Professor Lina Khan, Zephyr Teachout, Shaoul Sussman, and Tim Wu are seeking a project editor and manager to help coordinate the completion of a multi-author antitrust/antimonopoly casebook for 2Ls and 3Ls. The work involves balancing project logistics and editorial across multiple chapters in different stages of development.
Responsibilities
Project Management
• Maintain a detailed spreadsheet of tasks and deadlines.
• Serve as task-master: keeping the project on schedule for a 3-month delivery. Track progress across chapters (with different writers and at different stages).
• Compile drafts into a coherent whole
• Manage RAs working with different authors
• Manage communication between co-authors
Editorial Work
• Provide legal editing of draft chapters (citations, case extracts, explanatory text).
• Ensure consistency in style, tone, and structure across chapters
• Work with authors on revisions
Qualifications
• Legal training (JD or equivalent), ideally with familiarity in antitrust and contemporary debates in the field.
• Demonstrated experience in editing legal/academic writing
• Strong project management skills
• Ability to balance high-level substantive editing with fine-grained cite/style work.
Details
• Timeline: 3-6 months.
• Goal: a polished draft of the antitrust casebook
• Remote location
Pay
• Commensurate with experience; experienced editors encouraged to apply.
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $60.00 - $80.00 per hour
Expected hours: 35 per week
Work Location: Remote
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