Assistant Professor/Lecturer in Law (Permanent)

The role

Maynooth University is committed to a strategy in which the primary University goals of excellent research and scholarship and outstanding education are interlinked and equally valued.

We are seeking an excellent academic to join our staff as an Assistant Professor / Lecturer in Law on a full-time permanent basis. The person appointed will have a proven record of teaching, research, and publication, appropriate to career stage. The successful applicant will be expected to make a strong contribution to the teaching programme of the School and to undertake teaching duties on the School’s undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, as well as the supervision of Master’s degree and PhD students.

Applications are welcome from those with expertise in all areas of law. Areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to, private law and/or corporate law, and most specifically Company Law, Business Law, Capital Markets Law, Commercial Law, Comparative Law, Contract Law, Insurance Law, Mooting, and Tax Law (and cognate areas of research and teaching interest).

The appointee will be expected to build a strong research profile that supports the University’s research strategy, including affiliating to the Research Institutes, where appropriate, and working with colleagues on national and international research. The appointee will be expected to sustain and conduct research, engage in scholarship of quality and substance, and generate publications of international standard.

The ideal candidate will have:

Essential

• A PhD in Law or a cognate discipline;
• A strong academic record in teaching and research;
• A record of scholarly work and publication of international quality, demonstrating potential to become a significant contributor in their field;
• Experience of and a demonstrated commitment to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, programme development and academic innovation;
• Experience supervising graduate research students;
• Experience of, and commitment to, working in an interdisciplinary setting;
• Good administrative, organisational, teamwork and communication skills.

Desirable

• Experience of, or expertise in teaching and research in the fields of private law and/or corporate law, and most specifically Company Law, Business Law, Capital Markets Law, Commercial Law, Comparative Law, Contract Law, Insurance Law, Mooting, and Tax Law (and cognate areas of research and teaching interest) would be a distinct advantage.

For further details including full comprehensive job description please see reference number 038203

on the Maynooth University vacancies page at: www.maynoothuniversity.ie/human-resources/vacancies

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