Clinical Supervising Lawyer -Sutherland Building, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 8ST, GB
Salary: 41,885 – 46,970 (pro rata)Work hours: Office Hours Monday to Friday, Part Time
Job Description
ABOUT THE ROLE
Join the multi-award-winning Student Law Office at Northumbria University, where you will supervise the next generation of solicitors while working on real cases for real clients. We are recruiting a Clinical Supervising Lawyer to join our growing team.
As a Clinical Supervising Lawyer, you will draw on your experience as a qualified Solicitor or Barrister to provide legal advice and representation to Student Law Office clients. Alongside this, you will guide the students assigned to your cases as they grow into confident, practice-ready lawyers. You will delegate effectively, check student work before clients receive advice, meet regularly with students (including appraisal meetings), keep academic staff informed through student appraisal comments, and carry out the administrative tasks you would expect to find in a law firm.
The Student Law Office currently advises across ten practice areas: civil litigation, commercial, crime, education, employment, family, housing, inquests, private client and SEND. We welcome applications from solicitors with expertise in any area of legal practice, and we are keen to hear from you whatever your specialism.
Further information is available in the role description for Clinical Supervising Lawyer.
Please note that the role is advertised at 0.8 FTE; however, we welcome applications from candidates seeking a different FTE and are open to considering alternative arrangements.
ABOUT THE TEAM
Northumbria Law Schoolis one of the largest law schools in the UK, with a national and international reputation for innovation in legal education. We deliver a wide range of academic and professional undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, with hands-on, practical learning at their core.
At the heart of our experiential learning programme is the Student Law Office, a multi-award-winning pro bono law clinic and one of the longest-running in the UK. In 202526, 324 students worked on 303 cases across 31 live client firms, donating over 336,000 of free legal services to the local community. We are past winners of the Northern Law Awards Pro Bono/Community Initiative Award, and in 2026 we were shortlisted for the LexisNexis UK Legal Awards University Pro Bono Award and named Northern Law Awards finalists once again. Our team has grown to nine Clinical Supervising Lawyers, and our work keeps expanding, from new SEND and Education services to EduCourt, our partnership with HMCTS offering free sessions inside a real courtroom at the Civil, Family and Tribunal Courts in Newcastle. As a Clinical Supervising Lawyer you will help shape what comes next, working alongside academic colleagues in the Law School and aligned support staff.
ABOUT YOU
You will bring recent and sustained experience of working as a Solicitor or Barrister in areas relevant to the activities of the Student Law Office; all areas of legal practice will be considered. You will have a good Honours degree in Law (at least a 2:1) or equivalent, currently hold or be able to obtain a practising certificate as a Solicitor or Barrister, and have a track record of continuous professional development.
Further information is available in the person specification for Clinical Supervising Lawyer.
If you would like an informal discussion about this role, please contact sarah.wade@northumbria.ac.uk.
To apply for this vacancy please click ‘Apply Now‘. Your application should include a covering letter and a CV.
ABOUT US
Join Northumbria University, a research-intensive institution unlocking potential and changing lives locally and globally. Named Times Higher Education’s University of the Yearin 2022 and Modern University of the Yearin 2025, we rank top 25 in the UK for research power. Discover more about us.
With over 37,000 students from over 140 countries, we offer world-leading research, award-winning partnerships, and an outstanding student experience. We empower our exceptional staff, promoting a positive work-life balance and offering great benefits, including excellent pension schemes, flexible working, generous holiday entitlement and more.
Our Northumbria Values, co-created by our team, define who we are: Academic Excellence, Innovation, Inclusivity, Collaboration, and Ambition. Our Behaviours shape our work culture: We listen and learn, support one another, respect everyone, trust each other, and are bold.
Based in Newcastle upon Tyne and London, we are an on-campus organisation and offer flexible hours and location where the role allows. We pride ourselves on diversity and inclusivity, holding a Silver Athena Swan in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality, a bronze Race Equality Charter Award and we are a Disability Confident Leader. We also hold the HR Excellence in Research award for implementing the concordat supporting the career Development of Researchers and are members of the Euraxessinitiative to deliver information and support to professional researchers. The University has implemented a range of flexible working arrangements, and we are happy to explore candidate requirements as part of the recruitment process.
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