Teaching Associate

About the Role
qLegal is QMUL’s award-winning pro bono commercial law clinic supporting tech start-ups and entrepreneurs, situated in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies. qLegal celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2024.

The qLegal Teaching Associate supports the delivery of high-quality teaching across the qLegal programmes with a focus on the Externship work placement programme. The role includes running classes, peer-to-peer support sessions and providing feedback on student work. You will also contribute to programme communications, monitoring student engagement and reporting on programme performance.

About You
You will have experience in facilitating learning activities for postgraduate law students, including delivering interactive and practical classes. Experience working with start-ups and legal professionals, and a passion for sharing that experience with students is desired. You will have excellent organisation, communication and interpersonal skills and be confident managing multiple stakeholders. Strong digital skills, including the use of Microsoft Office and online platforms are essential.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project
Centre for Commercial Law Studies is one of two departments that make up the School of Law, part of the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences. The other department is the Department of Law (DOL). CCLS has a team of approximately 40 Professional Service staff to support the Centre’s teaching and Research priorities.

qLegal provides a wide range of programmes in which master’s law students provide free legal and business support to start-ups. These programmes include credit-bearing modules for students to undertake as part of their master’s degree; a legal advisory clinic; a Future of Law programme; and an Externships programme in which students are placed within a start-up as part of a broader educational programme.

About Queen Mary
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits
We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

The post is based at the Lincolns Inn’s Fields Campus in London. It is a full-time (35 hours per week), fixed-term appointment for 12 months, with an expected start date of 1st August 2026. The starting salary will be Grade 4, in the range of £40,015 - £46,618 per annum, inclusive of London allowance.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.

Informal enquiries should be addressed to (Emily Wapples) at e.wapples@qmul.ac.uk.

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