Supervising Solicitor of King's Legal Clinic - Lecturer (Education) in Law

Job description

The Dickson Poon School of Law is seeking to appoint a Supervising Solicitor and Lecturer to add to the existing strengths of King’s Legal Clinic  (the Clinic).

This role will suit an experienced legal practitioner with supervisory experience,   who is committed to increasing access to justice.  The successful candidate’s legal experience should be in one or more of the following areas of law: employment, family, housing,  or welfare benefits. We are seeking a pragmatic and highly motivated candidate to work at the clinic, where we are committed to providing a supportive working environment and encourage and support individuals to achieve a balance between personal and professional life.

Candidates will ideally have experience of teaching in higher education or delivering training in a professional environment. The postholder will be committed to developing inclusive teaching and learning practices which will enable students to have an excellent educational experience whilst also developing their civic duty. Candidates will ideally have experience of working in a pro bono  or access to justice environment, either in a law firm, higher education or voluntary advice sector.   

The postholder will be expected to train, supervise, and assess students in the  Clinic who are working on both Law Clinic modules and extracurricular clinical projects.   Excellent project management skills and the ability to make and maintain relationships with a wide range of stakeholders are essential. 

The Dickson Poon School of Law embraces equality, diversity and inclusion. We attract students and staff from across the world, from many different backgrounds, with a variety of ethnicities, religions, and sexual and gender identities. We promote flexible working as a key enabler of inclusion. We particularly encourage and welcome applications from women, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates, and from candidates who are LGBTQ+ and/or have a disability.

This post will be offered on an indefinite contract

This is a full-time post or part time (0.8 FTE  minimum).

Key responsibilities

To support the Director of Clinical Legal Education in  the consolidation and running of a comprehensive clinical legal education and pro bono programme at The Dickson Poon School of Law.  To be responsible for ensuring the effective day to day operational management of a variety of activities in the Clinic, including managing and supervising Clinics in their areas of specialism, supporting Clinics in other areas of law, and Streetlaw.

Key responsibilities will include:

• clinical supervision;
• teaching and supporting programme design;
• undertaking design and marking of  formative and summative assessments;
• outreach, including developing referrals and  client and partner relationship management;
• administration.

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