DURHAM UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL invites applications for Assistant and Associate Professors of Commercial and Corporate Law, an Assistant Professor of Chinese Law, an Assistant Professor of Legal Theory, and an Associate Professor of Public Law and Human Rights.
Durham Law School is consistently ranked among the top five in Britain, with The Times listing us 4th and the Daily Telegraph placing us 3rd in their rankings. As a top 40 QS World Ranked law school, our academics are at the heart of world-class research and are highly active in engaging on important issues on a national and international level. Durham Law School is expanding at the quickest pace in our 50-year history, making this an exceptional time to join us. As one of Britain’s leading research-intensive universities, Durham University, which ranks in the top 100 of global universities, provides a strong research infrastructure to fully support your progression as an internationally excellent legal scholar. We are looking for innovative scholars with the ability to share their passion for Law with our exceptional students in a world class learning environment.
Durham University is a residential collegiate university comprised of 16 colleges, with an academic community of more than 17,000 students and over 3,000 members of staff. It is set within the historically rich City of Durham in the North East of England, home to a UNESCO World Heritage Site formed around its Cathedral and Castle, with the Castle as Durham’s University College.
You can find the ads for these posts here: https://www.dur.ac.uk/jobs/recruitment/. For informal inquiries concerning the openings in Commercial and Corporate Law and Chinese Law, please contact Professor John Linarelli, john.linarelli@durham.ac.uk. For informal inquiries concerning the opening in Legal Theory, please contact Professor William Lucy at w.n.lucy@durham.ac.uk. For informal inquiries concerning the opening in Public Law and Human Rights, please contact Professor Helen Fenwick at helen.fenwick@durham.ac.uk.