Position Number: 0064085
Location: Parkville
Role type: Full-time; Continuing
Faculty: Melbourne Law School
Salary: Level E – $226,517 p.a. plus administrative loading
Opportunity
This is a unique and exciting opportunity for a distinguished legal scholar committed to excellence and innovation within the equity and trusts discipline, to join the faculty as the inaugural Allan Myers Chair in Equity and Trusts. Reporting to the Dean.
This significant and prestigious role is expected to lead and conduct cutting-edge research that advances the understanding of Equity and Trusts across the world, contributing to the faculty’s reputation for excellence and its commitment to addressing contemporary legal challenges. The appointee will play a key role in building community and collaboration at Melbourne Law School, helping to nurture the next generation of private law scholars.
About You
The successful applicant will be a distinguished legal scholar in the area of Equity and Trusts, with a proven record as a successful educator and researcher, with a substantial publication record.
- A good first degree in law
- A doctoral degree in a relevant field
- Significant expertise in the doctrines and institutions of equity and the law of trusts
Full list of the key search criteria can be found in the attached PD.
About Us
Faculty of Law
Melbourne Law School is Australia’s first all-graduate law faculty. The Melbourne Law School was the first faculty in Australia to teach law and awarded this country’s first law degree.
The Law School has now committed itself to build on our more than 150-year history of excellence and innovation by shifting from undergraduate legal education to the global standard, graduate level Juris Doctor degree. Coupled with the unrivalled excellence of the Melbourne law Masters and its internationally renowned Research Higher Degree programs, the Law School offers a unique opportunity for the integration of scholarship and teaching. https://law.unimelb.edu.au
Employee Benefits
We offer generous employee benefits to help maximise your work life. These include flexible and family friendly working conditions, salary packaging, internal School and Faculty grant schemes including a dedicated scheme for women and generous leave provisions. This is a fantastic opportunity to work in a culturally rich and values-based environment.
To find out more, go to https://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/staff-benefits
How to apply
Please submit your application, including your resume (with referees listed), cover letter and responses to the key search criteria found in the Position Description for the role.
If you have any questions about the role, please email Professor Belinda Fehlberg b.fehlberg@unimelb.edu.au
Position Description
