attorney London, England
Job description
Founded in 1894, City, University of London is a global university committed to academic excellence with a focus on business and the professions and an enviable central London location.
City attracts around 20,000 students (over 40% postgraduate level) from more than 150 countries and staff from over 75 countries.
In the last decade, City has almost tripled the proportion of its total academic staff producing world-leading or internationally excellent research. During this period, City has made significant investments in its academic staff, its estate and its infrastructure and continues to work towards realizing its vision of being a leading global university.
Background
Our Community Legal Advice Centre (CityCLAC) opened in October-2022 and advises on areas of social welfare law and small/startup businesses. The service won Best New Pro Bono Activity at the LawWorks Attorney General's awards 2023.
CityCLAC is part of LawIRL, which was launched at the start of the 2022/23 academic year and is a collection of opportunities for students of City Law School to experience the law beyond the classroom and 'In Real Life'.
We aim to combine practical real-world legal experiences with the provision of Pro Bono services to the local community. Through this we hope to widen access to justice and to the legal profession.
City, University of London was ranked among the top three universities in the UK for social mobility. Through LawIRL we are aiming to improve graduate outcomes in the highly competitive field of law.
Responsibilities
The role holder will provide day to day supervision within CityCLAC, running cases within their specialism and providing general skills supervision. This will include; deputising for CityCLAC Director when required, supervising drafting and triage, providing detailed feedback to student advisers, facilitating student reflection, co-leading on training days.
Develop and lead a new placement module, allowing students to obtain academic credits through a placement in the non profit sector, with CityCLAC, or one of our partner organisations.
Person Specification
The roleholder will be a qualified lawyer with significant experience of legal practice specialising in one of our current areas or interested in developing a new area of practice in line with our stated aims.
City, University of London is proud that over 60% of our students are from black, Asian or minority ethnic backgrounds. We therefore want to encourage applicants who reflect our diverse student population.
This is an exciting time for CityCLAC as we are entering a period of expansion and are interested in hearing from candidates who want to be a part of our future.
Additional Information
City offers a sector-leading salary, pension scheme and benefits including a comprehensive package of staff training and development.
Closing date for applications: 27th july 2023 at 11:59pm
Interviews are schedule for W/C 14th August 2023.
The role is available from 11th September 2023.
Subject to agreement, relevant Professional Services roles may be undertaken in a hybrid way. This involves a combination of working on campus and at home each week.
Where hybrid working can be accommodated, specific arrangements will be agreed with the successful candidate before their start date. Regardless of where colleagues are working, City, University of London’s premises will be their primary and contractual place of work.
City, University of London is committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion in all its activities, processes, and culture for our whole community, including staff, students and visitors.
We welcome applications regardless of age, caring responsibilities, disability, gender identity, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, pregnancy, race and ethnic origin, religion and belief, sex, sexual orientation and socio-economic background. City operates a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants.
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