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The Downing Professorship of the Laws of England Faculty of Law 12 July 2021 Job Reference: JK26945 The Downing Professorship of the Laws of England Faculty of Law 12 July 2021 Job Reference: JK26945 University of Cambridge www.cam.ac.uk Downing Professorship of the Laws of England Background to the role 2) Examining The Professor will be required to undertake The Downing Professorship of the Laws of such University examining as may be England, which was founded in 1800 and required by the Faculty Board. supported from a bequest from Sir George Downing, the founder of Downing College, 3) Supervision will become vacant on 30 September 2022 when the current holder, Professor Dame The Professor will be required to act as the Sarah Worthington QC FBA, retires. The supervisor of postgraduate students as and Professorship is in English Law and is open when requested. to applicants in the field of Private Law. Previous holders have included Professor 4) Administration Andrew Amos, Professor FW Maitland, Administrative duties are shared equitably Professor Sir William Ivor Jennings, among the teaching members of the Professor Stanley de Smith, Professor Faculty. The Professors are expected to Gareth Jones and Professor Sir John play significant roles from time to time on Baker. the Faculty Board, as Faculty Officers and on Faculty Committees dealing with such matters as academic and other Standard Duties appointments, admission of postgraduate 1) Teaching and research students, research and teaching The Professor will take a leading role in assessments, and library and information organising and developing the Faculty’s services arrangements. They are also teaching within the field of Private Law. The encouraged to accept appointment to Professor will be required to deliver University Committees. lectures, seminars and other teaching within the Faculty with the expectation that the Professor, in common with other teaching staff, will offer some 40 hours of University teaching in the course of the academic year. The Professor will be expected to pursue research and other activities in the field of Private Law which enhances its growth as a field of scholarship. This includes fostering the work of colleagues within the University. University of Cambridge www.cam.ac.uk Person Specification Candidates will be considered for the Professorship on the basis of the following selection criteria, which they should address in their application. Criteria Essential Desirable Education An outstanding teaching and research record of international stature in Private Law. The vision, leadership experience and enthusiasm to build on current strengths in maintaining and developing a leading research presence. The ability to further the academic planning and strategic development of Private Law in the University and, where appropriate, to facilitate its development within the UK. The ability to manage and interact effectively with staff and students at all levels. An enthusiastic commitment to the recruitment, training and mentoring of the next generation of researchers, including undergraduates, research students, and postdoctoral research fellows. Candidates are likely to hold a PhD or equivalent postgraduate qualification. University of Cambridge www.cam.ac.uk The Faculty of Law The Squire Law Library is one of the largest academic law libraries in the United Kingdom, housing around 200,000 volumes and providing seats for over 400 readers. Additional support is found within the Cambridge Colleges, many of which have law collections, of varying extent, in their own libraries. The Squire also provides access to an extensive range of commercial electronic services including the Lexis Library, Westlaw UK, Heinonline and Justis and as well as to a significant array of law, and law-related, journals available via the University Library’s gateway, ejournals@cambridge. Some e-books for law are also accessible through the Newton Library catalogue. The Faculty of Law currently has 21 Professors, 13 Readers, 14 Senior Further information can be found on the Lecturers and around 40 other Faculty website at: University, Faculty and College http://www.law.cam.ac.uk. teaching officers. Almost every area of legal interest is represented. The Faculty has an IT team of six and an IT teaching and development officer. There are around 700 undergraduates, 200 Masters level students (LLM and MCL), and about 70 PhD students in the Faculty. About the Faculty The Faculty is housed in a striking modern building designed by Foster and Partners, which brings together on one site the Squire Law Library, the Faculty’s lecture and seminar rooms, and its administrative offices and common room facilities. The Institute of Criminology is housed in separate premises, as is the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. The Centre for Business Research is housed in the Judge Business School building. University of Cambridge www.cam.ac.uk The School of the Humanities and Social Sciences About the School The School of the Humanities and Social ethnography and the analysis of the material Sciences is one of six schools in the culture and thought of past societies. The University and is made up of the following geographical range is equally broad, with institutions: Centres of African, Latin American and South Asian Studies, and specialists within each Faculty of Economics Department or Faculty. Each institution has Faculty of Education its own well-developed research profile, but increasingly we are working across Faculty of History disciplinary boundaries within the School and with colleagues in other Schools. Faculty of Human, Social and Political Science (comprising: Department of The School is participating in University-wide Archaeology; Department of Social Strategic Research Initiatives such as public Anthropology; Department of Politics health, global food security, energy and and International Studies; and conservation which bring the insights of social Department of Sociology) sciences to bear on some of the major issues facing the world today; Cambridge is one of Faculty of Law (including the Institute of the world’s leading centres for science, Criminology) technology and medicine, and the social sciences are now playing an increasingly Department of History and Philosophy of important role in understanding the social, Science political and economic contexts. Department of Land Economy The School is, in terms of student numbers, The School includes a wide range of the largest of the six Schools in the disciplines with differing methodologies, from University. highly quantitative analysis of ‘big data’ to University of Cambridge www.cam.ac.uk Terms of Appointment All appointments to University Offices are Working Pattern subject to the Statutes and Ordinances of The appointment is full-time. the University. Annual leave Salary Subject to compliance with the Statutes and Salary on appointment will be determined Ordinances relating to leave, full time officers by the Vice-Chancellor at an appropriate are entitled in any holiday year to take a point on the University’s salary spine for minimum of 28 days’ annual paid holiday. grade 12, taking into account the criteria for These periods are inclusive of public holidays the respective contribution band. that fall outside Full Term. Professorial salaries are reviewed periodically, on the basis of research, Sabbatical leave teaching and general contribution, by the Cambridge has a generous statutory provision Vice-Chancellor with the assistance of a for leave of absence of one term for every six small Advisory Committee. terms of service. Academic staff use this opportunity for study and research. Chair of the Faculty Should a Professor be appointed as the Pension Chair of the Faculty, a pensionable You will automatically be enrolled to become a payment is made in addition to salary. member of USS (Universities Superannuation Scheme), a defined benefits pension scheme. 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The Right to work in the UK - We have a legal consultancy work must not interfere with the responsibility to ensure that you have the right duties required of the officer under the to work in the UK before you can start working officer’s contract of employment with the for us. Accordingly, shortlisted candidates, University. Consultancy work is not covered whatever their nationality, will be asked to by the University’s insurances, even when provide such evidence at an appropriate stage the Universit y has knowledge that such work in the recruitment procedure.
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