Job Description

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General

Lady Margaret Hall wishes to appoint a 12-hour Stipendiary Lecturer (or two 6-hr posts) to provide undergraduate teaching in Law from 2 January 2026 to 31 December 2026, in the areas of Jurisprudence, Criminal Law, and to provide teaching to Visiting Students on bespoke courses - further information below.

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Lady Margaret Hall (LMH)

Lady Margaret Hall is located in spacious gardens beside the University Parks. The College was founded in 1878 with a dual passion for learning and for equality, specifically making it possible for women to study at Oxford the first time. In 2016, LMH was the first Oxbridge college to a launch a Foundation Year targeted at under-represented but academically able students. We combine consistently high academic standards with a long tradition of being a welcoming, stimulating and inclusive environment.


In 2025 LMH is a thriving co-educational academic community of over 420 undergraduate and some 300 postgraduate students. We have a Governing Body Fellowship of 48 with academics from across all four Divisions of the University. These include Statutory Professors, Tutorial Fellows, Official Fellows and Supernumerary Fellows.


We have around 140 support staff across the College and an additional cohort of some 60-academic staff. We are particularly proud to be the only Oxbridge college to hold the Gold Award from Investors in People for our support staff.


LMH is committed to research and scholarship and to effective, highly personalised teaching and learning. The collegiate system fosters a strong sense of community, bringing together leading academics and students across subjects, and from different cultures and countries. Our current strategic plan recognises the importance of student-staff collaboration.



Our Principal, Professor Christine Gerrard, is continuing LMH's commitment to reducing barriers to higher education as well as strengthening investment in our people: students, academics, support staff and alumni. https://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/



The College Library (80,000 volumes) exists to support the members of the College, particularly our students, with multiple copies of key textbooks and broad modern collections covering all of the subjects studied at the LMH. It is open 24 hours a day for college members, and by appointment for other users. The provision for Law is excellent, with multiple copies of all the key undergraduate texts that ensure all students can borrow books for most of the year as required. There are also copies of more specialist texts. Most importantly students can suggest texts that they feel would be useful and these are obtained within 24 hours.



We have outstanding professional Wellbeing support in College, including two Study Skills Lecturers.
https://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/current-students/wellbeing



To find out more about the College, please see our website www.lmh.ox.ac.uk

3. Law at LMH

Lady Margaret Hall has five Fellows in Law: Professor Sanja Bogojevi? (Official Fellow and Tutor), Dr David Campbell (Official Fellow and Tutor), Dr Roxana Banu (Official Fellow and Tutor), Professor Robert Stevens (Professorial Fellow), Professor Ewan McKendrick (Emeritus Professorial Fellow). The Law school at LMH also has a college Stipendiary Lecturer, Mr Sebastian Bates, Barrister at Temple Garden Chambers.



We admit up to a combined total of 8 undergraduates to the three-year course in Law and four-year course in Law with Law Studies in Europe. We currently have 28 undergraduates on course. Law also recruits one student each year through the Oxford University Astrophoria Foundation Year.



In addition, we have 3 one-year graduate students reading for the BCL/MJur, 1 student reading for the MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice, 2 reading for the MSc in Law and Finance, as well as 8 graduate students reading for doctoral research degrees. (*2024-25 figs).



We have a number of Law prizes and bursaries for our undergraduates and graduates, thanks to generous donations from our alumni.
Main duties of the post


i) To undertake for Lady Margaret Hall ('LMH') twelve hours of tutorial teaching per week, averaged over the three 8-week terms which constitute the academic teaching year. The candidate must be willing and able to:teach Jurisprudence and Criminal Law to matriculated undergraduates of LMH and to support; deliver the teaching of Law topics to Visiting Students: Civil Rights; Law and Liberty; Theory of Criminal Law; Legal Philosophy. For additional information: Law | Lady Margaret Hall
ii) To share the organisation of law teaching in LMH, including the series of enrichment events organised within the Law School;

iii) To share the responsibility of acting as personal tutor to law undergraduates (that is, the person responsible for their academic wellbeing), and to act as college adviser to some of the graduate members of the College reading for higher degrees in law and related subjects;

iv) To contribute to pedagogical initiatives aimed at supporting undergraduate law students at LMH and to set and mark College exams ("collections");

iv) To take part in the annual admissions procedures for the selection of law undergraduates at LMH, which includes interviewing, and to share the associated administration; If you have not received training for admissions interviewing at Oxford, you will be required to undertake this.

v) To take part in the Open days as well as outreach and access initiatives organised by the College, and to contribute and support the promotion of law studies at LMH, including initiatives with Alumni and the student-led LMH law society;

You will work under the direction of the Law Fellows and the Senior Tutor.
Selection Criteria


The successful candidate will:have attained a high level of academic achievement (commensurate with the candidate's career stage); have the ability or potential to be an effective and inspiring teacher in the tutorial context. Some experience of tutorial teaching would be an advantage; have the ability to teach Jurisprudence and Criminal Law to matriculated undergraduates, and Civil Rights, Law and Liberty, Theory of Criminal Law and Legal Philosophy to Visiting Students; demonstrate an understanding of the needs of high achieving undergraduates, and a commitment to fostering high academic standards among undergraduates; demonstrate good communication skills, as well as the sensitivity needed to deal effectively with pastoral duties; demonstrate enthusiasm for involvement in the wider life of the College and the potential to contribute to its intellectual life; Salary, Emoluments, Benefits and How to Apply


Salary will be on the Senior Tutors' scale for stipendiary lecturers, i.e. a salary 33,810 - 37,338 for 12 hours at 2025/26 rates. The post is superannuated within the Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS). A research allowance of (366) per annum will be reimbursed on submission of receipts to the Senior Tutor. The lecturer will be entitled to weekday lunches in Hall without charge during full term and the vacation, and one free dinner per week during term (this includes Week 0 and Week 9, and either of the Formal Guest Nights). Other meals may be taken if paid for; all drinks and formal desserts are charged. The lecturer will also have 37 per head for entertainment purposes, for each undergraduate and graduate to whom they are Personal Tutor and Graduate College Adviser. The lecturer will be entitled to a share of a college room for teaching purposes, and will be eligible for membership of the Senior Common Room at Lady Margaret Hall.

Additional college benefits and family-friendly policies

Additional benefits include a free annual flu jab, employee assistance programme, a parking permit scheme, a childcare salary sacrifice scheme, a bicycle purchase scheme, a bus and Train Season Tickets.



Sports Facilities - The College has a small on-site gym which is available for staff use (for a small fee). Staff may also apply to join many of the sports clubs available through the University of Oxford, though priority is given to students. Further information is available at www.sport.ox.ac.uk/oxford-university-sports-facilities




There is no entitlement to sabbatical leave.

Method of Application

Applications can be submitted via the 'Apply Now' button to arrive not later than noon (UK time) on

Friday 21 November 2025

. Applicants are asked to supply:

(a) A brief covering letter setting out your suitability for this post, including relevant teaching experience. Please also indicate if you wish to be considered only for the 12-hour post or if you would consider a job share (indicating which teaching areas you could offer).

(b) An up-to-date curriculum vitae.

Please submit both documents as one pdf in the 'Resume' section.



We expect to interview shortlisted candidates at LMH on

Thursday 4 December 2025.

Should you be shortlisted

, you will need to ask two referees, to write

directly

via email to Jo White (academic-recruitment@lmh.ox.ac.uk) . References must be sent by email from an institutional email address. A copy of the Further Particulars should be passed to referees, and the Selection Committee would like to take this opportunity to thank referees for their help.



Shortlisted applicants will be asked to provide and present an outline of how they would teach a set of tutorials in Jurisprudence chosen from the current Law curriculum. Further details will be made available after shortlisting.



A principal aim of this College's Equal Opportunities Policy is to ensure that in the recruitment, selection, training, appraisal, development and promotion of employees, the only consideration must be that the individual best meets, or is likely to meet, the requirements of the programme or course or post.



Lady Margaret Hall is committed to provide a learning, working and social environment in which the rights and dignity of all its members are respected, and which is free from prejudice, 5 intimidation and all forms of harassment, including bullying. We seek to ensure that no-one suffers, either directly or indirectly, as a result of discrimination.



Please note that any personal data submitted to Lady Margaret Hall as part of the job application process will be processed in accordance with the GDPR and related UK data protection legislation. For further information, please see the LMH Privacy Notice at: https://www.lmh.ox.ac.uk/privacy-notice
About LMH


LMH began with nine women and is now a vibrant academic community transforming the lives of hundreds of students. We are diverse, open, intellectually curious and pioneering. We continue to break boundaries as the first Oxford College to establish a Foundation Year for under-represented students.

Application Deadline

November 21, 2025

Department

Academic Office

Employment Type

Fixed Term Contract

Location

Oxford

Workplace type

Onsite

Compensation

33,810 - 37,338 / year