Professor of Law

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 dynamic 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.
- 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