Job Description

The Arthur J. Morris Law Library at the University of Virginia School of Law seeks a Legal Data Scientist to lead and manage its Legal Data Lab. As leader and manager of the Legal Data Lab, the Legal Data Scientist will work closely with the Library Director and Law School faculty to develop and implement the Legal Data Lab’s strategic vision. The Legal Data Scientist’s primary role will be to support complex research initiatives requiring the collection, cleaning, organization (e.g., web scraping, data manipulation, etc.), storage, and digital dissemination of legal and other datasets in support of the empirical scholarship of the faculty at the School of Law.

The Legal Data Scientist will engage in student instruction, including one-on-one, small group, guest lecturing, and possibly teaching short-form courses for credit. While supporting the scholarship and educational needs of faculty and students will be the primary focus of the position, there will be some opportunity for independent research, writing, and professional engagement in the library, empirical research, data science, and/or other relevant academic communities. Depending on Law School needs and the knowledge and experience of the successful candidate, faculty scholarship support and student instruction topics may include statistical analysis and/or machine learning and natural language processing. This position requires most work to be performed in person at the Law School, with the opportunity to perform a limited amount of work remotely in accordance with Law School policy.

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Job Categories: Researcher/Academic. Job Types: Full-Time. Job Tags: data cleaning and legal data. Salaries: More than $100,000.

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