Legal Research Assistant 1 - Health Lab Associate

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Posting Number: 20260341V Position Title: Legal Research Assistant 1 - Health Lab Associate Posting Type Student Hours/week: No more than 20 hours/week during Spring and Fall; no more than 40 hours/week in Summer Eligibility: Work study preferred but open to all students Semester 2026-2027 Academic Year Location Widger Law School Building Detailed Work Schedule

varies by student schedule

Number of positions: varies Department: 241-Law School Instruction Contact Name: Cheryl Baro Contact Phone/Extension: 610-519-7003

Position Summary Information

Job Description Summary:

Legal Research Assistants (RAs) provide valuable research support for law faculty scholarship.

• In-depth and sophisticated legal and non-legal research,
• Analyzing various primary sources including state and federal statutes, caselaw, regulations, constitutions, and secondary legal sources such as law review articles and legal treatises,
• Communicating research results to faculty verbally and/or in writing,
• Comprehensive cite checking which requires an understanding of sources from full or partial citations and extensive knowledge and application of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation,
• Maintaining confidentially of faculty projects and course assignments,
• Following protocols for academic legal writing regarding proper attribution, plagiarism, and general academic integrity,
• Working independently without daily supervision; exercising professional judgment when consulting with professor, librarians, and law school staff,
• Managing time and adhering to time sensitive deadlines,
• Acquiring and maintaining knowledge of any database or software necessary to support faculty research; examples include Zotero, Juris-M, Endnote, Microsoft Word (footnotes, tables of authorities, complex formatting), complex docket searching and data coding.

Requirements:

Must be hired by Professor Ana Santos Rutschman to assist with her health law research.

Must be a currently enrolled law student at Villanova University's Charles Widger School of Law.

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Physical Demands Summary: Wage Rate: $15.00/hour

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