The Law, Economics, and Data Science research group at ETH Zurich, headed by Prof. Elliott Ash, is seeking highly motivated law students interested in legal technology, artificial intelligence, and access to justice. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to research on how AI can improve access to legal information and services, working closely with faculty and researchers on projects involving legal datasets, judicial decisions, legislation, and emerging AI tools for legal analysis. Successful candidates will join an interdisciplinary research team at ETH Zurich working at the intersection of law, data science, and public policy.
Tasks
- Gather, organize, and digitize legal materials from legislative, judicial, and archival sources
- Collect and curate datasets of statutes, regulations, court decisions, and legal scholarship
- Conduct legal and policy research using both traditional legal methods and technology-assisted approaches
- Prepare annotated bibliographies, literature reviews, research memoranda, and concise research summaries
- Support the evaluation and validation of AI systems used for legal research, legal information retrieval, and legal analysis
- Assist with data quality assurance, annotation, and documentation for empirical research projects
- Collaborate with researchers from law, economics, computer science, and related disciplines
- Depending on experience and interests, contribute to empirical legal studies, legal data engineering, and the development of AI tools for legal applications
Requirements
- Applications are welcome from advanced law students, preferably in the later stages of a Bachelor's degree or enrolled in a Master's program
- Interest in legal research and curiosity about how new technologies are transforming legal practice, legal institutions, and access to justice
- Ability to work independently and contribute to collaborative research projects
- Strong academic performance in legal studies
- Excellent legal research and writing skills
- Attention to detail and ability to work carefully with complex legal materials
- A bias to action
- 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
Benefits
- Opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge research on law, artificial intelligence, and access to justice
- Close collaboration with an international and interdisciplinary team of researchers
- Exposure to empirical legal research methods, legal data analysis, and emerging AI technologies
- Flexible working arrangements that can be combined with academic studies
- Competitive compensation according to ETH Zurich standards
- A dynamic and intellectually stimulating research environment at one of Europe's leading universities
- Public transport season tickets and car sharing
- Wide range of sports offered by the ASVZ
- Childcare and attractive pension benefits
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The interdisciplinary research team collaborates across law, economics, computer science, and related disciplines, offering close cooperation with international researchers.