Bluebook Citation Specialist (Law Students & Recent JDs)

Overview

This contractor role supports a legal citation project engaging law students and recent law graduates with law journal experience. The work focuses on applying Bluebook citation rules with strong editorial judgment.

Pay: $50–80/hour

Responsibilities

• Review citation-checking rubrics, including Bluebook and pincite grading criteria.
• Identify and flag rules that are unclear, incomplete, or likely to be applied inconsistently by different editors.
• Identify edge cases not currently covered by the rubrics and recommend how they should be handled.
• Create sample cite-checking tasks, including:
  • Source material paired with citations containing realistic errors
  • The correct answer
  • An explanation of the rule involved
• Build tasks across a range of citation types and difficulty levels, from straightforward formatting errors to subtle pincite and source-support problems.
• Apply Bluebook rules consistently across all submissions.
• Flag ambiguous cases to project coordinators instead of resolving them silently.
• Deliver assigned work on schedule and at the required quality level.

Requirements

• Current or recent law school enrollment.
• Hands-on Bluebook experience.
• Law journal or law review editing experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current law student (2L, 3L) or recent JD graduate.
• Law review or law journal experience, ideally including a cite-checking or source-collection role.
• Strong working knowledge of The Bluebook, including pincites, short forms, signals, and parentheticals.
• Ability to explain why a citation is wrong (reasoning matters as much as the correction).
• Careful and consistent across long sessions of detailed review work.
• Comfortable working independently and meeting deadlines without close supervision.
• Experience as a journal editor, articles editor, or executive editor.

Location

Remote

Additional Information

A very attractive and competitive package is offered.

Selection Process (Summary)

• Apply and complete screening questions.
• Complete an AI interview to showcase skills to the client.
• Profile review by the hiring team.
• Onboarding with the Talent Ops team.