Part-Time Energy Funds Research Fellow (Policy)

University of Pennsylvania; United States; Vor Ort; USD 9.600 - 41.000; Teilzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Health and Life Insurance

Retirement plans

Zusammenfassung

The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School seeks a part-time research fellow (8-15 hours per week) to support the Energy Funds Project, led by Professor Shelley Welton. The researcher will help research and write a law review article on what states now building clean energy resources can learn from states' long experience with funding, managing, and distributing revenues from fossil fuel energy.

Responsibilities include conducting legal and policy research, reviewing literature in law,

Qualifikationen

• J.D. or equivalent law degree, conferred by the appointment start date.
• Strong legal research and writing skills.
• Familiarity with energy, environmental, and natural resources law.
• Ability to work independently, manage deadlines, and handle a part-time schedule reliably.

Aufgaben

• Conduct legal and policy research on state fossil fuel revenue instruments, including enabling statutes, constitutional provisions, case law, fund governance documents, and legislative history.
• Review and synthesize secondary literature in law, economics, and public finance on resource funds and natural resource revenue management.
• Draft sections of the article and help develop its argument and structure.

Kenntnisse

Strong legal research and writing

Ability to work independently

Manage deadlines

Part-time schedule reliability

Ausbildung

J.D. or equivalent law degree

Jobbeschreibung

The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School seeks a part-time research fellow (8-15 hours per week) to support the Energy Funds Project, led by Professor Shelley Welton. The researcher will help research and write a law review article on what states now building clean energy resources can learn from states' long experience with funding, managing, and distributing revenues from fossil fuel energy.

Responsibilities include conducting legal and policy research, reviewing literature in law,