Casual Academic Talent Pool - Law - School of Private and Commercial Law

At UNSW Law & Justice, our commitment to learning as an interactive process ensures our graduates acquire the knowledge and skills for success in pursuing a full range of opportunities, from commercial legal practice to community law centres, to running a start-up or working in the justice or law enforcement system, to roles in government or international organisations, developing law reform or public policy.

The School of Private and Commercial Law is home to world-leading experts in the areas of law that govern our commercial dealings with and obligations to each other. In our teaching, research and policy-oriented work, we seek to engage critically with local and international laws. We explore contracts and business transactions, property dealings, the conduct of corporations, financial institutions and trade organisations, the steps that need to be taken to avoid causing harm, and how to resolve personal and commercial disputes.

Combining intellectual rigour with innovative techniques, we aim to nurture and challenge our students. We help them develop a detailed and precise understanding of core legal doctrines as well as transferable critical skills they can use in legal practice and other commercial environments.

We’re deeply engaged with the law in practice and are committed to forging new connections with and shaping the workings of the legal profession, government agencies and the business sector.

About the role

Our academics are engaged in teaching across the LLB, graduate JD and LLM programs, but our students are also exposed to diverse methods of teaching and learning from our casual Teaching Fellows, who include leading judges, legal practitioners and policy officers. Teaching Fellows are an important and valued part of teaching delivery at UNSW Law & Justice. We are looking for professionals conversant with and passionate about the law to join our experienced Teaching Fellow community.

UNSW Law and Justice is seeking expressions of interest from qualified individuals for casual teaching opportunities in 2025 courses.

We are particularly looking for people with an interest in participatory teaching methods and inculcating in students an appreciation of the connection between law and justice.

About you

You will need:

• A Masters or PhD degree in law or another relevant discipline; or
• A Bachelor’s degree in law or another relevant discipline plus at least 2 years of in-depth professional and/or educational experience that demonstrates advanced legal knowledge, independent learning, critical thinking and problem solving and communication and interaction skills.

Additional Information

Teaching vacancies vary from Term to Term, depending on availability of permanent staff, course offerings and student enrolments. Employment is therefore offered on a Term basis. All employment details, including the duties required, duration of employment and relevant pay rates, will be confirmed with the successful applicant(s) prior to the commencement of duty. Offers of employment will be made in accordance with the UNSW (Academic Staff) Enterprise Agreement 2018.

Closing Dates:

Term 1 course selections: please apply by shortlisting deadline (Friday, 3rd January 2025)

Term 2 course selections: please apply by shortlisting deadline (Monday, 14th April 2025)

Term 3 course selections: please apply by shortlisting deadline (Monday, 5th August 2025)

Summer Term course selections: please apply by shortlisting deadline (Monday, 18th November 2025)

UNSW is committed to equity diversity and inclusion. Applications from women, people of culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, those living with disabilities, members of the LGBTIQ+ community; and people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, are encouraged. UNSW provides workplace adjustments for people with disability, and access to flexible work options for eligible staff. The University reserves the right not to proceed with any appointment.

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