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Founded in 1887, Cornell Law School is a top-tier law school, currently ranked 13th by U.S. News & World Report. We offer a 3-year JD program for about 200 students per class, a one-year LLM program for over 100 students from countries throughout the world, and a doctoral (JSD) program for about 2-3 new students per year. Cornell Law School has approximately 40 tenured and tenure-track faculty, including 20 with chaired faculty positions; and 15 clinical professors in the legal research and writing program and in clinics at the local, national, and international level. Our faculty is consistently ranked among the top in the country for scholarly productivity and influence, and has pre-eminence in many areas, including quantitative and qualitative empirical legal studies, international and comparative law, and robust doctrinal scholarship in core fields. Our school is committed to being recognized as the leader among law schools at combining inspiring theoretical, doctrinal, and experiential teaching with cutting-edge scholarship in a supportive, intellectually rich community, so that our graduates can achieve excellence in all facets of the legal profession.
Reporting directly to the Associate Director of the Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide (CCDPW) at Cornell Law School, the Research Lead manages a pair of related but distinct collections describing country-specific data on important human rights issues. The first is CCDPW’s database , which describes the law and practices surrounding capital punishment in every death penalty country in the world. The second is the Women & Justice database of the Legal Information Institute (LII), which is a collection of primary legal materials and summaries of important cases from around the world dealing with issues of discrimination and disparate impact suffered by women and girls.
The Research Lead is responsible for the following in both databases:
- Overseeing all database content, including developing research methodologies to ensure accurate data gathering and rigorous legal analysis.
- Conducting research and primary content production.
- Managing project scope, costs, and overall production for all database content creation, enhancement, and maintenance.
- Overseeing an ongoing program of maintenance and editorial improvement that is responsive to site needs, user needs, and audience feedback.
- Evolving content development policy, and assigning personnel and resources as needed to meet evolving needs.
- Recruiting and supervising significant numbers of student researchers.
- Coordinating database content development with a broad array of collaborators.
- Building and maintaining relationships with a large and globally-distributed volunteer network of Law School alumni, pro bono attorneys, academics, government officials, and NGO personnel to create, refresh, and expand database content.
The Research Lead may also be asked to assist in identifying substantive original content for distribution via fundraising newsletters or social media.
This position is a joint appointment between CCDPW and LII, which are two leading organizations in legal information and access to justice. The position is for a two-year term, and may be eligible for hybrid or remote work. Reappointment may be possible based on performance and funding availability.
- Master’s degree and 3 to 5 years of relevant experience or equivalent combination.
- Formal education or extensive training and experience in analyzing and explaining legal issues pertaining to international human rights.
- Exceptional legal research skills, including creative problem solving.
- Familiarity with the framework of international human rights law.
- Collections management, project management, or other supervisory experience.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to interact effectively with a diverse group of collaborators both inside and outside of Cornell Law School.
- Proven analytic skills in budgeting, requirements preparation, and resource estimation, and for ensuring that completed projects meet the requirements of all stakeholders.
- Proven skills in consensus-building, conflict management and resolution, and leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to build and manage relationships, and recruit and manage student employees, volunteers, and collaborators
We’d prefer a JD or equivalent degree. Experience in structuring diffuse content collections, especially online; gathering and summarizing information for a broad audience; and publishing or otherwise disseminating knowledge to the public, especially on specialized topics often considered the exclusive purview of “experts. Ability to develop collaborations with professionals from academia, government, and law. Interest in the democratization of information into the public domain.
- Cornell provides great benefits that include educational benefits, access to a plethora of wellness programs, employee discounts with local and national retail brands, health care options to choose from, generous paid leave provisions: 3 weeks of vacation, 13 holidays (including end of year winter break through New Year’s Day) and superior retirement contributions.
- Cornell has also been nationally recognized as an award-winning workplace for our health, wellbeing, sustainability, and diversity initiatives. For more information, follow the link: Benefits at Cornell.
- Cover letter explaining interest in both the CCDPW and LII, any relevant experience, and what the candidate hopes to gain from the position.
- CV or resume.
No visa sponsorship is provided for this position.
University Job Title:
Research Support Spec III
Job Family:
Academic Support
Level:
G
Pay Rate Type:
Salary
Company:
Endowed
Contact Name:
Liz Flint
Number of Openings:
1
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