Professor of Law

Newcastle University is a great place to work, with excellent benefits. We have a generous holiday package; plus the opportunity to buy more, great pension schemes and a number of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Closing Date: 07 July 2025

Newcastle Law School seeks to appoint a Professor of Law to join our forward thinking, inclusive Russell Group Law School that seeks to embed its values in all that it does: Challenge; Social Justice; Compassion; Wellbeing; Excellence; Responsibility; and Respect.  

We are open to a broad range of research specialisms and are seeking to appoint a passionate and experienced researcher who builds bridges across disciplines and who can see opportunities to work collaboratively with colleagues in the Law School, across other Schools, Faculties and Research Groups/NuCoRes at Newcastle University and with external collaborators. This open Chair position could allow us to appoint in areas such as international economic/trade law, data protection law, comparative legal systems, socio-legal studies, private law or other complementary fields where there is potential to enhance the societal relevance of Newcastle Law School’s expertise, research and impact, and educational offering to our students.  

Candidates will be expected to demonstrate an excellent international research profile, demonstrable experience in academic leadership, a track record of external grant capture and/or impact and a commitment to collegiality, inclusivity and the development of early career researchers. They will be committed to delivering excellent and innovative teaching and be motivated to provide the very best experience for students at all levels of study including supporting the next generation of researchers through postgraduate supervision.   

You can find further details in our candidate information pack here 

Newcastle Law School is a globally connected, locally rooted and compassionate community. We embrace diversity and advance social justice by addressing contemporary and future challenges through our research, our scholarship, our engagement with partners, and as a lasting impact of our legal education. We want to appoint someone who shares these values, and who will work with us to realise them across all our areas of activity.  We are particularly interested in the strengths and lived experiences of researchers from different ethnic groups and cultures to broaden the diversity of Newcastle Law School, as we strive to avoid perpetuating biases and oversights in legal research and legal education.  

  
If you see yourself in the above description, then please get in touch and consider applying. If you would like to have a confidential discussion about this role please contact Samantha Ryan, Head of Newcastle Law School at samantha.ryan@newcastle.ac.uk

Interview date to be confirmed

Newcastle University is a global University where everyone is treated with dignity and respect.  As a University of Sanctuary, we aim to provide a welcoming place of safety for all, offering opportunities to people fleeing violence and persecution.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive university which actively recruits, supports and retains colleagues from all sectors of society.  We value diversity as well as celebrate, support and thrive on the contributions of all of our employees and the communities they represent.  We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals who can complement our existing teams, we believe that success is built on having teams whose backgrounds and experiences reflect the diversity of our university and student population.

At Newcastle University we hold a silver Athena Swan award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality.  We also hold a Race Equality Charter Bronze award in recognition of our work towards tackling race inequality in higher education REC.  We are a Disability Confident employer and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role as part of the offer and interview scheme.

In addition, we are a member of the Euraxess initiative supporting researchers in Europe. 

Requisition ID: 28182