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

The University of Hull Law school is seeking to appoint  an individual to be part of our fantastic Legal Advice Clinic, working as Deputy to our Director  of the clinic you will be responsible for providing Supervision for students, advising the clients of the Law clinic. In addition we will want you to be able to bring your practice knowledge into the classroom, working on Family law or Criminal Evidence as well  as Real World Law modules. 

The faculty invites applications for this permanent full-time  position. The candidate is expected to take up the position on 17th September 2025  or sooner.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of this progressive and dynamic group of  Researchers, Academics and Practitioners. Our Law school is growing and  our mission is to integrate the best traditions of legal scholarship into a modern context, and to teach and research law in a way which reflects the diversity of our School.

What will we want you to do

As Deputy, we will expect you to be able to support in the Management of the Legal Advice Centre, you will need to be willing to train on our CRM - CLIO and to take an active role in developing  and preparing of teaching materials, on our practice led modules - the Law clinic, working with students who are looking to provide key advice to our clients, as well as our Real world law module, which provides our 2nd year students a robust introduction to legal practice. We also need you to support the Director of Clinic in relation to all matters of  client record keeping being SRA and GDPR compliant ,as well as being involved in the Legal Advice Centre Annual report.

Who are we looking to recruit ?

As this is a role which is practice oriented we want you to have qualified as a Solicitor or Barrister and either have or can obtain a Practising certificate. You need to be able to show that you have been qualified for at least 5 years and if you  have an interest in Social justice  this would be especially of interest.

We also expect that you will be able to teach on our specific modules- Family law  or Criminal Evidence law- each of which is  taught in a practice focused way, so your practice experience will be invaluable to our students. 

If this is of interest, and I hope that it is, then please get in touch with me - Dr Caroline Gibby - Head of law on  c.j.gibby@hull.ac.uk

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