Professor in Private International Law

Professor in Private International Law (1 FTE), for election term of 6 years.

Requirements for applicants:

• PhD degree in law.
• At least three years of academic work experience as an associate professor.
• At least five years of pedagogical work experience in both Latvian and English.
• Experience in teaching the following study courses “Private International Law”, “Contract Law”, “Introduction to Civil Law”.
• Experience in coaching teams for the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot.
• At least three academic publications in the past three years which have been indexed in Scopus or Web of Science Core Collection. This is a mandatory requirement.
• Experience in international research projects.
• At least C1 level in English.
• At least C1 level in Latvian.

Main tasks:

• Developing and delivering study courses, as well as supervising students’ research work on Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes.
• Conducting research, and developing and supervising research projects.
• Development and management of a research programme.
• Preparing and publishing scientific articles in international scientific journals indexed in the Scopus database.
• Participating in the university’s internal governing bodies.
• Engaging in the university’s collaboration with the public and industry representatives.
• Other duties as specified in the job description for the position of professor.

Monthly salary starting from EUR 3600 (bruto) for a full-time position.

Applicants should submit following documents:

• Application letter.
• Professional curriculum vitae (in Europass format) in English.
• Copies of documents certifying the relevant education.
• Other duties as indicated in the job description.

Regulations on academic and administrative personnel positions of Riga Graduate School of Law can be found https://www.rgsl.edu.lv/about-rgsl/about-rgsl .

Application deadline: 30 October 2026. Application should be sent to the Rector Dr. Laura Ratniece (laura.ratniece@rgsl.edu.lv). In case of any questions about the position please contact Dr. Laura Ratniece: laura.ratniece@rgsl.edu.lv.

Riga Graduate School of Law informs that the personal data included in the application shall be processed in order to conduct the selection of candidates (on the grounds of legitimate interests) and the controller of such personal data processing is Riga Graduate School of Law.