Research Associate in Law

Are you looking for an opportunity to develop your research experience while contributing to projects that address important legal and social challenges?

As a Research Associate in Law, you will work with academic colleagues across Nottingham Law School. Your work will be varied. Depending on the projects to which you are assigned, you may:

- Search for, review and clearly summarise academic literature, legislation, case law and policy materials;
- Contribute to research reports, journal articles and other publications;
- Help design and undertake qualitative research, which may include interviews, focus groups or document analysis;
- Organise, manage and analyse research data in accordance with ethical and data-protection requirements;
- Undertake horizon-scanning to identify emerging legal, policy and research developments;
- Support colleagues in preparing applications for external research funding;
- Assist with research events and engagement activities; and
- Help communicate research findings to academic, professional and public audiences.

You will manage your own agreed tasks while working closely with project leads and other members of the research community based in our three research centres: the Centre for Law, Emerging Technologies and Business, the Centre for Rights and Justice, and the Centre for Legal Education. You may also collaborate with external partners and stakeholders from the public, private and third sectors.

This role offers you the opportunity to strengthen your research skills, broaden your knowledge across different areas of law and contribute to research with real-world relevance and impact. You will join a supportive and inclusive research environment in which collaboration, professional development and the exchange of ideas are encouraged.

The post is offered on a full-time basis, although consideration will also be given to fractional appointments and job-share arrangements.

About Nottingham Law School:
Nottingham Law School (NLS) is one of the leading providers of academic and professional legal education in the country, with an established record of delivering innovative and transformational courses. We are one of the largest law schools in the UK, offering a range of undergraduate degrees, academic and practitioner taught postgraduate courses and a strong research degrees programme. Our students can also gain practical experience volunteering at NLS Legal, our multi-award-winning teaching law firm, the only on-campus law firm at a UK Law School.

Research is central to the School's mission. Our researchers produce innovative, impactful and world-leading work, often engaging with cross-disciplinary developments and some of the most significant challenges facing society. These include the rights, safety and security of vulnerable groups; the accountability of public- and private-sector bodies; and the financial and environmental sustainability of the public, private and third sectors.

Benefits:
- 30–35 days annual leave per year plus statutory bank holidays and 5 university closure days pro rata
- Hybrid working — a mixture of office working and working from home
- Flexibility — open to different working patterns and approaches
- Salary Sacrifice Retirement Savings Plan with life assurance and income protection; minimum colleague contributions of 0% matched with minimum NTU contributions of 8%
- Access to formal and informal professional development opportunities
- Range of health and wellbeing services, including a Health Cash Plan, voluntary benefits, discounts and savings

Interview Date: 19th & 20th November 2026.