Research Assistants (Access to Justice)

As a student research assistant, you will contribute to a range of research activities, including: Gathering, organizing, and digitizing legal materials from legislative, judicial, and archival sources; Collecting and curating datasets of statutes, regulations, court decisions, and legal scholarship; Conducting legal and policy research using both traditional legal methods and technology-assisted approaches; Preparing annotated bibliographies, literature reviews, research memoranda, and concise research summaries; Supporting the evaluation and validation of AI systems used for legal research, legal information retrieval, and legal analysis; Assisting with data quality assurance, annotation, and documentation for empirical research projects; Collaborating with researchers from law, economics, computer science, and related disciplines. Depending on experience and interests, research assistants may also have opportunities to contribute to empirical legal studies, legal data engineering, and the development of AI tools for legal applications.

Successful candidates will join an interdisciplinary research team at ETH Zurich working at the intersection of law, data science, and public policy.

• Strong academic performance in legal studies

• Excellent legal research and writing skills

• Attention to detail and the ability to work carefully with complex legal materials

• A bias to action

• An interest in legal technology, empirical legal research, artificial intelligence, or access-to-justice issues

• Strong organizational skills and reliability in managing research tasks

• Fluency in German and English

• Prior research experience is an advantage but not required