Legal Writing Tutor

Overview

The organization is seeking Legal Writing tutors for online, 1-on-1 instruction on a live learning platform. Students are looking for support with legal writing topics nationwide. This role offers flexibility to set your own schedule and tutor remotely from home.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1-on-1 online tutoring to help students improve legal writing skills.
• Support students with legal memorandum structure, brief writing, case analysis, and IRAC methodology.
• Teach students to perform issue spotting, synthesize rules from multiple authorities, apply law to facts, and craft persuasive legal arguments.
• Instruct on proper legal citation, including Bluebook rules.
• Assist with contract drafting fundamentals.
• Guide students through structured drafting and review processes, including incremental drafting assignments and peer editing exercises.
• Help students prepare for moot court, clinic work, legal practice, legal writing competitions, and bar examination essay portions (as applicable).
• Adapt instruction to individual learning needs and styles.
• Use the organization’s live learning platform for remote instruction.
• Invoice for tutoring sessions; the organization handles logistics and payment processing.

Qualifications / What We Look For

• Advanced subject mastery in Legal Writing, including:
  • Legal memorandum and brief writing
  • Case analysis and IRAC
  • Bluebook citation rules
  • Persuasive legal argumentation
  • Contract drafting fundamentals
  • Ability to explain issue spotting, synthesize rules from multiple authorities, apply law to facts, and use proper legal citation while preparing students for academic and practice-oriented settings.
• Strong conceptual teaching and problem-solving skills, including:
  • Teaching case briefing, rule synthesis, and IRAC structured analysis
  • Guiding students through identifying relevant legal issues and constructing persuasive memoranda and briefs
  • Emphasizing precision in language, authority citation, and development of a professional legal writing voice.
• Curriculum awareness and adaptive instruction experience, including familiarity with law school legal writing curricula and common challenges such as:
  • Mastering IRAC structure
  • Synthesizing multiple authorities
  • Meeting Bluebook citation requirements
• Effective teaching methods, including the ability to:
  • Identify concepts students commonly struggle with
  • Explain material using multiple approaches
  • Adapt to different learning styles and student needs.
• Strong communication skills and a friendly, engaging teaching style.

Ways to Tutor

• 1-on-1 Online Tutoring: Provide personalized instruction to individual students.
• Instant Tutoring: Accept on-demand tutoring requests when available.

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 invoiced.

Location

• Remote/online tutoring.
• Please note: the organization does not contract in Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia or Puerto Rico.