Recently retired Senior Court of Appeal judge and former president of the New Zealand Law Commission, Sir Grant Hammond is joining the Waikato University Faculty of Law on a part-time basis as a Professor of Judicial Studies.

Sir Grant was knighted in 2011 for services to law and he received Waikato University's first Doctor of Laws degree in 2014.

He'll be teaching a course in judicial remedies and assisting with supervision of graduate students.

The judge has had an extensive career that's combined practice with academia, taking him all over the world.