About us:
LAWELS aims to provide readers with articles and cutting-edge thoughts written by lawyers working in various practice fields. The blog also provides professionals in this area with legal news, legislation changes, helpful information, legal insights and other relevant issues.
Our mission is to contribute to the development of legal science and practice through the cultivation of academic writing skills and the professional development of lawyers and law students.
Since May 2020, our blog is a member of the LexBlog, a global law blogs network. Founded in 2004, today, LexBlog has over 25,000 bloggers within its network. All articles on LAWELS are automatically published on the LexBlog Platform. You can reach out to a wider and more global audience by posting your articles on our blog.
You may visit our website to get more information about our activities.
What is the job about?
The team of Legal editors and Legal writers will share their knowledge through high-end essays that we will publish monthly on our website for the world to read and learn from. We cover a variety of hot legal topics. The main goal of the ongoing project is to increase the number of quality academic writings on legal topics, encourage young lawyers to participate in academic writing, and lay the foundation of an online database on legal science.
Legal writers will work on an essay or article and they should finalize it in one month period. Legal writers are free to choose their topics or the LAWELS team may provide the relevant topics to write.
Your responsibilities:
- Provide a monthly article/essay within six months on legal issues of your choice or suggested by us, with an overall six articles/essays. Write an article/essay aligned with the requirements prescribed in the “General requirements and guidelines for articles” document provided by LAWELS.
- Collaborate with your Legal editor to fix possible mistakes to make your article in perfect condition before publication.
- Research, draft, and edit content for and about the legal industry.
- Conduct quantitative and qualitative research on the legal fields to achieve sustainable reading goals.
Requirements and skills:
- Have a legal background (undergraduate, postgraduate in law or related field, active participation in the legal field etc.).
- Have in-depth knowledge and interest in the legal field, excellent research and writing skills, as well as strong grammar and creative word choices.
- Have strong knowledge about academic language and academic legal writing styles (referencing, citation, plagiarism etc.).
- A minimum of one year of experience in writing/editing, preferably obtained by working on law-related content.
- Be committed to LAWELS’s goals and mission to provide high-quality content to people who are curious and willing to learn.
- Be sensitive and open to cultural, gender, religious, ethnic, national, and age differences.
- Be able to work independently, and respect time commitments and schedules.
What we offer:
- An online certificate after completing 6 months in LAWELS.
- A flexible schedule based on deadlines-based projects.
- Providing one Legal editor to help the Legal writer during his article/essay procurement.
- Training sessions from our valuable and well-experienced legal professionals and academicians.
- Your article/essay is being shared on our social media platforms (Facebook and Linkedin) and LAWELS’s website with more than 15.000 active readers.
- Distributing your articles/essays at LexBlog Network which has over 25,000 bloggers within its network.
- Being part of our volunteer-based organization and contributing to the equal goals of the encouragement of young lawyers to participate in academic writing.
How to apply:
If you believe you are LAWELS´s new Legal writer and believe you have the right experience and skills, we are more than happy to receive your application in English through the “Easy Apply” section or you can send your CV with a short motivation letter in English to [email protected].
Additional documents may be requested after careful consideration of your application as proof of your qualifications. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us!
E-mail: [email protected]