Faculty Scholarship Assistants

University of Denver - DU - Sturm College of Law

Recruitment began on January 14, 2025

and the job listing Expires on February 15, 2026

• Assisting professors with literature reviews
• Reading and summarizing relevant legal cases
• Blue booking
• Presentation of scholarship
• Applicants will be reviewed on an ongoing basis as opportunities arise.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to work both independently and in team settings.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, using legal research tools (Westlaw, Lexis/Nexis, etc.), and a knowledge of legal citation.
• Excellent organizational, problem solving, and analytical skills required.
• Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines

Required Qualifications:

• Current student of the Sturm College of Law.
• Availability between February 1 and March 15, 2026

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience researching, writing, or editing legal scholarship or scholarship in other disciplines, or editing experience in other contexts
• Previous experience on a journal, especially as an article selection editor
• Diversity of subject matter interest and experience among the FSA cohort
• Experience as an FSA in a prior year
• Standard office environment
• Unexpected interruptions occur occasionally
• Stress level is moderate
• Noise level is quiet to moderate

Physical

Activities:

• Ability to sit in front of a computer for an extended period
• Occasionally required to move about the office/campus with the capability of transporting objects up to 20 lbs.

Compensation and Benefits:

• This position does not require a work-study award.
• Students will be paid minimum wage and work up to 10 hours per week.
• In compliance with Colorado’s Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA), non-benefited employees accrue one hour of paid leave for every 30 hours worked up to a maximum of 48 hours per year.
• In addition to hourly compensation at the standard SCOL rate, benefits to FSAs include exposure to cutting-edge legal research, learning about the law review publication process from the author perspective, engaging substantively with SCOL professors about their research, and gaining insight into legal academia.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement & Notice of Background Check:

The University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. For more information, please see the University of Denver’s Non-Discrimination Statement .

All offers of employment are based upon satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check. These are required for all part-time, full-time and student employee hires.