Legal Research Assistant 1 - Health Lab Associate

Posting Number:
20255794V

Position Title:
Legal Research Assistant 1 - Health Lab Associate

Posting Type:
Student

Hours/week:
No more than 20 hours/week during Spring and Fall; no more than 40 hours/week in Summer

Eligibility:
Work study preferred but open to all students

Semester:
2026 Spring

Location :
Widger Law School Building

Detailed Work Schedule:
varies by student schedule

Number of positions:
varies

Department:
241-Law School Instruction

Contact Name:
Cheryl Baro

Contact Phone/Extension:
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Position Summary Information Job Description Summary:
Legal Research Assistants (RAs) provide valuable research support for law faculty scholarship.

• In-depth and sophisticated legal and non-legal research,
• Analyzing various primary sources including state and federal statutes, caselaw, regulations, constitutions, and secondary legal sources such as law review articles and legal treatises,
• Communicating research results to faculty verbally and/or in writing,
• Comprehensive cite checking which requires an understanding of sources from full or partial citations and extensive knowledge and application of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation,
• Maintaining confidentially of faculty projects and course assignments,
• Following protocols for academic legal writing regarding proper attribution, plagiarism, and general academic integrity,
• Working independently without daily supervision; exercising professional judgment when consulting with professor, librarians, and law school staff,
• Managing time and adhering to time sensitive deadlines,
• Acquiring and maintaining knowledge of any database or software necessary to support faculty research; examples include Zotero, Juris-M, Endnote, Microsoft Word (footnotes, tables of authorities, complex formatting), complex docket searching and data coding.

Requirements:
Must be hired by Professor Ana Santos Rutschman to assist with her health law research.
Must be a currently enrolled law student at Villanova Universitys Charles Widger School of Law.

Additional Information:
Please click the Apply to this Job link at the top of the page and submit the information requested in the application. Please use your permanent address.

Physical Demands Summary:

Wage Rate:
$15.00/hour

Posting Detail Information Closing Date (11:59pm ET):

Open Until Filled:
No