Deputy Law Clinic Manager / Law Clinic Practitioner

Cardiff University; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Cardiff University invites applications for the role of Deputy Law Clinic Manager / Law Clinic Practitioner in the School of Law and Politics. The post supports the Law Clinic Manager and expands our pro bono and employability activities by supervising students delivering legal advice to the local community.

We seek a qualified solicitor, barrister or chartered legal executive with unrestricted practising certificate and ideally 5+ years post-qualification experience, with a vision to grow a

Qualifications

• Requires ability to supervise and mentor students in a legal clinic setting.
• Experience delivering or coordinating skills/employability curriculum is desirable.
• Strong commitment to social justice and clinical legal education is essential.

Responsibilities

• Supervise students delivering legal advice to community members.
• Support Law Clinic Manager and the employability team in expanding the clinical portfolio.
• Deliver skills and employability-led curriculum elements of the law programme.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Education

Qualified solicitor/barrister/chartered legal executive

Job description

Job Advert

Deputy Law Clinic Manager / Law Clinic Practitioner

School of Law and Politics

The Cardiff School of Law and Politics is continuing to make a significant investment in our pro bono activity. We have expanded our social justice mission activities by providing advice to the local community in Cardiff by helping people deal with their legal issues through an externally-facing Law Clinic. This post is to supplement that activity and provide resilience through the role of Deputy Law Clinic Manager.

We are looking for a professionally qualified solicitor, barrister or chartered legal executive, with a relevant restriction-free practising certificate and ideally with five or more years’ post-qualification experience. They will ideally also have the ability and experience to further develop and manage a commercial/corporate/business arm to our law clinic, based initially on our Sports Clubs Law Clinic. They will have the vision and ambition to participate in our expanded law clinic on an ongoing basis, assisting and supervising students with the delivery of advice and assistance to members of the local community.

They will support the Law Clinic Manager and the wider clinic/employability team in the consolidation/expansion of our wider clinical portfolio, including taking academic responsibility for our Professional Placement Year.

The appointee will also be responsible for delivering skills/employability-led elements of the curriculum, including our summer schools. Previous teaching and law clinic experience is desirable.

For further information or an informal discussion, please contact the co-Heads of Pro Bono and Clinical Legal Education, Professor Julie Price ([e-mail]) or Hannah Marchant ([e-mail]).

This post is full time (35 hours per week), open-ended and available to start immediately.

Salary: £51,753 - £56,535 per annum (Grade 7)

Appointments to roles at Cardiff University are usually made at bottom of scale, unless in exceptional circumstances.

Interviews are planned for 2 November. We kindly ask applicants to keep this date available, as alternative interview dates may not be possible.

Date advert posted: Wednesday, 16 September 2026

Closing date: Wednesday, 7 October 2026

Cardiff University is committed to supporting and promoting equality and diversity and to creating an inclusive working environment. We believe this can be achieved through attracting, developing, and retaining a diverse range of staff from many different backgrounds. We therefore welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of sex, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, trans identity, relationship status, religion or belief, caring responsibilities, or age. We especially welcome and encourage applications from those under-represented groups within the University workforce, such as those who identify as LGBT+, Ethnic Minority or those with disabilities. In supporting our employees to achieve a balance between their work and their personal lives, we will also consider proposals for flexible working or job share arrangements.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh, and an application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Hysbyseb Swydd

Dirprwy Reolwr Clinig y Gyfraith / Ymarferydd Clinig Cyfraith

Ysgol y Gyfraith a Gwleidyddiaeth

Mae Ysgol y Gyfraith a Gwleidyddiaeth Caerdydd yn parhau i fuddsoddi’n sylweddol yn ein gweithgarwch pro bono. Rydyn ni wedi ehangu ein gweithgarwch cenhadaeth cyfiawnder cymdeithasol trwy gynnig cyngor i'r gymuned leol yng Nghaerdydd. Rydyn ni’n helpu pobl i ymdrin â'u materion cyfreithiol trwy Glinig y Gyfraith at ddefnydd y cyhoedd. Mae'r swydd hon i ategu'r gweithgarwch hwnnw a chynnig gwydnwch trwy rôl Dirprwy Reolwr Clinig y Gyfraith.

Rydyn ni’n chwilio am gyfreithiwr, bargyfreithiwr neu weithredwr cyfreithiol siartredig â chymwysterau proffesiynol, sydd â thystysgrif ymarfer perthnasol heb gyfyngiadau ac yn ddelfrydol â thair blynedd neu fwy o brofiad ar ôl-cymhwyso. Yn ddelfrydol, bydd ganddyn nhw hefyd y gallu a'r profiad i ddatblygu a rheoli cangen fasnachol/gorfforaethol/fusnes i'n clinig y cyfreithiol, yn lleoliad Clinig y Gyfraith ein Clybiau Chwaraeon i ddechrau. Bydd ganddynt y weledigaeth a'r uchelgais i gymryd rhan yn barhaus yn ein clinig y gyfraith ehangach, gan gynorthwyo a goruchwylio myfyrwyr i roi cyngor a chymorth i aelodau o'r gymuned leol.

Byddant yn cefnogi Rheolwr Clinig y Gyfraith a'r tîm clinig/cyflogaeth wrth gydgrynhoi/ehangu ein portffolio clinigol ehangach, gan gynnwys cymryd cyfrifoldeb academaidd am ein Blwyddyn ar Leoliad Proffesiynol.

Bydd y sawl a benodir hefyd yn gyfrifol am gyflwyno elfennau o'r cwricwlwm sy'n cael eu harwain gan sgiliau/cyflogaeth, gan gynnwys ein hysgolion haf. Mae profiad blaenorol o addysgu ac yng nghlinig y gyfraith yn ddymunol.

I gael rhagor o wybodaeth neu sgwrs anffurfiol, cysylltwch â chyd-Benaethiaid Addysg Gyfreithiol Glinigol a Pro Bono, yr Athro Julie Price ([e-mail]) neu Hannah Marchant ([e-mail]).

Swydd amser llawn a phenagored (35 awr yr wythnos) yw hon ac mae modd dechrau ar unwaith.

Cyflog: £51,753 – £56,535 y flwyddyn (Gradd 7)

Ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, bydd unigolion fel arfer yn dechrau ar waelod y raddfa gyflog, ac eithrio o dan amgylchiadau eithriadol.

Mae cyfweliadau wedi'u cynllunio ar gyfer 2 Tachwedd. Gofynnwn yn garedig i'r ymgeiswyr gadw'r dyddiad hwn ar gael, gan y byddai'n bosibl na fydd dyddiadau cyfweliad amgen ar gael.

Dyddiad hysbysebu: Dydd Mercher, 16 Medi 2026

Dyddiad cau: Dydd Mercher, 7 Hydref 2026

Mae Prifysgol Caerdydd wedi ymrwymo i gefnogi a hyrwyddo cydraddoldeb ac amrywiaeth a chreu gweithle cynhwysol. Rydym o’r farn bod modd gwneud hyn drwy ddenu, datblygu a chadw ystod amrywiol o bobl o lawer o gefndiroedd gwahanol. Felly, rydym yn croesawu ceisiadau gan bobl o bob rhan o’r gymuned, beth bynnag fo’u rhyw, eu hethnigrwydd, eu hanabledd, eu cyfeiriadedd rhywiol, eu hunaniaeth draws, statws eu perthynas, eu crefydd neu eu cred, eu cyfrifoldebau gofalu neu eu hoedran. Rydym yn croesawu ac yn annog ceisiadau yn arbennig gan y rhai o grwpiau nad ydynt wedi’u cynrychioli’n ddigonol o fewn gweithlu'r Brifysgol, fel y rhai sy'n uniaethu fel LGBT+, o gefndiroedd ethnig leiafrifol neu'r rhai ag anableddau. Er mwyn helpu ein cyflogeion i sicrhau cydbwysedd rhwng eu gwaith a’u bywydau personol, byddwn hefyd yn ystyried cynigion i weithio’n hyblyg neu rannu swydd.

Caniateir i geisiadau gael eu cyflwyno yn Gymraeg, ac ni fydd cais a gyflwynir yn y Gymraeg yn cael ei drin yn llai ffafriol na chais a gyflwynir yn Saesneg.