The Associate Professor will provide leadership and foster excellence in teaching and research efforts of the School, within the University, and with the community and professional sectors.
The Associate Professor is responsible for providing original, innovative and distinguished contributions to the School’s programs, for maintaining and advancing their scholarly, research and/or professional capabilities relevant to the discipline of law at a national and international level. The Associate Professor will also teach and make a significant contribution to teaching and learning in the discipline with the aim of improving learning outcomes for students and to contribute substantively to the academic and administrative, consultative and coordination tasks involved with these courses. The Associate Professor will have expertise in using educational technologies in delivery of legal education.
The Associate Professor will develop, engage in and lead high-quality research projects that are aligned with the University’s research focus areas to achieve success in attracting research funding and produce high-quality outputs in the discipline of law. The Associate Professor will have an important research leadership role in embedding their research expertise into the life of the School, supporting early and mid-career academics, and will be required to develop high-quality, productivity-driven collaborations across the School, RMIT and with local, national and global partners.
The Associate Professor will make a significant contribution to the planning and strategic direction of the School, taking on academic leadership roles involving participation in various committees within the School, College and University and external to the University, as appropriate. The Associate Professor may be appointed as Deputy Head of School of Law, as a Program Manager or other leadership roles or to provide strategic leadership for learning and teaching or research and scholarship.
To be successful in this position, you’ll have:
Extensive experience in research leadership with the ability to build and develop collaborative research teams, mentor academic staff to deliver high-quality outcomes, attract and secure external research funding to sustain research effort, manage funded research projects including complex budgets and reporting requirements.
Demonstrated high level of interpersonal, communication and negotiating skills including the ability to consult with senior executives, external bodies, produce executive reports, negotiate agreed directions, outcomes and targets within a collaborative environment.
Please Note: Appointment to this position is subject to passing a Working with Children and National Police Check.
About the School of Law
The School of Law, launched in 2025, emerged from the Graduate School of Business and Law. The School provides an open and collaborative intellectual environment, with academics who stand at the frontiers of interdisciplinary knowledge creation that is both rigorous and relevant, benefiting business, the legal system, and society at large. The School of Law, located at the historic Emily McPherson Building, provides RMIT law students with an engaging learning environment, superior educational resources, quality teaching staff and strong industry connections.
Our research approach focuses on co-creation with stakeholders in a range of different sectors across Australia, the Asia Pacific, and the world. Through our research, we aim to develop thought leaders in important technological, social, environmental, and economic debates. Law academics are involved in research across many fields of law and engage in interdisciplinary research. Interest areas include Business and Human Rights, Law and Technology, International Law, Labour Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution and Access to Justice, Company Law and Corporate Governance and Regulation, Climate and Energy Law, Gender Justice and Mental Health Law.
Our teaching programs are intricately linked to our research efforts, and we teach students the same techniques that we use to help solve the most complex problems facing the legal sector. The Juris Doctor Program (JD) was introduced in July 2007 and provides non-law graduates the opportunity to obtain a qualification that leads to entry into the legal profession. In 2021 RMIT commenced offering accredited Bachelor programs in Law including Law double degrees, Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Accounting and in 2025, the Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Professional Communication and Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Commerce.
Our strength lies in our ability to develop well-educated, self-aware and highly competent graduates. For more information please visit:
School of Law - RMIT University
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Position Description – Associate Professor, Law
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