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LECTURER IN LAW

UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND, Armidale, New South Wales
LECTURER IN LAW

Department: School of Law
ACU Ref: 58589
Closing Date: 23 May 2011


(2 Positions)


The School of Law is a vibrant and energetic School with a commitment to quality research and teaching, both on-campus, internal students and off-campus distance education students.

We wish to make two appointments at Lecturer Level and strongly encourage applicants with expertise in any field of law to apply. We do, however, expect the ability to teach into the core areas of our law degrees. Special teaching needs exist in the areas of property, commercial and taxation law.

Applicants must have excellent discipline knowledge as evidenced by academic background and/or professional experience, including a postgraduate degree in law or closely related discipline. Successful applicants will be expected to commit to undertake (further) postgraduate qualifications as applicable.

The Law School expects a strong commitment to research. Applicants must have a research track record as evidenced by relevant publications in discipline area and/or equally relevant research activities and the ability to clearly demonstrate continued dedication to research. All applicants with a strong research track record are strongly encouraged to apply. However, it will be an advantage if candidates can demonstrate their ability and willingness to engage in interdisciplinary research and/or in research that can broadly be linked to issues related to law and policy, governance, regulation, rural law and justice or to the broad areas of environmental, agricultural or natural resources law and related fields or research in other fields of law that can be relevant in this context.

The University of New England is situated in the beautiful city of Armidale, New South Wales, Australia and is surrounded by world heritage national parks. From Armidale it is only two hours on the Waterfall Way to the mid north coast of NSW, its beaches and parks. Recognised as a centre for culture, Armidale is well served with high quality cultural events and a range of a high quality public and private primary and secondary schools. The housing market offers a wide array of styles, including larger properties and hobby farms around the city, modern apartments and houses at prices that are still affordable at academic salary rates. The University of New England and its Law School in Armidale is a perfect combination of academic excellence and a high quality life-style offering four seasons and a comfortable climate without the hassles of the large metropolitan areas. (www.armidaleregion.com.au)

Informal enquiries may be directed to the Head of School, Professor Jürgen Bröhmer, phone: +61 2 6773 2430 or email: hoslaw@une.edu.au. Further information about the School can be obtained from the website: www.une.edu.au/law.

Salary: A$74,438 to A$88,222 per annum (Lecturer) plus 17% employer superannuation and optional salary packaging

Closing Date: 23 May 2011

Reference No: 211/030i



The full advertisement and an application package, including selection criteria that must be addressed, may be obtained from www.une.edu.au/recruit or by phoning Human Resource Services, +61 2 6773 3972.

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