College Assistant Professor in Private Law (St John's)

St John’s College, one of the largest Colleges within the University of Cambridge, is seeking to appoint a College Assistant Professor in Private Law. This is an early career development post and is offered for a fixed term period of five years.

The successful candidate will be expected to teach nine hours of small group teaching a week during the twenty teaching weeks of the year. Additionally, they will provide supervisions in at least two papers from the Law Tripos at the University of Cambridge under the direction of the Director of Studies; undertake scholarly research within their specialist field and build a high quality publication record; and undertake other academic activities, all with a view to obtaining an academic appointment in Cambridge or elsewhere.

Other duties include attending and when required, contribute to, induction events for new students, to contribute to the academic life of the College, fostering and promoting excellence in the study environment for Law and engaging in societies, seminars and other events and activities relating to Law, to assist in assessing applications for Research Fellowships, when requested to do so, and to serve on a small number of College committees, if requested to do so.

For further particulars, please visit the St John's website.

The closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 9.00am on Monday, 12 January 2025. Interviews are expected to be held on Friday, 23 January 2026.