Staff Writer
Harvard Law School is Harvard University’s law school, providing legal education, clinical learning, legal scholarship, and research programs.
Funding history
About Harvard Law School
Founded in 1817, Harvard Law School is an active academic unit of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It offers more than 500 courses and seminars, clinical education, faculty research, and legal scholarship.
Skills
Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You will lead an interdisciplinary workshop series and support manuscript development for visiting fellows and scholars. You will create public-facing materials, including reports, newsletters, web content, and research-supported opinion pieces. You will produce original scholarly work, mentor fellows, staff, students, research assistants, and interns, and help develop collaborative research projects, partnerships, initiatives, and convenings. You will also support the Faculty Director’s interdisciplinary research and writing.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree.
- Five or more years of experience in publishing or writing in an academic context or closely related area.
- Master’s degree.
- Research, writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
- Expertise with or willingness to learn WordPress or a similar publishing platform.
- Experience in an academic research environment, including planning and facilitating workshops or other convenings.
- Familiarity with scholarly and trade publishing, including working with agents, editors, or publishers.
- Interpersonal, organizational, and project management skills.
- Ability to maintain shared filing systems and handle confidential and sensitive information.
- Ability to work independently with multiple priorities.
Responsibilities
- Manage the interdisciplinary workshop series and advance manuscript development for visiting fellows and scholars.
- Produce conference reports, Years in Review, newsletters, web content, and research-supported opinion pieces.
- Produce independent original scholarly work that contributes to the program’s intellectual work.
- Mentor staff, fellows, and students on writing projects and guide research assistants and interns.
- Identify and cultivate collaborative research projects, edited volumes, and cross-institutional partnerships.
- Develop and document concepts for initiatives and convenings.
- Support the Faculty Director’s interdisciplinary research and writing.
- Assist with program requirements as needed.
Benefits
- Generous paid time off, including parental leave.
- Medical, dental, and vision health insurance coverage starting on day one.
- Retirement plans with university contributions.
- Wellbeing and mental health resources.
- Support for families and caregivers.
- Tuition assistance and reimbursement.
- Commuter benefits, discounts, and campus perks.