Legal Writing Tutor

Overview

This role supports students seeking online Legal Writing tutoring through a live, remote learning platform. Tutors can set their own schedules, work from home, and help students improve their understanding of legal writing concepts.

Students are available nationally, with exclusions based on location (see Eligibility/Restrictions).

Responsibilities

• Provide 1-on-1 online tutoring focused on Legal Writing topics.
• Teach and support students with:
  • Legal memorandum structure and organization
  • Brief writing and case analysis
  • IRAC methodology and structured legal analysis
  • Case briefing and rule synthesis from statutes and case law
  • Applying rules to client fact patterns
  • Constructing persuasive legal arguments in memoranda and briefs
  • Proper legal citation, including Bluebook rules
  • Contract drafting fundamentals
• Guide students through issue spotting, rule synthesis, and application of law to facts.
• Emphasize precision in language and helping students develop a professional legal writing voice.
• Support curriculum goals, including law school legal writing challenges such as:
  • Mastering IRAC structure
  • Synthesizing multiple authorities
  • Meeting Bluebook citation requirements
• Adapt instruction to individual learning needs and learning styles.
• Use common instructional approaches such as model memoranda, peer editing exercises, and incremental drafting assignments.
• Accept on-demand tutoring requests when available (Instant Tutoring).

Requirements

• Advanced subject mastery in Legal Writing topics, including:
  • Legal memorandum structure
  • Brief writing and case analysis
  • IRAC methodology
  • Citation format rules, including Bluebook
  • Persuasive legal argumentation
  • Contract drafting fundamentals
• Ability to explain:
  • Issue spotting
  • Rule synthesis from multiple authorities
  • Application of law to facts
  • Proper legal citation
• Strong conceptual teaching and problem-solving skills for legal writing, including:
  • Case briefing
  • Rule synthesis
  • IRAC structured analysis for legal documents
• Familiarity with law school legal writing curricula and common student challenges.
• Effective teaching methods, including the ability to:
  • Identify concepts students commonly struggle with
  • Explain material using multiple approaches
  • Adapt to different learning needs and styles
• 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
  • Bar examination essay portions
• Experience supporting both first-year law students and advanced students preparing for legal writing activities.

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 and invoices.
• Set your own schedule and tutor as much as you’d like.

Location

• Remote (work from home).
• Please note: the organization does not contract in: Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia or Puerto Rico.