty arrangement, where we will be working in a new School of Social sciences - where we are looking forward to engage with colleagues across a range of disciplines including Criminology, Sociology and Policing, as well as the World leading Wilberforce Institute Wilberforce Institute – Advancing dignity, free markets, and diverse policies for all life.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities of the Post

As part of our continuing approach to developing our curriculum to reflect the University’s commitment to a Carbon neutral campus we are looking to enhance our  research strand which focuses on International Rights and Global Human Rights  which builds on this commitment to leading in developing this area of research  Your role is one which focuses on Research within this sector, which will inform our suite of LLB and LLM programmes. You will be expected to demonstrate active involvement in high quality research, in your area, but also a commitment to teaching and learning on our Undergraduate and Postgraduate programmes. We are looking for staff members that can also look to contribute to our foundation / core legal modules provision. 

Please see job description for further details on the position via University of Hull careers.

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