Assistant Professor in Land Law and Law of Trusts (SOC

To ensure we recruit the best possible candidate, we are advertising this role to those interested in a Research & Teaching or Teaching & Curriculum Leadership contract. Please ensure you apply for the pathway that best fits your skills, experience and career aspirations. Both roles fall within our Research and Teaching job family. 

The University of Nottingham, School of Law is looking to recruit an Assistant Professor in Land Law and/or Law of Trusts to join our intellectually engaging and collegial academic environment.  If you are committed to inspiring and engaging students and to developing and conducting innovative, original research and scholarship of national and/or international standing, we want to hear from you. 

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to teach and shape the core undergraduate curriculum, as well as contributing to teaching in either or both of our core undergraduate property law modules: Land Law and Law of Trusts.

You will also be able to contribute to other optional undergraduate and postgraduate modules.

Fuller details of the role are available in the role profile forms, please click through to them via the links below to view the details and apply:

https://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/SOC1525251

https://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/SOC1525252

The School of Law at the University of Nottingham is a dynamic place for research, teaching and learning.  It is consistently ranked amongst the top law schools in the UK and attracts some of the very best students from around the world to its excellent undergraduate, Masters and PhD programmes. All of our academics also contribute to School administration.  

We believe that every one of our staff members can contribute to enhancing the diverse environment in which we work, and we are keen to hear what your contribution could be. We want to appoint people not just based on their past achievements, but also on their potential. We want to draw on the widest possible range of talents and backgrounds.  A diverse and collegiate environment, bringing different perspectives to our work, and allowing people to thrive is the best platform for cutting-edge research and excellent teaching and student support.  

We will shortlist based solely on answers to the questions asked as part of the online application process, so please do not include a CV, as it will not be read. We do not see candidates’ names as part of our shortlisting process: we have found this significantly increases the diversity of candidates we invite to interview. Please avoid disclosing your name. If you would like to share further information (e.g. to explain a career break), please use the ‘additional information’ section.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to the Head of School, Professor Olympia Bekou - Olympia.Bekou@nottingham.ac.uk. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

Closing Date: 09 Jun 2025 Category: Research and Teaching (R&T)