Remote Researcher & Fact-Checker (Part-Time, Legal Data)

MemberSuite, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 25.000 - 30.000; Teilzeit

Zusammenfassung

The SLAPP Back Initiative, a project of First Amendment Watch at NYU, seeks two part-time researchers/fact-checkers for six months. Remote, 25 hours/week, $20/hour, with real-time data work across jurisdictions and PACER-based verification.

Ideal candidates have legal research experience and can handle large datasets while applying a rigorous methodology to anti-SLAPP decisions and related reporting.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, law, communications or another relevant field.
• Proficiency in Google Sheets.
• Knowledge of AI tools and software is a plus.
• Experience using PACER and other court records systems.
• Knowledge of local and national current events, and issues related to First Amendment freedoms.

Aufgaben

• Collaborate with our team to organize, review, analyze and fact-check SLAPP decisions consistent with our methodology.
• Utilize legal research databases and publicly available court records to increase transparency and accessibility to our data.

Kenntnisse

Google Sheets

PACER

AI tools

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in journalism, law, communications or another relevant field

Jobbeschreibung

The SLAPP Back Initiative, a project of First Amendment Watch at NYU, seeks two part-time researchers/fact-checkers for six months. Remote, 25 hours/week, $20/hour, with real-time data work across jurisdictions and PACER-based verification.

Ideal candidates have legal research experience and can handle large datasets while applying a rigorous methodology to anti-SLAPP decisions and related reporting.