Senior Lecturer in Law : Bar Training Course

About us: UWE, Bristol Law School is a leading UK provider of legal education offering the full suite of academic and professional law courses. Our Business and Law School has been purpose built to provide the best possible environment in which to learn. Bristol Law School offers state of the art facilities, including two mock courtrooms, modern Harvard lecture theatres and teaching spaces, a Legal Resource Room, and a dedicated Business Advice Clinic, where our law students undertake a range of Pro Bono work supervised by Solicitors or Barristers.

The vacancy:  Working in the School of Law, comprising of academic (LLB/LLM) and professional Law programmes (GDL/BTC/LPC/STC) this is a permanent appointment teaching and supporting students on the Bar Training Course.

UWE Bristol Law School has an excellent reputation all round and in particular for its professional law courses and you will be joining a vibrant and dedicated teaching team. The successful applicant will undertake a module leadership role within Professional Law and be able to teach Litigation, Professional Ethics and skills-based subjects (including advocacy).

There is no better time to join UWE, Bristol as we focus on developing our portfolio of courses and embedding the university’s ambitious and exciting Strategy 2030 into our law curriculum. We would love to hear from candidates with the requisite knowledge, skills, experience, and desire to join our ambitious and motivated team.

About you:   We are looking for someone who can engage and inspire a diverse cohort of students to achieve their full potential, who is innovative, collaborative and inclusive with excellent communication skills and a passion for people.

You must have breadth and depth of subject knowledge appropriate for teaching in a higher education setting, we would particularly welcome applicants with a strong academic record and substantial experience of practice as a barrister or solicitor.  

Why UWE Bristol?

We are one of the largest providers of Higher Education in the South West with 32,000 students, 250,000 alumni and 4,000 staff from across the globe.

We have a lot to be proud of at UWE, our achievements include scoring above sector average for student satisfaction, we are ranked 36^th in The Guardian Best UK Universities 2022 and 39^th in the latest Times Higher Education 'Table of Tables'.

In addition to progressive pay rates, we offer a wide range of employee benefits including:

• a generous holiday allowance of 35 days pro rata
• up to 12.5 bank holiday/closure days per year
• career average pension schemes available for all staff groups
• family friendly policies and wellbeing initiatives
• onsite nurseryat our Frenchay Campus.

We also offer a variety of inhouse training courses and development programmes and provide a tailored professional programme to support our academic colleagues in delivering the highest in professional teaching standards.

Add your individuality to ours

We particularly encourage applications from Black, Asian, Multiple Heritage or Other Minority Ethnic candidates however all appointments are made strictly on individual merit.

Further information:

This is a permanent, part time post, working 60% of a full-time contract.

If you would like an informal discussion, please contact Suzaan Rowley (Associate Head of Bristol Law School) on email: suzaan.rowley@uwe.ac.uk, however please note that the University will be closed between 23 December and 3 January 2023.

Interviews are scheduled to take place the week commencing 6 February 2023.

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