BITS Law School, Mumbai welcomes applications for Full-time appointments for Professor

of Law.

Location: BITS Law School, BITS Pilani – Greater Mumbai Campus, Kalyan, Maharashtra.

Joining: May 2026 /June 2026

About BITS Law School

BITS Law School offers legal knowledge, practical training, and holistic education to build leaders who will

be passionate to create a more fair, just, and inclusive society. Towards this goal, we embrace all learners

who bring the right ethos, a penchant for learning the law, and who share our belief in bending the arc of

the moral universe towards justice. Our progressive, interdisciplinary, and technology-led approach will

help students learn to know the law, learn to practice law, learn to live with law, and learn to empower

through law. Our mission is to provide a transformative legal education that merges traditional legal rigour

with modern, interdisciplinary perspectives. We are seeking passionate educators and scholars to join our

founding faculty and shape the future of legal education.

Position Overview

We are looking for dedicated and energetic individuals for the position of Professor of Law. The

successful candidates will be responsible for delivering high-quality teaching, conducting impactful

research, and contributing to the vibrant academic community at BITS Law School.

Focus Areas

We are currently inviting applications from candidates with expertise in one or more of the following

areas:

- Intellectual Property Rights

Key Responsibilities

- Design and deliver comprehensive course modules, leveraging innovative teaching methods

(Socratic method, case studies, and experiential learning).
- Conduct high-quality, original legal research leading to publications in reputed peer-reviewed

journals, edited volumes, and books.
- Secure research grants, fellowships,



or funded projects from national and international agencies

where possible.
- Present research findings at academic conferences, seminars, and workshops.

- Contribute to policy-oriented research, law reform initiatives, and expert committees where

relevant.
- Contribute to curriculum development, student mentoring, and administrative committees.

- Provide academic leadership within the school, including curriculum revision and programme

development.

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- Participate in academic committees.

- Assist in strategic planning and institutional growth of the law school.

Educational Qualifications

- Master of Laws from a prestigious Indian University or Foreign University

- Must have completed PhD in Law from a reputed institution.

Experience & Skills

- A minimum of ten (10) years of prior teaching experience in a reputed law school or university is

mandatory.

- Authorship of at least one monograph published by a renowned or internationally recognized academic

publisher is required.

- A minimum of ten (10) scholarly publications in peer-reviewed international law journals and/or edited

academic volumes is essential.

What We Offer

- Salary commensurate with experience and academic credentials, aligned with the best in the

educational sector.

- Generous grants for attending international conferences and professional development programs.

- A collaborative, inclusive, and intellectually stimulating campus culture

Application Procedure:

- Please send an email to [email protected] mentioning the position you are

applying for along with an updated CV, a brief cover letter introducing yourself and your interest in

the role, a writing sample and names of at least two referees. (We will contact your referees only at

the final stage of the conversation, if at all, and will inform you prior to reaching out to them)

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📌 Professor of Law (India)
🏢 BITS Law School
📍 India