Research Scientist, AI & Law Frontier Lab

Stanford University; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 117,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanford University’s liftlab within Stanford Law School seeks a Research Scientist to advance AI-driven legal tools. The role reports to Lab Directors and focuses on building prototypes, training models, and disseminating research in collaboration with legal scholars and technologists.

Annual base salary ranges from $117,000 to $130,000, with a two-year fixed-term appointment and potential renewal based on performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Three years of relevant experience.
• Experience in a quantitative discipline such as economics, finance, statistics, or engineering.
• Strong analytical and data management skills.

Responsibilities

• Execute and administer AI and legal tech research.
• Train classifiers and design AI platform architectures.
• Oversee training of research assistants and fellows.
• Publish scholarly outputs and assist with grant writing.
• Represent the Lab to internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Python

R

Statistics

Communication

Leadership

Data mining

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SQL

Tableau

Jupyter

Job description

Stanford University’s liftlab within Stanford Law School seeks a Research Scientist to advance AI-driven legal tools. The role reports to Lab Directors and focuses on building prototypes, training models, and disseminating research in collaboration with legal scholars and technologists.

Annual base salary ranges from $117,000 to $130,000, with a two-year fixed-term appointment and potential renewal based on performance.