Join Monash Law – Multiple academic opportunities available!
Job no: 677916
Work type: Various work types
Location: Clayton campus
Categories: Various categories
Join Monash Law – Multiple academic opportunities available!
Location: Clayton campus
Employment Type: Full-time and Part-time available
Duration: Continuing appointments
Remuneration: $118,974 - $226,052 pa Level B-E (plus 17% employer superannuation)
- Join our prestigious and innovative Law Faculty
- Become part of our vibrant community of renowned scholars and distinguished alumni
- Enjoy premium facilities, teaching, and clinical spaces, and multi-functional moot court
About Monash Law
At Monash Law, established 60 years ago, we are renowned for our innovative and inclusive approach, strong professional and community connections, and unwavering commitment to justice. We are a place to challenge and be challenged.
When you join Monash Law, you become part of a community deeply engaged with making a difference that operates from seven locations across three continents. Our commitment to the community is evident through our three community legal centres and our Melbourne CBD Law Chambers, with us celebrating 50 years this year of Monash law clinics.
We are a leading, globally engaged Australian law school. We offer a rich, experiential legal education and strong partnerships with the legal profession and industry, providing you with opportunities to make a real difference in the world.
At Monash Law, you'll be part of a vibrant research culture, collaborating with world leaders in legal research and education. Our diverse and innovative research has a significant impact on government, professional, and social levels.
If you are interested in joining a pioneering law school with a global impact, then we would love to hear from you!
Multiple Academic Opportunities Available
Due to sustained growth, we are now seeking exceptional academics to join our inclusive and collaborative team, delivering excellent teaching to our students, and engaging in impactful, meaningful research. Appointments are available across both Teaching & Research and Education-Focused positions.
Academic Levels available including Lecturer (Level B), Senior Lecturer (Level C), Associate Professor (Level D) and Professor (Level E). We are open to applications for those looking for fractional as well as full time appointments.
Teaching & Research Roles
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In these positions, you will make contributions to the educational activities of the Faculty and University, as well as maintaining and developing your scholarly, research and discipline-relevant professional and engagement activities.
Education-Focused Roles
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In these positions, your primary role is in the provision of excellent teaching and associated activities in the Faculty, being involved in educational design and delivery, and educational leadership (including educational or discipline based scholarship).
About you
We are excited to welcome excellent and collegiate academics who are eager to contribute to the success of Monash Law, and who have a passion for educational excellence and rigorous, impactful research.
We are interested to hear from outstanding academics in all areas of Law, and particularly welcome applications from individuals in disciplines that will further strengthen our teaching offerings, such as:
- Private law: property land, trusts, equity, torts, housing and residential tenancies; intellectual property
- Public law: constitutional law, administrative law public law and statutory interpretation
- Ethics and Justice: dispute resolution, legal ethics, access to justice, clinical legal education
- Corporate Finance: corporations law, insolvency and bankruptcy
- Climate change and environmental law and governance
- Law/Tech: artificial intelligence, privacy and digital human rights
- Legal Philosophy
We welcome interest from legal scholars who take all and any approaches to their research (doctrinal, historical, comparative, theoretical/philosophical and so on) as we look to build our capacity and expertise in socio-legal and empirical legal scholarship and methodologies.
Additionally, with the largest clinical legal education programme in Australia and celebrating 50 years of clinics this year, we are interested to hear from those who are able to further strengthen our clinical expertise.
Whether you are based domestically in Australia, in the Asia-Pacific region, or elsewhere around the world, we will value the positive and impactful contribution you will make to our team and our further success.
Please visit our Academic opportunities website to find out more about working in the Faculty.
About Monash
At Monash, work feels different. There’s a sense of belonging, from contributing to something groundbreaking – a place where great things happen. We make tangible contributions because our purpose is clear; to deliver positive economic, social and environmental impact in resolving the global challenges of our age.
At the core of achieving this purpose is the diversity of our staff. We welcome and value everyone's contributions, lived experience and expertise. When you come to work, you can be yourself, be a change-maker and develop your career in exciting ways. This is why we champion an inclusive and respectful workplace culture where everyone is supported to succeed.
Together with our commitment to academic freedom, you will have access to quality research facilities, infrastructure, world-class teaching spaces, and international collaboration opportunities.
Monash is committed to providing a vibrant and purposeful workplace for Indigenous staff and to delivering a robust and best practice program to support Indigenous staff recruitment, development, and retention.
As the first university to have a dedicated Australian Indigenous Centre, Monash has an enduring commitment to Indigenous peoples and communities. We work to ensure that the legacy of that Centre continues today, through both our Indigenous student success teams and the Monash Indigenous staff network.
Join the pursuit of our purpose to build a better future for ourselves and our communities – #ChangeIt with us.
To Apply
Diversity is one of our greatest strengths at Monash Law. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, culturally and linguistically diverse people, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, and people of all genders, sexualities, and age groups.
To apply, please use the relevant links below to submit your:
- your CV (maximum 10 pages), and
- covering letter (maximum 4 pages) outlining your interest in joining Monash Law and your alignment with the Key Selection Criteria via the link below.
Longlisted candidates will be requested to submit recent examples of their research outputs.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process at Monash. If you need any reasonable adjustments, please contact us at hr-recruitment@monash.edu in an email titled 'Reasonable Adjustments Request' for a confidential discussion.
For additional support with your application, please refer to
To apply for Teaching & Research opportunities - click here
To apply for Education-Focused opportunities - click here
Enquiries: Professor Liz Campbell, Associate Dean (Academic Staffing) - Faculty of Law, liz.campbell@monash.edu or Professor Steven Vaughan, Dean - Faculty of Law, steven.vaughan@monash.edu
Position Descriptions:
Teaching & Research
Education-Focused
Applications Close: Sunday 8 June 2025, 11:55pm AEST
Your employment is contingent upon the satisfactory completion of all pre-employment and/or background checks required for the role, as determined by the University.
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