Teaching Fellow in Law

Hours:

2 Full time positions available

1 Part time position available (18.75 working hour per week)

Contract Type: Fixed Term contract up to September 2025

Closes: 11^th June 2024

Birmingham Law School wishes to appoint a number of Teaching Fellows to teach and advise undergraduate students and provide academic support to those students. The posts are part-time and two full-time, to start in September 2024, for a period of one year.

We welcome applicants who can teach across the law undergraduate curriculum, although we have particular preference for those who can teach in one or more of the following areas: Criminal Law; Commercial Law; Trusts and Equity; Contract Law; Law Justice and Ethics; Law and Technology; Intellectual Property; and Land Law.

Teaching and academic support will occur within an established teaching programme, managed and supervised by a member of staff with ultimate responsibility for the design, delivery, and assessment of the teaching programme.

We are proud of the diversity and excellence of our student body and committed to enabling students to develop into independent researchers and thinkers throughout their time with us. We are also proud of, and committed to furthering, the diversity of our staff body, and we welcome applications from candidates of all genders, backgrounds, and identities who wish to become part of our scholarly community.  

Successful candidates will join a lively and flourishing School where they will enjoy opportunities for rewarding teaching, alongside educational management and leadership. We can also offer membership of a collegiate and highly ambitious community of scholars and students.

Applicants must apply online and should upload the following separate documents: 

• Detailed curriculum vitae (CV)
• 1-2 page covering letter detailing how you meet the Person Specification (see below)

Role Summary

• Designing and delivering lectures and seminars within the undergraduate core law school curriculum, within an established teaching programme (under the supervision of an academic member of staff)
• Responding to student queries, including via discussion boards and office hours
• Designing, marking, and moderating assessments, under the supervision of an academic member of staff.
• Contributing to academic support, including through personal academic tutoring.

Main Duties

• Teach courses at a range of levels within specified subject area and within own area of subject specialism, to undergraduates, predominantly through allocated lectures and seminars, so that the School’s teaching objectives are met.
• Contribute to the design of modules with other colleagues.
• Frequently update own subject expertise, including via keeping abreast of relevant developments in law and legal scholarship.

Person Specification

• A higher degree (usually a Ph.D) in the relevant subject area, or a higher degree very near to completion, or a lower level post graduate qualification plus extensive practice-based experience, including in legal education
• An interest in teaching in a research-intensive, academic law school 
• A commitment to working with, and supporting, a diverse range of UG students
• Ability to design and deliver module materials successfully, including setting, marking and assessing work and providing feedback to students

Informal enquiries to Professor Nelson Enonchong n.e.enonchong@bham.ac.uk 

To download the full job description and details of this position and submit an electronic application online please click on the 'Apply' button above.

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