Senior Lecturer in Clinical Legal Education

Salary: 58,225 to 61,759 with progression to 67,468 per annum

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: 09 August 2026

The Role Newcastle Law School seeks to appoint a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Legal Education to join our forward thinking, inclusive Russell Group Law School.

The Law School has a strong tradition of pro bono, student outreach and community engagement activity. Our intention is to build on that work and develop a Newcastle Law School Community Clinic offer. We are looking for someone who can help design, shape and ultimately lead this Clinic. You will also be expected to contribute to the development of clinical and practice-based legal education, working closely with academic colleagues and external partners to embed real-world learning across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, to help in the design and assessment of professional legal or transferable skills across the curriculum and to help oversee co/extracurricular activities under the umbrella of the Community Clinic where appropriate.

We welcome applications from people with a traditional academic research background with experience in pro bono type work in a university setting or from a legal professional practice background with management and leadership experience that includes elements of pro bono/clinic work, training and teaching.

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 are based in Newcastle upon Tyne, a city with a wide variety of cultural, social and leisure offering, with outstanding schools and close proximity to beautiful nature and heritage sites.

We want to appoint someone who shares our 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 people from different ethnic groups and cultures to broaden the diversity of Newcastle Law School, as we strive to avoid perpetuating biases and oversights on legal research and legal education.

If you see yourself in the above description, then please consider applying. If you would like a confidential discussion about this role please contact Samantha Ryan, Head of Newcastle Law School n.ukKey Accountabilities Clinic Related Responsibilities Develop the Community Clinic provision in the law school

Provide strategic direction and leadership for the community clinic, including developing strategic partnerships, promotion and recruitment of students for clinic activity and overseeing and supporting student work Develop and maintain links with the University Community Hub, the legal profession, voluntary sector organisations, local government etc to enhance community clinic and educational opportunities

Teaching & Learning Provide a high-quality teaching and learning experience for our students

Lead the development of clinical legal education and working closely with academic colleagues and students support profession skills development across the curriculum and extra-curricular activities

Supervise student dissertations and/or group work Mentor and support students throughout their studies in the role of academic adviser

Contribute to teaching, assessment and curriculum development across our undergraduate degree

Engage in subject, professional and pedagogic training as required to enhance teaching and learning provision

Provide education for life, that engages, challenges and supports our students to discover and fulfil their potential both while they are studying with us and once they have graduated

Other

Operate as an active and present citizen in the Newcastle Law School community

Have a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and an understanding of how individual behaviour can contribute to a positive research and education culture

Undertake a range of administrative tasks to support your area of teaching, scholarship and/or engagement

Contribute to the wider work of the School, Faculty and University through input to project teams, working groups and committees

Ability and skill to develop sustained relationships, including with internal colleagues, external partners and organisations

The Person Knowledge, Skills & Experience Sustained experience working as a legal academic or legal practitioner

Demonstrable experience of designing/delivering pro bono, clinical or experiential legal education/activity

Evidence or the potential to provide an outstanding educational experience, rooted in strong disciplinary knowledge that engages, challenges, and inspires our studentsA strong record of leadership in higher education or…