Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Law

About us

SOAS University of London is the leading Higher Education institution in Europe specialising in the study of Asia, Africa, and the Near and Middle East.  SOAS University of London is positioned to play a leading role in reimagining higher education globally, with a new strategic plan in place as the basis for the renewal and revitalisation of the School which commits SOAS to both student responsiveness and research intensity. SOAS is moving towards a new model of international partnerships which is responsive to the transnational character of our global challenges.

About the Department

Founded in 1947, SOAS School of Law (now School of Law Gender and Media) is the only law school in the UK with dedicated expertise and an unrivalled research record on the legal systems of Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, and an array of unique undergraduate and postgraduate taught and postgraduate research programmes, all of which are built around our core Global South-facing ethos and remit.

The SOAS School of Law Gender and Media is committed to challenging orthodoxies and to further diversifying its staff and student community in the service of creative thinking, pedagogic innovation, intellectual challenge, and its signature cross-disciplinary approach to research and learning.

Law at SOAS was ranked first in the UK for research outputs and sixth overall in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework. 100% of our research outputs were rated as ‘world- leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’.

About the Role

These posts are part of a wider recruitment drive to hire dynamic and imaginative Law teachers/researchers to join our exciting and expanding new cross-disciplinary department. Law at SOAS came top in the UK for research outputs in the Research Excellence Framework 2021 and we are looking for scholars who will enrich and enhance our unique research community and maintain our world-leading research ranking. The successful candidates will be required to make a significant contribution to undergraduate teaching and teaching leadership in our core LLB modules including Criminal Law, European Law, Family Law, Property Law, Public Law, or Tort Law. Applicants able to teach more than one core module are especially encouraged to apply. The successful candidates will further contribute to our undergraduate and/or postgraduate programmes by teaching on existing courses and/or offering new courses that further enhance our provision across our different specialisations. The capacity to develop a curriculum that challenges mainstream/ hegemonic/ conventional legal theories will be an advantage as will a capacity to offer clinical legal teaching.

Prospective candidates seeking further information about SOAS or the School of Law Gender and Media may contact the Head of School, Scott Newton (sn21@soas.ac.uk ) for an informal discussion.

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Closing date: 17th July 2022 at 23:59.           

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