Lecturers
Role Description
York Law School
York Law School is seeking to appoint two lecturers in law on the teaching and scholarship track to join and contribute to the distinctive learning and teaching environment we offer. We are looking for applications from persons who enjoy working in teams and have an interest in innovative approaches to teaching law to join our team. We welcome applications from persons with interests in any aspect of law, but are particularly keen to invite applications from persons with experience of teaching the law of obligations, public law, or EU law, or with experience of teaching and developing material for the SQE. You will also have the opportunity to develop optional modules in areas that are of particular interest to you.
As the only Law School in the UK to base our undergraduate degrees on problem-based learning (PBL), we offer a distinctive and dynamic approach to teaching and learning. We teach the foundation subjects of legal knowledge (public law, the law of the EU, criminal law, obligations, and property including equity and trusts) through PBL in an integrated set of modules in years 1 and 2, with students learning the law through working on scenarios spanning more than one of the foundation subjects. We host the Baroness Hale Law Clinic, which provides a base not only for teaching but also for ethnographic and socially aware research into law. You will join a friendly, collegial, and close-knit community of teachers and researchers, and will benefit from a high degree of support from colleagues at all levels.
The School has a particular focus on creative and student-focused pedagogy across the wide span of its activity, and the environment we provide will be ideally suited to a scholar interested in contextual approaches to teaching law and to working across doctrinal boundaries.
Role
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To lecture, lead seminars, problem-based learning, tutorials and other forms of graduate and postgraduate teaching
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To develop teaching and learning activities in the School and deliver teaching across property law and a range of modules and to all levels, through lectures, tutorials, problem-based learning, seminars, and clinical (in the YLS Clinic) which create interest, understanding and enthusiasm amongst students.
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To carry out on-going curriculum review, including teaching content and materials and contribute to the development of teaching and learning strategies.
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To undertake effectively a range of administrative and managerial responsibilities.
Skills, Experience & Qualification needed
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Postgraduate degree in law or equivalent experience
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Extensive knowledge in in law, in particular in the Foundations subjects or SQE subjects, to design & develop teaching programmes and the provision of learning support across different levels of academic activity
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Experience in teaching and learning in HE at undergraduate or postgraduate level or in an evidenced similar context such as professional legal development of lawyers
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Collaborative ethos
Interview date: To be confirmed
For informal enquiries: please contact Sue Westwood: sue.westwood@york.ac.uk
The University strives to be diverse and inclusive – a place where we can ALL be ourselves.
We particularly encourage applications from people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, who are underrepresented at the University.
We offer family friendly, flexible working arrangements, with forums and inclusive facilities to support our staff. #EqualityatYork
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