Professor of Jurisprudence&Transformative Legal Theory, Pretoria

Post Title Lecturer X1, Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor/Professor X2

Responsibilities

The incumbents will be responsible for:

Teaching in and coordinating any of the modules offered by the department of jurisprudence at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, which involves: taking a contextual and transformative approach to: Introduction to Law and Legal Skills; Law and Society/Socio-Legal approaches; Legal Theory/Legal Philosophy (with emphasis on social justice, intellectual history and critical theories of law); Research Methodology; Law and Political Justice; Legal History;

Experience and engagement in combining jurisprudential and philosophical approaches in the context of other sub-fields of law and broad inter‑; multi‑; transdisciplinary scholarship will be a strong advantage;

Conducting academic scholarly research and public engagement;

Engaging with the community through teaching, supervision and research that is embedded in and responsive to the African and South African social context;

Supervising masters and/or doctoral students;

Mentoring students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels;

Academic administration and management experience appropriate to level of appointment;

Performing other duties as delegated by Head of the Department;

The Department of Jurisprudence has a strong tradition of postgraduate supervision. Annually, the Department attracts and admits postgraduate students interested in researching law from diverse theoretical perspectives, particularly critical, transformational or transdisciplinary ones. Applicants with jurisprudential specialisations and / or supervision experience in the following subject areas or fields are especially encouraged to apply:

African philosophy;

Critical legal theory;

Critical constitutional theory / constitutionalism;

Decolonial legal theory;

Legal pedagogy and curriculum transformation;

Law and political economy;

Law and society;

Transformative private law.

Minimum Requirements for Lecturer

At least a master’s degree or an equivalent degree in the discipline of Jurisprudence/Legal Philosophy/Law and Social Theory/Legal History or related areas;

One (1) accredited or peer‑reviewed quality publication output or any publication of a scholarly nature demonstrating the candidate's potential to develop.

Minimum Requirements for Senior Lecturer

A doctoral Degree;

Three (3) years’ relevant tertiary or vocational teaching experience, or five (5) years post‑qualification experience in the legal profession or related field;

Evidence of a successful teaching practice, teaching excellence and compliance with applicable faculty and university performance standards on teaching;

Five (5) accredited or peer‑reviewed quality publication outputs of which at least two (2) must be sole authored;

Two (2) conference papers delivered at either national or international conferences.

Minimum Requirements for Associate Professor

A doctoral degree in one of the abovementioned fields or related fields;

Six (6) years’ tertiary teaching or vocational experience, or eight (8) years’ post‑qualification experience in the legal profession or related field, or a proportionate combination of the aforementioned experience;

12 accredited or peer‑reviewed publication outputs of which at least six (6) must be sole‑authored;

Six (6) conference papers delivered at conferences, of which two (2) must be international;

An NRF research rating, or a positive substantive peer review support, or other proof of academic standing, indicating local and some recognition in the field of expertise;

Evidence of successful supervision of two (2) research master’s or four (4) coursework master’s mini‑dissertations;

Experience in curriculum development and transformation.

Minimum Requirements for Professor

A doctoral degree in one of the abovementioned fields or related fields;

Evidence of a successful teaching practice and teaching excellence;

Eight (8) years’ tertiary or vocational teaching experience, or ten (10) years’ relevant post‑qualification experience in the legal profession or related field, or proportionate;

25 accredited or peer‑reviewed publication outputs of which at least 12 must be sole‑authored;

Eight (8) conference papers delivered at conferences, of which four (4) must be international;

A well‑established and internationally recognised record of research supported by publications in high‑quality peer‑reviewed journals;

Extensive experience in curriculum development and transformation;

Evidence of at least one (1) completed successful doctoral supervision or co‑supervision, successful master’s supervision of at least three (3) research master’s or seven (7) coursework masters mini‑dissertations;

Extensive record of academic leadership, administration and academic citizenship.

Required Competencies

Ability to work in a team;

Ability to work under pressure;

Good language and communication skills;

Participation in national and international academic conferences, seminars and workshops;

Ability to independently plan and initiate discipline‑related research;

An established network of collaborative researchers.

Added Advantages And Preferences for Lecturer

Registration for, or progress with, Doctoral studies will be a strong recommendation;

Relevant tertiary or vocational teaching experience or post‑qualification experience in the legal profession or related field will be a strong recommendation;

A demonstration of how community and public engagement can be integrated into the candidate’s teaching and research will be to the candidate’s advantage;

Relevant academic administration experience will be a recommendation;

Experience in peer review and internal examination;

Experience in or exposure to postgraduate supervision will be to the candidate’s advantage.

Added Advantages And Preferences for Senior Lecturer

Experience in curriculum development and curriculum transformation is recommended;

Successful supervision of at least 1 research master’s degree or 2 coursework master’s mini‑dissertations will be a strong recommendation unless there are subject‑specific factors that require deviation;

Other indicators of the quality and impact of a candidate’s research which will contribute significantly to the candidate advantage include (but are not limited to):

Prestigious scholarly awards;

Fellowships and research collaborations;

Contribution to educational material in the field; citation by courts;

Membership of national and international academic bodies and invitations to present keynote lectures.

Evidence of community and public engagement being embedded in the candidate's research and/or teaching will be a strong recommendation;

Proven record of academic and/or legal administration and academic citizenship will be a strong recommendation. This could include the following:

Journal review and editing;

Participation in departmental committees;

Serving as external moderator or reviewer for other academic and non-academic institutions;

Guest lectures at other academic and non-academic institutions;

Any other engagements and activities which may broadly demonstrate academic leadership and citizenship.

Added Advantages And Preferences for Associate Professor

A postgraduate qualification in one of the mentioned fields above;

Evidence of a successful teaching practice, teaching excellence and compliance with applicable department standard on teaching;

Evidence of completed successful doctoral supervision or co‑supervision will be a strong recommendation;

Successful master’s supervision of at least 2 research master’s or 4 coursework master’s mini‑dissertation;

Evidence of community and public engagement being embedded in the candidate's research and/or teaching will be a strong recommendation;

Strong record of academic and/or legal administration and academic citizenship.

Added Advantages And Preferences for Professor

A postgraduate qualification in one of the mentioned fields above;

Preference will be given to candidates who have teaching and research expertise that complement the Department’s research focus area;

Evidence of a successful teaching practice, teaching excellence and compliance with applicable faculty and university performance standard on Teaching;

Extensive Experience in curriculum development and curriculum transformation;

An NRF research rating, or a positive substantive peer review support, or other proof of academic standing, indicating local and international recognition in the field of expertise is recommended;

Recognition of scholarly contribution and impactful research such as:

Prestigious scholarly awards;

Fellowships and research collaborations;

Contribution to educational material in the field;

Citation by courts;

Membership of national and international academic bodies;

Invitations to present keynote lectures.

Evidence of community and public engagement embedded in research and/or teaching;

Demonstration of how …