Frequently Asked Questions

• What does a Law Lecturer role involve?

  As a Law Lecturer, you’ll deliver engaging, practice-informed teaching, support students throughout their studies, and contribute to curriculum development. You’ll combine your legal expertise with teaching methods that prepare students for real-world legal careers.

• Do I need teaching experience to apply?

  Many of our lecturers join us directly from legal practice. What matters most is your subject matter expertise, communication skills, and enthusiasm for developing others. We provide support to help you transition into teaching.

• Will I still be connected to the legal profession?

  Absolutely. Our teaching is rooted in real-world legal practice, and we encourage colleagues to stay connected to the profession through research, networking, and industry engagement.

• I’ve only ever worked in practice, how difficult is the transition?

  It’s a common move, and you won’t be alone. Many of our academics have successfully transitioned from practice. We provide training, mentoring, and ongoing support to help you adapt and thrive in an academic environment.

• What is it like to work at The University of Law?

  We’re a collaborative and supportive academic community with a strong focus on student outcomes and professional relevance. Our teams combine academic excellence with real-world legal experience.

• Are there opportunities for career progression?

  Yes, there are clear pathways within academia, including progression into senior academic, leadership, and specialist roles.

• What areas of law are you recruiting for?

  We’re interested in a range of legal specialisms, particularly business, commercial and corporate law, wills and equity, criminal law, property (land and real estate), advocacy, and intellectual property. If you have strong experience in your field, we’d encourage you to get in touch.

• What are the working hours?

  
  To support our innovative and student-centred approach to teaching delivery, the role is based on a 35-hour working week but operates on a 5-over-7-day working pattern. This approach offers flexibility in how hours are worked and will include evenings and/or weekends during teaching weeks. Your working pattern will be discussed and agreed collaboratively each term, subject to operational requirements. This will include designated weekday time off when evening and or weekend working is required to promote wellbeing and work-life balance.

• How we support your development and career growth.

  ULaw are committed to supporting your professional growth to become an outstanding lecturer. If you join us without currently holding a PGCHE or Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), you will be enrolled onto our Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education programme upon successful completion of your probation. We will provide full support to help you achieve both the PGCHE qualification and FHEA status. We also offer the opportunity to obtain your Higher Rights of audience, if you are a solicitor without Higher Rights teaching on the BPC. In addition, suitable candidates can help shape and strengthen our research culture, with research time release to pursue scholarship and publish work on issues of importance to both the legal community and academia.

• What qualifications do lecturers require?

  Lecturer roles
  You’ll need:

  • An undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in a relevant subject
  • Fellowship of Advance HE (HEA), or a willingness to achieve this
  • A teaching qualification, or a willingness to work towards a Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE)

  If you don’t yet hold a teaching qualification or HEA fellowship, we’ll support you to achieve this through a fully funded programme usually within 12 months of passing probation. Successful completion is an essential part of the role.

  Senior Lecturer roles
  You’ll need:

  • A postgraduate qualification (or equivalent) in a relevant subject
  • Fellowship of Advance HE (HEA)
  • PGCHE or equivalent 

  You’ll also bring strong experience in delivering high-quality teaching, supporting students, mentoring colleagues, and contributing to assessment and team leadership.

• What salary can I expect?

  Lecturer roles offer a salary of £40,500 - £42,500.  Senior Lecturer roles offer a salary of £49,000 -£54,000 (In addition, our London based roles attract a location weighting allowance of £4,300).

• Which courses might I be teaching on?

  You will play a pivotal role in delivering high-quality teaching across The University of Law’s diverse course portfolio. We have opportunities to teach across Foundation Year, BPC, SQE, Law Conversion programmes (PGDL and MAL), LLM in Legal Practice, LLB law degree, Professional Skills Course/Professional Development, Academic Masters programmes, and other University offerings. You will be committed to delivering an exceptional student experience, ensuring teaching is engaging, industry-relevant, and delivered to the highest academic standards.

  In addition to teaching and assessing on our programmes, we also provide opportunities to deliver our Professional Development courses to practitioners, design and assess on our CILeX programme and, as the sole assessor of the Higher Rights qualification, you may be involved in Higher Rights assessment design and assessing candidates.

• What sets ULaw apart?

  What sets ULaw apart is our focus on teaching excellence and student outcomes. Our programmes are designed with a structured, practice-led curriculum, meaning lecturers are supported with high-quality teaching materials and assessment frameworks already in place. This allows you to focus on what matters most, delivering engaging teaching and supporting students to succeed.

  You’ll teach in small group settings, enabling meaningful interaction, personalised support, and the opportunity to see the real impact of your teaching on students’ development.