Tuesday, 12 January 2016

Work as a Research Assistant for the Law Commission

Are you interested in improving the law?  Want to contribute to policy making? Seeking a period of high quality research work? 

The Law Commission is recruiting Research Assistants and currently have 18 posts available in the following teams:

- Commercial and Common Law
- Criminal Law
- Property, Family and Trust Law
- Public Law
- Statute Law Repeals

The minimum criteria for these roles is set out here - http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/working-for-the-law-commission

In brief you will need to have:

- Outstanding research and writing skills
- Completed two years' full-time substative legal studies (or the equivalent in part- time study).
- Results of a first class or good 2.1 with some elements of first class work

The posts are on a fixed term basis, for approximately 51 weeks.  The start date will be 5 September 2016.  The salary will be £25,007.  You will receive 25 days annual leave plus paid time off for public holidays and 1 privilege day.

Applications opened on 4th January and close on 1 February 2016.

To apply, visit https://www21.i-grasp.com/fe/tpl_moj01.asp?newms=jj&id=52650

All queries to - recruitment@lawcommission.gsi.gov.uk or telephone 020 3334 3648