Deadline: 07-08-2012
Keele University - School of Law
FACULTY OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES
Inner Temple/Keele Doctoral Award: Professional Intervention, Social Mobility and Access to the Legal Profession.
This is a PhD project jointly funded by The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, one of the four Inns of Court, and Keele University.
The project aims to explore the role that professional bodies, such as the Inns of Court, can play in improving and encouraging access to the legal profession. It would consider the relationship between professional bodies and the broader membership in determining the need to address social mobility issues and how it should be achieved. It will also seek to assess the value that different types of interventions can play in challenging assumptions on the part of both recruiters and potential applicants, and how far these efforts can go to address the problems of social mobility in the context of the legal profession. As such, the project has the potential to make a significant contribution to existing literature on the professions, particularly in evaluating the role that professional bodies may play as an agent for change.
The successful candidate may have a broad social science educational background (not necessarily in Law), but will need to demonstrate an awareness of contemporary issues facing the legal profession (particularly in relation to social mobility). Although the broad parameters of the project have been set, there is scope for the successful candidate to develop their own direction in consultation with the supervisory team. The project represents an exciting opportunity to contribute to a developing area of academic literature and policy. As one of the four Inns of Court, Inner Temple has a historical role in the education and training of barristers. At Keele, the successful candidate will be joining a growing team of researchers exploring issues relating to Legal Education and Professional Practice. The project lead, Dr Andrew Francis, published his most recent book At the Edge of Law: Emergent and Divergent Models of Legal Professionalism in 2011.
Please contact: Dr Andrew Francis for further information about the project. E: a.m.francis@keele.ac.uk.
Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Law: - in any area of Law.
There is an exciting opportunity for an individual with strong research potential to join a School with a strong track record of research excellence, to undertake a funded PhD programme and to develop teaching experience. Key areas of research strength lie in Gender, Sexuality and Law, Healthcare Law and Ethics, International Law and Globalisation and Legal Education and Professional Practice, with excellent smaller groups working in Property and Crime. The successful applicant's project need not fall within these areas, but they are encouraged to identify specific areas of research expertise within the School before making an application.
A GTAship role will normally involve contributing no more than 6 hours per week of teaching.
Please contact Dr Ruth Fletcher for further advice about this opportunity. E: r.fletcher@keele.ac.uk
For further information for both posts, please visit: http://www.keele.ac.uk/pgresearch/choosingaresearchdegree/studentships/
Closing date: 7th August 2012
Inner Temple/Keele Doctoral Award: Professional Intervention, Social Mobility and Access to the Legal Profession.
This is a PhD project jointly funded by The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, one of the four Inns of Court, and Keele University.
The project aims to explore the role that professional bodies, such as the Inns of Court, can play in improving and encouraging access to the legal profession. It would consider the relationship between professional bodies and the broader membership in determining the need to address social mobility issues and how it should be achieved. It will also seek to assess the value that different types of interventions can play in challenging assumptions on the part of both recruiters and potential applicants, and how far these efforts can go to address the problems of social mobility in the context of the legal profession. As such, the project has the potential to make a significant contribution to existing literature on the professions, particularly in evaluating the role that professional bodies may play as an agent for change.
The successful candidate may have a broad social science educational background (not necessarily in Law), but will need to demonstrate an awareness of contemporary issues facing the legal profession (particularly in relation to social mobility). Although the broad parameters of the project have been set, there is scope for the successful candidate to develop their own direction in consultation with the supervisory team. The project represents an exciting opportunity to contribute to a developing area of academic literature and policy. As one of the four Inns of Court, Inner Temple has a historical role in the education and training of barristers. At Keele, the successful candidate will be joining a growing team of researchers exploring issues relating to Legal Education and Professional Practice. The project lead, Dr Andrew Francis, published his most recent book At the Edge of Law: Emergent and Divergent Models of Legal Professionalism in 2011.
Please contact: Dr Andrew Francis for further information about the project. E: a.m.francis@keele.ac.uk.
Graduate Teaching Assistantship in Law: - in any area of Law.
There is an exciting opportunity for an individual with strong research potential to join a School with a strong track record of research excellence, to undertake a funded PhD programme and to develop teaching experience. Key areas of research strength lie in Gender, Sexuality and Law, Healthcare Law and Ethics, International Law and Globalisation and Legal Education and Professional Practice, with excellent smaller groups working in Property and Crime. The successful applicant's project need not fall within these areas, but they are encouraged to identify specific areas of research expertise within the School before making an application.
A GTAship role will normally involve contributing no more than 6 hours per week of teaching.
Please contact Dr Ruth Fletcher for further advice about this opportunity. E: r.fletcher@keele.ac.uk
For further information for both posts, please visit: http://www.keele.ac.uk/pgresearch/choosingaresearchdegree/studentships/
Closing date: 7th August 2012
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