Lecturer in Law (Teaching Focus)

Applications are invited for the post of Lecturer in Law (Teaching Focus) in the Department of Law and Criminology.

The Department of Law and Criminology is part of the Faculty of Business and Law. It is a forward thinking, inter-disciplinary and research active department, which offers undergraduate programmes in Law (LLB), Criminology & Psychology, Criminology & Sociology and Social Sciences; together with Masters programmes in Social Work, Forensic Psychology, and Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism Studies. The Department is also home to an energetic research community and prides itself on its commitment to social justice which is underlined in its teaching, research, and external activities.

We seek an outstanding teaching focus academic in Law to join our dynamic and multidisciplinary team. The Lecturer in Law post is offered on the teaching focus track, which requires colleagues to engage in scholarship activities, defined by the University as ‘[t]he systematic study of the processes and outcomes of teaching, learning and assessment in such a way that it advances teaching and can be shared with others, as well as applied to teaching and learning contexts. It also includes keeping up with the scholarship of others.’

The position will involve teaching undergraduate core subjects on our LLB Course and we are interested in candidates with teaching expertise in Clinical Legal Education and/or some of the following core or optional law subjects: Criminal Law, Contract Law, Equity and Trusts, Land Law, Employment Law, Law of Evidence, Corporate and Commercial Law, Family Law.

In return we offer a highly competitive rewards and benefits package including:

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Training and Development opportunities
• Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
• Various schemes including Cycle to Work, Season Ticket Loans and help with the cost of Eyesight testing.
• Free parking

The post is based in Egham, Surrey where the University is situated in a beautiful, leafy campus near to Windsor Great Park and within commuting distance from London.

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact our Head of Department, Professor Konstantinos Alexandris Polomarkakis k.alexandris-polomarkakis @rhul.ac.uk

For queries on the application process the Human Resources Department can be contacted by email at: recruitment@rhul.ac.uk 

Please complete your application via the ‘Apply’ button above.

Closing Date: 23:59, 4 January 2026

Interview Date: To be Confirmed

Royal Holloway is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI), and encourages applications from all people regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, parental status, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or trans status or history. More information on our structures and initiatives around EDI, including information on staff diversity networks, can be found on our Equality and Diversity Intranet page.

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