Legal Writing Tutor

Overview

The organization is seeking a Legal Writing Tutor to support students through a remote, live learning platform. This role offers flexibility to set your own schedule, work from home, and help students improve their legal writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1-on-1 online tutoring focused on legal writing topics.
• Deliver remote instruction using the platform’s live learning tools (no commuting required).
• Teach legal memorandum and brief writing skills, including:
  • Case analysis and issue spotting
  • IRAC methodology and structured legal analysis
  • Rule synthesis from multiple authorities
  • Applying law to facts
  • Persuasive legal argumentation
  • Proper legal citation, including Bluebook rules
  • Contract drafting fundamentals
• Guide students through course-aligned practices such as:
  • Preparing for moot court, clinic work, and legal practice
  • Model memoranda review, peer editing exercises, and incremental drafting assignments
  • Supporting first-year law students and advanced students preparing for legal writing competitions, clinic placements, and bar examination essay portions
• Adapt instruction to different learning needs and styles.

Requirements

• Advanced subject mastery in legal memorandum structure, brief writing, case analysis, and legal citation (including Bluebook rules).
• Strong ability to explain and teach:
  • Issue spotting
  • Rule synthesis
  • Application of law to facts
  • Proper legal citation
  • Persuasive legal argumentation
  • Contract drafting fundamentals
• Experience teaching case briefing, rule synthesis, and IRAC-structured analysis for legal documents.
• Familiarity with law school legal writing curricula and common challenges, including:
  • Mastering IRAC structure
  • Synthesizing multiple authorities
  • Meeting Bluebook citation requirements
• Effective teaching methods, including the ability to explain concepts using multiple approaches.
• Strong communication skills and a friendly, engaging teaching style.
• Ability to adapt to different learning styles and student needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting law students through moot court, clinic work, legal writing competitions, or bar examination essay preparation.
• Demonstrated skill in developing a professional legal writing voice and emphasizing precision in language.

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.
• Flexible scheduling—set your own hours and tutor as much as you’d like.
• The platform provides tutoring support features, including AI-powered real-time instructional assistance, lesson generation, and engagement tools to help reduce prep time.
• Logistics are handled by the platform; you invoice for tutoring sessions while the organization processes payments.

Location

Remote tutoring across the United States, with the organization not contracting in: Alaska, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia or Puerto Rico.

Matching & Scheduling

• Students are matched based on the best fit for teaching style and expertise.
• Tutoring is available both as scheduled 1-on-1 sessions and on-demand requests (instant tutoring) when you are available.