Professor of law

REVA University · Bangalore, India

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Title - Professor/ Assistant Professor – School of Legal Studies

Department: School of Legal Studies

Location: REVA University, Bengaluru Campus

Key Responsibilities

1. Academic Excellence & Teaching Leadership Deliver advanced teaching across Undergraduate, Postgraduate, and Doctoral programmes in Law. Contribute to curriculum enrichment, syllabus revision, and course design in accordance with emerging legal developments, judicial trends, and BCI/UGC requirements. Introduce innovative pedagogical practices including case law analysis, moot simulations, clinical legal education, drafting workshops, and experiential learning modules. Develop academic resources, legal case repositories, teaching manuals, and student reference materials. Support continuous academic quality enhancement within the school.

2. Research, Publications & Scholarly Contribution Lead and contribute to high-quality legal research in specialized domains of law. Publish research papers in Scopus/UGC Care/peer-reviewed indexed journals, books, book chapters, and policy papers. Undertake funded research projects, legal consultancy assignments, and socio-legal studies. Promote interdisciplinary research collaborations with other Schools, legal institutions, and policy think tanks. Guide development of case studies, legal commentaries, white papers, and legislative review papers.

3. Faculty Mentoring & Academic Support Mentor junior faculty members in teaching effectiveness, lesson planning, classroom engagement, and academic documentation. Support faculty in research publication strategies, project proposal writing, FDP participation, and academic career progression. Provide academic guidance in outcome-based education, accreditation preparedness, and quality assurance initiatives. Assist the School leadership in maintaining academic discipline and performance standards.

4. Student Development & Academic Mentorship Guide students in academic progression, dissertation work, legal research, publications, moot court preparation, internships, and competitive examinations. Encourage participation in moot courts, legal aid clinics, ADR forums, court visits, and national/international legal competitions. Strengthen professional ethics, legal drafting, advocacy, analytical reasoning, and employability skills among students. Mentor doctoral scholars and postgraduate researchers in thesis quality and publication outcomes.

5. Academic Administration & Compliance Support Support implementation of academic regulations, BCI norms, UGC guidelines, NAAC standards, and University quality benchmarks. Contribute to academic audits, departmental reports, course files, lesson plans, and statutory documentation. Participate in Board of Studies, Research Committees, IQAC initiatives, examination reforms, and curriculum review meetings. Assist in accreditation evidence preparation and departmental academic planning.

6. Industry, Judiciary & Institutional Outreach Develop professional linkages with judiciary members, senior advocates, law firms, corporate legal divisions, NGOs, and policy institutions. Organize guest lectures, legal conclaves, workshops, faculty development programmes, and continuing legal education sessions. Facilitate internships, chamber attachments, field exposure, and legal practitioner interactions for students. Contribute to institutional branding, admissions outreach, rankings, and reputation building through external engagement.

Qualification & Experience Ph. D. in Law from a premium institution with consistently strong academic credentials. Minimum 10 to 15 years of teaching/research experience in higher legal education. Demonstrated experience in legal research supervision, publication, curriculum development, and faculty mentoring. Strong understanding of Bar Council of India regulations, UGC norms, NAAC standards, and legal education quality frameworks. Proven record of scholarly publications, conference presentations, institutional committee participation, and academic leadership contribution.

Key Skills Required International Law Advanced Legal Scholarship Academic Mentorship Curriculum Development Legal Research Orientation Faculty Capacity Building Regulatory Awareness Student Guidance & Supervision Institutional Networking Academic Documentation Communication & Stakeholder Engagement