Legal Reasoning Expert | Remote

Summary: The Litigation Associate role involves conducting legal research and drafting questions based on real litigation scenarios for active client matters. The position requires a commitment of 10-20 hours per week and focuses on practical legal issues rather than abstract hypotheticals. The role is remote and offers an hourly compensation rate. Candidates should have professional experience in litigation and strong legal writing skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• Draft realistic legal research questions based on litigation scenarios encountered in active client matters
• Develop questions related to motions practice, procedural disputes, evidentiary issues, and appellate standards
• Ensure research questions require identification and synthesis of controlling authority
• Incorporate jurisdictional analysis and precedent application to defined fact patterns
• Frame questions that can be answered through professional legal research methods
• Avoid abstract academic hypotheticals and focus on practitioner-driven legal issues
• Maintain clarity and structure in written legal problem statements

Key Skills:

• Professional experience in litigation practice at a reputable law firm
• Strong background conducting substantive legal research
• Experience preparing research memoranda, legal briefs, or dispositive motions
• Familiarity with analyzing jurisdiction-specific precedent
• Clear and structured legal writing ability
• Exposure to appellate or complex litigation environments is beneficial
• Interest in legal technology, AI research, or dataset development is advantageous

Salary (Rate): £200.00/hr

City: undetermined

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other