Research Assistants (Access to Justice)

ETH Zurich seeks part-time Research Assistants in Access to Justice, supporting interdisciplinary research at the intersection of law, artificial intelligence, and legal technology. Candidates should be advanced law students fluent in German and English, with strong research and writing skills.

Research Assistants support interdisciplinary projects focused on law, artificial intelligence, and access to justice, contributing to empirical legal studies, legal data engineering, and the development of AI tools for legal applications.

Responsibilities

• Gathering, organizing, and digitizing legal materials from legislative, judicial, and archival sources
• Collecting and curating datasets including statutes, regulations, court decisions, and legal scholarship
• Conducting legal and policy research using traditional and technology-assisted methods
• Preparing annotated bibliographies, literature reviews, research memoranda, and concise summaries
• Supporting evaluation and validation of AI systems for legal research and analysis
• Assisting with data quality assurance, annotation, and documentation for research projects
• Collaborating with researchers from law, economics, computer science, and related fields

Requirements

• Advanced law student, ideally in the later stages of a Bachelor’s degree or enrolled in a Master’s program
• Strong academic record in legal studies
• Excellent legal research and writing abilities
• Meticulous attention to detail when handling complex legal materials
• Fluency in both German and English

Nice to have

• Previous research experience
• Interest in legal technology, empirical legal research, artificial intelligence, or access-to-justice topics

What the company offers

• Opportunity to engage in cutting-edge research on law, AI, and access to justice
• Close collaboration with an international and interdisciplinary research team
• Exposure to empirical legal research, legal data analysis, and emerging AI technologies
• Flexible work arrangements compatible with academic studies
• Competitive compensation according to ETH Zurich standards
• Dynamic and intellectually stimulating research environment at one of Europe’s leading universities
• Various benefits including public transport season tickets, car sharing, sports offerings by ASVZ, childcare support, and attractive pension benefits

About the company

ETH Zurich provides a research environment at one of Europe’s leading universities, fostering collaboration within an international and interdisciplinary team of researchers.

• Research environment at one of Europe's leading universities
• International and interdisciplinary team of researchers