Thursday, January 20, 2022

Cambridge Seeks an Assistant Professor of Legal History

 [We have the following announcement of an assistant professorship at Cambridge University.    H/t: SEH.  DRE]

The Faculty of Law is seeking to appoint an appropriately qualified person to a University Assistant Professorship in Legal History from 1 October 2022. The person appointed will teach at undergraduate and postgraduate level, conduct and supervise research, and participate in the general work of the Faculty.

The appointee will be an outstanding scholar and teacher in Legal History and will demonstrate potential to carry out and publish research of the highest calibre. The person appointed will normally hold a PhD or equivalent qualification. The appointee will be based in central Cambridge. The appointment will be permanent, subject to a probationary period of five years.

In exceptional circumstances, it may be possible to offer a supplement to the salary range stated for this role of up to 20%. Any such supplement would be awarded on the basis of a demonstrable history of outstanding achievement and an expected future level of contribution and is entirely at the discretion of the University.

We particularly welcome applications from candidates from a BME background for this vacancy as they are currently under-represented at this level in our Faculty.  More.