About the role

  • Computational Legal Scientist supporting empirical research needs at Duke Law School. Guiding faculty and students on research design and data preparation with focus on data literacy.

Responsibilities

  • Guide faculty and students in research design, methodology, and empirical project best practices.
  • Support AI-assisted legal and policy research.
  • Coordinate and implement workflows to prepare datasets for research use.
  • Extract, clean, and organize raw data from websites, social media, and PDFs.
  • Build automated data workflows using programmatic tools.
  • Use and develop AI-powered research tools including ML, NLP, and LLM techniques.
  • Support grant and IRB applications.
  • Track and manage Data Lab projects and reporting.
  • Recruit and supervise student research assistants.
  • Ensure data management standards for privacy, security, and auditability.
  • Advise on data management, AI, and ML concepts across the Law School.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in statistics, mathematics, computer science, engineering, applied social science, data science, or related field
  • 4+ years of progressive experience in computational social science, including data capture, cleaning, analysis, machine learning, NLP, and database administration
  • Proficiency in Python and/or R
  • Skills in survey development, machine learning, NLP, statistical analysis, and LLM integration
  • Experience with web scraping, HTML/JavaScript, and electronic document parsing.
  • Proficiency with Linux-based environments.
  • Strong communication, teamwork, and independent learning skills.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Flexible working hours
  • Professional development budget
  • Opportunities to work with leading faculty and innovative research centers
  • Engage with the broader Duke and Research Triangle data community

Job title

Database Analyst II

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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