Department

Law Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics

About the Department

The University of Chicago Law School occupies a unique niche among this country's premier law schools. Located on a residential campus in one of America's great cities, UChicago Law offers a rigorous and interdisciplinary professional education that blends the study of law with the humanities, the social sciences, and the natural sciences. Students, faculty, and staff form a small, tightly knit community devoted to the life of the mind.

Job Summary

The Coase-Sandor Institute for Law and Economics at the University of Chicago Law School seeks a Research Specialist to work with Professor Eric Posner on legal research projects. The Institute promotes the understanding and dissemination of the economic approach to law. For more information about the Institute, please visit the Coase-Sandor web page at http://www.law.uchicago.edu/coase-sandor.

The role is intended to operate on a pre-doc model, with the Research Specialist remaining in the role for one or two years before pursing graduate studies, although this can be extended by mutual agreement.

Responsibilities

Provides technical and administrative support for an assigned legal research project.

Keeps research and grant records, and completes various forms related to grants or IRB request.

Develops or amends research or study protocols.

Builds, cleans and manages data sets.

Configures software used in data collection and assessment.

Discovers new data sources and cleans/prepares data for faculty use.

Applies research principles and relevant subject matter knowledge relevant to administer a research project.

Ensures compliance of research activities with institutional, state, and federal regulatory policies, procedures, directives and mandates.

Analyzes possible solutions using standard procedures.

Assists in drafting presentations on research findings.

Maintains technical and administrative support for a research project.

Analyzes and maintains data and/or specimens. Conducts literature reviews. Assists with preparation of reports, manuscripts and other documents.

Performs other related work as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

Minimum requirements include a college or university degree in related field.

Work Experience:

Minimum requirements include knowledge and skills developed through < 2 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

Certifications:

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Preferred Qualifications

Experience:

Previous experience conducting statistical analysis strongly preferred.

Preferred Competencies

Proficiency in Excel, Stata and R.

Work independently and efficiently.

Strong knowledge of extraction, transformation, loading and manipulation of large data sets and databases.

Balance multiple projects.

Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail.

Application Documents

Resume/CV (required)

Cover Letter (preferred)

When applying, the document(s) MUST be uploaded via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents of the application.

Job Family

Research

Role Impact

Individual Contributor

Scheduled Weekly Hours

37.5

Drug Test Required

No

Health Screen Required

No

Motor Vehicle Record Inquiry Required

No

Pay Rate Type

Salary

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FLSA Status

Exempt

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Pay Range

$58,000.00 - $60,000.00

The included pay rate or range represents the University’s good faith estimate of the possible compensation offer for this role at the time of posting.

Benefits Eligible

Yes

The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefits programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off. Information about the benefit offerings can be found in the Benefits Guidebook.

Posting Statement

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