Legal Writing Tutor

Overview

This role supports online 1-on-1 tutoring for Legal Writing for students nationally. The tutoring is remote, and you can set your own schedule and tutor as much as you'd like from home.

Responsibilities

• Provide personalized 1-on-1 online instruction to Legal Writing students.
• Deliver instant tutoring by accepting on-demand requests when available.
• Teach and coach students on:
  • Legal memorandum structure and brief writing
  • Case analysis and IRAC methodology
  • Proper legal citation, including Bluebook rules
  • Persuasive legal argumentation
  • Contract drafting fundamentals
• Help students develop skills in issue spotting, rule synthesis from multiple authorities, application of law to facts, and constructing persuasive arguments.
• Emphasize precision in legal language and developing a professional legal writing voice.
• Support learning using approaches such as:
  • Model memoranda
  • Peer editing exercises
  • Incremental drafting assignments

Requirements

• Advanced subject mastery in legal memorandum structure, brief writing, case analysis, IRAC methodology, Bluebook citation rules, persuasive legal argumentation, and contract drafting basics.
• Ability to explain issue spotting, synthesize rules from multiple authorities, apply law to facts, and use proper legal citation.
• Strong conceptual teaching and problem-solving skills, including guiding students through relevant legal issue identification, rule synthesis from statutes and case law, applying rules to client fact patterns, and constructing persuasive memoranda/brief arguments.
• Curriculum awareness and adaptive instruction, including familiarity with common law school legal writing challenges (IRAC structure, synthesizing multiple authorities, and meeting Bluebook citation requirements).
• Ability to adapt instruction to individual learning needs and different learning styles.
• Effective teaching methods, including the ability to identify concepts students commonly struggle with and explain material using multiple approaches.
• Strong communication skills and a friendly, engaging teaching style.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience preparing students for moot court, clinic work, legal practice, legal writing competitions, clinic placements, and bar examination essay portions.

Compensation & Benefits

• Earn incrementally higher pay for each session with the same student, reaching up to $40/hour.
• Get paid up to twice per week for tutoring sessions conducted and invoices submitted.
• Set your own hours.

Location

Remote tutoring for students nationally.

Please note: the employer does not contract in: Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia or Puerto Rico.