The NERT lab http://nert.georgetown.edu/ at Georgetown University in Washington, DC has an open postdoctoral position for a project at the intersection of linguistics, computation, and law.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, beginning this *Friday, July 11*. A start date early in Fall 2025 is preferred. Questions about the position should be directed to nathan.schneider@georgetown.edu.
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*Post Doctoral Associate - Empirical Approaches to Legal Interpretation*
The Georgetown Initiative on Technology and Society is seeking a Postdoctoral Fritz Research Fellow to conduct research in Washington, DC in the emerging area of empirical approaches to legal interpretation (see https://solid-symposium.github.io/2025/ for examples of interdisciplinary research in this space). We seek candidates with a Ph.D. in Linguistics, Computer Science, Cognitive Science, or a related field who bring expertise in linguistic and/or computational methodologies that can apply to the study of legal interpretation. The postdoc will lead collaborative research initiatives with deliverables such as datasets, software, scholarly publications and public-facing contributions. The position will be housed in the research group of Prof. Nathan Schneider under the Departments of Computer Science and Linguistics, with additional mentorship by Prof. Kevin Tobia (GU Law Center); the fellow will be an active member of the intellectual life of the lab, the Tech and Society community, and the broader university. Synergistic professional development opportunities may include co-mentorship of research students in the lab and co-development of grant proposals.
Along with mentored research, this fellow will join a cohort of Fritz Family Fellows ranging from undergraduate students through postdoctoral fellows. Each fellow will be working on a different project co-designed and mentored by faculty from at least two different parts of the campus. Ultimately, the Fritz Family Fellowship aims to cultivate the next generation of leaders with expertise in the social impacts of technology, and build a network of public interest technologists who learn from and support each other’s work.