Professor of Law

REVA University; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Job summary

REVA University seeks a Professor in the School of Legal Studies to lead advanced teaching across undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral programmes. The role emphasizes curriculum development, innovative pedagogy, and scholarly publication in Scopus/UGC Care indexed venues.

The candidate will mentor junior faculty, supervise dissertations, and contribute to accreditation and quality assurance. Collaboration with industry, judiciary, and policy think tanks is encouraged to enhance experiential

Qualifications

• Ph.D. in Law from a premium institution with consistently strong academic credentials.
• Minimum 15 to 20 years of teaching/research experience in higher legal education.
• Demonstrated experience in legal research supervision, publication, curriculum development, and faculty mentoring.
• Strong understanding of BCI regulations, UGC norms, NAAC standards, and legal education quality frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Deliver advanced teaching across Undergraduate, Postgraduate, and Doctoral programmes in Law.
• Contribute to curriculum enrichment, syllabus revision, and course design in line with legal developments and BCI/UGC requirements.
• Introduce innovative pedagogical practices including moot simulations, clinical legal education, drafting workshops, and experiential learning modules.
• Develop academic resources, legal case repositories, teaching manuals, and student reference materials.
• Support academic quality enhancement within the school.
• Lead and contribute to high-quality legal research and publications in indexed journals and policy papers.
• Mentor junior faculty in teaching effectiveness, research, and career progression.
• Assist in accreditation preparedness, documentation, and quality assurance.
• Develop industry, judiciary, and policy linkages for internships and external engagement.

Skills

Academic leadership

Teaching excellence

Curriculum development

Pedagogical innovation

Moot court guidance

Education

Ph.D. in Law

Job description

Position Title - Professor – School of Legal Studies

Department: School of Legal Studies

Key Responsibilities

1. Academic Excellence & Teaching Leadership

• Deliver advanced teaching across Undergraduate, Postgraduate, and Doctoral programmes in Law.
• Contribute to curriculum enrichment, syllabus revision, and course design in accordance with emerging legal developments, judicial trends, and BCI/UGC requirements.
• Introduce innovative pedagogical practices including case law analysis, moot simulations, clinical legal education, drafting workshops, and experiential learning modules.
• Develop academic resources, legal case repositories, teaching manuals, and student reference materials.
• Support continuous academic quality enhancement within the school.

2. Research, Publications & Scholarly Contribution

• Lead and contribute to high-quality legal research in specialized domains of law.
• Publish research papers in Scopus/UGC Care/peer-reviewed indexed journals, books, book chapters, and policy papers.
• Undertake funded research projects, legal consultancy assignments, and socio-legal studies.
• Promote interdisciplinary research collaborations with other Schools, legal institutions, and policy think tanks.
• Guide development of case studies, legal commentaries, white papers, and legislative review papers.

3. Faculty Mentoring & Academic Support

• Mentor junior faculty members in teaching effectiveness, lesson planning, classroom engagement, and academic documentation.
• Support faculty in research publication strategies, project proposal writing, FDP participation, and academic career progression.
• Provide academic guidance in outcome-based education, accreditation preparedness, and quality assurance initiatives.
• Assist the School leadership in maintaining academic discipline and performance standards.
• Guide students in academic progression, dissertation work, legal research, publications, moot court preparation, internships, and competitive examinations.
• Encourage participation in moot courts, legal aid clinics, ADR forums, court visits, and national/international legal competitions.
• Strengthen professional ethics, legal drafting, advocacy, analytical reasoning, and employability skills among students.
• Mentor doctoral scholars and postgraduate researchers in thesis quality and publication outcomes.

5. Academic Administration & Compliance Support

• Support implementation of academic regulations, BCI norms, UGC guidelines, NAAC standards, and University quality benchmarks.
• Contribute to academic audits, departmental reports, course files, lesson plans, and statutory documentation.
• Participate in Board of Studies, Research Committees, IQAC initiatives, examination reforms, and curriculum review meetings.
• Assist in accreditation evidence preparation and departmental academic planning.

6. Industry, Judiciary & Institutional Outreach

• Develop professional linkages with judiciary members, senior advocates, law firms, corporate legal divisions, NGOs, and policy institutions.
• Organize guest lectures, legal conclaves, workshops, faculty development programmes, and continuing legal education sessions.
• Facilitate internships, chamber attachments, field exposure, and legal practitioner interactions for students.
• Contribute to institutional branding, admissions outreach, rankings, and reputation building through external engagement.

Qualification & Experience

• Ph.D. in Law from a premium institution with consistently strong academic credentials.
• Minimum 15 to 20 years of teaching/research experience in higher legal education.
• Demonstrated experience in legal research supervision, publication, curriculum development, and faculty mentoring.
• Strong understanding of Bar Council of India regulations, UGC norms, NAAC standards, and legal education quality frameworks.
• Proven record of scholarly publications, conference presentations, institutional committee participation, and academic leadership contribution.