Empirical Legal Data Scientist — Hybrid

University of Virginia; Charlottesville (VA); Vor Ort; USD 70.000 - 100.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Full benefits

Zusammenfassung

The University of Virginia School of Law seeks an Empirical Legal Data Specialist to support the Legal Data Lab within the Arthur J. Morris Law Library. The Lab supports empirical legal scholarship using data science to explain complex legal phenomena.

This full-time exempt University Staff position requires in-person work at the Law School in Charlottesville, VA, with limited remote work per policy. Applicants should have a strong background in data science and statistical methods, plus

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree in data science, statistics, or related field.
• 2+ years of independent quantitative or computational social science research experience.
• Familiarity with generative AI and AI-based research methods.
• Experience with web design, HTML, and APIs.

Aufgaben

• Collect, clean, integrate, and synthesize data from diverse sources and present results visually.
• Support data quality, documentation, validation, and research reproducibility.
• Review relevant social science literature and stay updated on methods for empirical legal studies.
• Attend and/or present at conferences (1–2 per year).
• Explore and implement appropriate computational and statistical methods for project needs.
• Develop and maintain internal/public research databases and data resources.
• Maintain and contribute to the Legal Data Lab website and public research infrastructure.
• Other duties as assigned.

Kenntnisse

Data science

Statistics

HPC environments

Python

R

HTML & APIs

Communication

Problem solving

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in data science, statistics, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Python

R

Stata

APIs

High-performance computing

Jobbeschreibung

The University of Virginia School of Law seeks an Empirical Legal Data Specialist to support the Legal Data Lab within the Arthur J. Morris Law Library. The Lab supports empirical legal scholarship using data science to explain complex legal phenomena.

This full-time exempt University Staff position requires in-person work at the Law School in Charlottesville, VA, with limited remote work per policy. Applicants should have a strong background in data science and statistical methods, plus