Associate Lecturer - Law

About the role

We are looking for talented Associate Lecturers in Law to join our collegial team, contributing to teaching and development of law modules on a part time basis at various times through the - academic year.

The Associate Lecturer posts require lecturing, taking seminar groups, assessment and working as part of a team of tutors.

About you (requirements)

Ideally you will have expertise in one or more of the following areas (please see below for further information on Associate Lecturer role specifics) :

• Tort Law
• Employment Law
• Business Law
• Dissertation supervision
• Equity and trusts
• Property Law

About us

Bath Spa University is focused on creative enterprise and guided by our four values of respect, inclusivity, collaboration and sustainability. We teach around 8, students on a set of campuses around Bath, with most being located at Newton Park, including a listed Georgian house and grounds, or Locksbrook Road, our new city-centre art and design campus.

Our purpose is to challenge our students and staff to realise their talent and thrive, for their own benefit and for the wider good. By doing this we will think and make the world better.

About Bath Business School and Law

Bath Business School offers distinctive undergraduate and postgraduate business courses that firmly embed creativity, enterprise, and entrepreneurial education within the curriculum. Staff and students are ethically aware, socially engaged and globally connected through business links, research, and professional and creative industry networks. Our provision is underpinned by practice-based interdisciplinary research and we submitted to the REF in . We aim to offer learners a high-quality educational experience, within a beautiful countryside location, close to the world heritage city of Bath.

Our Law Degrees

Having begun our law provision with 25 students in we have been able to develop an LLB, two LLM postgraduate degrees, as well as the development of the Bath Law Clinic and our Social Enterprise Clinic. In we had over students at Level 4. We have ambitious plans to grow our law provision and are looking for talented lecturers to contribute to our development.

Our new LLB Law degree has been designed to be unique, and at the cutting edge of legal education. It incorporates a range of business skills and optional modules whilst encompassing the foundations of legal knowledge found in SQE 1 and many elements of SQE 2. We believe in giving our students a high-quality educational experience, exceptional opportunities to become highly employable as well as unrivalled pastoral care. At undergraduate level we also offer multiple placement opportunities including a placement year.

Our LLM in Legal Foundations is designed for non-law graduates who are seeking the foundation subjects and SQE 1 preparation whilst our LLM in Law and Business offers a fusion of law and business-related subject matter, providing a contemporary, practical, and innovative perspective that looks to the future and to the development of creative professionals and entrepreneurs.

Both our LLB and the LLMs offer a range of authentic assessments, as well as the opportunity to take the Law Clinic module. The Bath Law Clinic is a result of an impressive joint venture between Bath Spa University, Stone King LLP and the Citizens Advice Bureau BANES.

We believe that this is a great opportunity to join a team of friendly and ambitious law academics at an exciting time where you will really be able to contribute to the development of legal education in Bath and to enable you to really make your mark.

For further information contact Steven Goulton, Law Course Director, Bath Business School, .

How to apply

For further information or to apply on-line please visit Please note that CVs will not be considered and those included with application forms will be removed. Any queries regarding the application process or our website should be emailed to

We offer excellent facilities and benefits to our staff. These include a nursery, childcare vouchers, pension scheme, flexible working practices, an employee assistance programme, and family-friendly policies.

Note in general teaching commences week beginning 25 September but module development and preparation will be before this date. Our / term dates can be found at

Please note that there is no guarantee of employment for candidates who are selected to join the pool of Associate Lecturers staff and that variable numbers of hours may be offered.