13003 - Law Commission Research Assistant - Property, Family And Trust Law Team
| Posting date: | 31 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £40,014 to £42,859 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 January 2026 |
| Location: | SW1H 9AJ |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 3 days per week |
| Company: | Ministry of Justice |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 13003 |
Summary
RESEARCH ASSISTANT POSTS AT THE LAW COMMISSION - PROPERTY, FAMILY AND TRUST LAW TEAM
Details of these posts are set out in the separate Guide for Applicants available at: How to apply – Law Commission
The general guide is available on our website, and Welsh translations of both the How to Apply guide and the General Guide are also provided on the website.
You MUST read the Guide for Applicants before applying. The skills and qualifications required for the posts, including minimum academic criteria are set out in the guide. If you attempt to apply without reading the guide first, your application is likely to fail automatically.
There is a separate recruitment campaign for each of our four legal teams. This campaign is for the Property, Family and Trust Law Team. Please ensure you submit your application to the correct team. Please only apply to one team as it is not our practice to consider multiple applications.
The posts are offered on a fixed term basis of up to 103 weeks (two years), with the option for a 52-week (one-year) contract if preferred by the successful candidate.
If a large number of applications are received, a sift based on the lead experience of Legal Research may be held. If a large number of applications remain after the initial sift, an additional sift of all the remaining criteria will be done on those applications which passed the initial sift.
The Law Commission
The Law Commission is a statutory body set up under the Law Commissions Act 1965 to keep the law of England and Wales under review and to recommend reform where it is needed.
Its aims are:
To ensure that the law is fair, modern, simple and as cost-effective as possible
To conduct research and consultations in order to make recommendations for reform for consideration by Parliament
To codify the law, eliminate anomalies, repeal obsolete and unnecessary enactments and reduce the number of separate statutes
The Law Commission is an independent non-departmental body sponsored by the Ministry of Justice. Further information about the Law Commission and its work can be obtained from here.
Details of these posts are set out in the separate Guide for Applicants available at: How to apply – Law Commission
The general guide is available on our website, and Welsh translations of both the How to Apply guide and the General Guide are also provided on the website.
You MUST read the Guide for Applicants before applying. The skills and qualifications required for the posts, including minimum academic criteria are set out in the guide. If you attempt to apply without reading the guide first, your application is likely to fail automatically.
There is a separate recruitment campaign for each of our four legal teams. This campaign is for the Property, Family and Trust Law Team. Please ensure you submit your application to the correct team. Please only apply to one team as it is not our practice to consider multiple applications.
The posts are offered on a fixed term basis of up to 103 weeks (two years), with the option for a 52-week (one-year) contract if preferred by the successful candidate.
If a large number of applications are received, a sift based on the lead experience of Legal Research may be held. If a large number of applications remain after the initial sift, an additional sift of all the remaining criteria will be done on those applications which passed the initial sift.
The Law Commission
The Law Commission is a statutory body set up under the Law Commissions Act 1965 to keep the law of England and Wales under review and to recommend reform where it is needed.
Its aims are:
To ensure that the law is fair, modern, simple and as cost-effective as possible
To conduct research and consultations in order to make recommendations for reform for consideration by Parliament
To codify the law, eliminate anomalies, repeal obsolete and unnecessary enactments and reduce the number of separate statutes
The Law Commission is an independent non-departmental body sponsored by the Ministry of Justice. Further information about the Law Commission and its work can be obtained from here.