Herbert Smith Professorship of English Private Law

Faculty of Law in association with Lady Margaret Hall

The University of Oxford intends to make an election to the Herbert Smith Professorship of English Private Law, in the Faculty of Law, with effect from a date to be agreed with the successful candidate.

The Oxford Faculty of Law is a major centre for the study of English private law, and has an extraordinary community of more than thirty academics in permanent posts, teaching and writing in subjects across the law of obligations and property. The strength and depth of research in the Faculty are particularly reflected in the array of excellent private law graduate courses for the BCL and MJur including Conflict of Laws, Philosophical Foundations of the Common Law, Restitution of Unjust Enrichment, and Commercial Remedies.

The Herbert Smith Professor of English Private Law will be a leader in scholarship and teaching in one or more of the core private law subjects. He or she will be expected to play a major role, on behalf of the University of Oxford, in nurturing and developing the intellectual climate of legal studies, by publication and teaching, and by participation in the wider scholarly life of the subject.

Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. To apply for this role and for further details, including the job description and selection criteria, please click on the link below:

https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=100798

Applications must arrive no later than 12 noon UK time on Monday 17 October 2011. You will be required to upload a supporting statement and CV, and the names and contact details of 3 referees as part of your online application.

Applications are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.