Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor / Professor in Law

Qualifications and Attributes

The ideal candidate should meet the following criteria regarding bar admission and educational qualifications:

1. For the position of Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, applicants must have been admitted to the bar for a minimum of 5 years and hold at least an Upper Second-Class Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree, along with a Master's Degree in Law (LLM) from a recognised university.

2. For the positions of Associate and/or Professor, applicants must have been admitted to the bar for at least 10 years and possess a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree, a Master's Degree in Law (LLM), and a PhD from a recognised university.

Duties and responsibilities

The successful candidates will be expected to carry out the following duties among others, to initiate and conduct research in the area of specialisation, participate in community outreach and participate in all academic and professional activities of the department including deliver clinical and experiential legal education at all levels and, to lecture two or more of the following courses:

Law of Evidence, Legislative Drafting, Clinical Legal Education and Revenue Law.

Application letter should clearly state the position being applied for, accompanied by relevant copies of certificates, a detailed Curriculum Vitae (CV) including the names of three traceable referees, and, where available, a statement of the candidate’s teaching and research agenda and samples of publications.

The application package should be sent to:

The Registrar
University of Malawi
P. O. Box 280
ZOMBA

Or 

Email: vacancies@unima.ac.mw not later than 11^TH April, 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be acknowledged.