Legal Editor & Quality Assurance Reviewer (Law Students / Recent Law Graduates – India) - Contract to Hire

About the Project

I am looking for a detail-oriented recent law graduate or current law student (preferably final or penultimate year) from India to review an approximately 85-page legal assessment report prepared in Microsoft Word.

This is not a legal drafting or legal research assignment. Instead, your role is to perform a comprehensive legal quality assurance review of the report by identifying editorial, formatting, and substantive issues and providing review comments using Microsoft Word Track Changes and Comments.

The ideal candidate should have excellent written English, strong attention to detail, and sufficient legal knowledge to identify substantive legal issues, not just grammar mistakes.

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What You'll Do

You will review the report and leave comments throughout the document using Microsoft Word Track Changes and Comments. Your review should cover both editorial quality and substantive legal review, including:

•Grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, and readability

• Formatting inconsistencies (headings, numbering, spacing, fonts, indentation, tables, and overall document consistency)

• Clarity, organization, logical flow, and professional writing style

• Internal inconsistencies, contradictory statements, undefined terms or acronyms, and logical gaps

• Legal accuracy, including incorrect legal analysis, unsupported conclusions, imprecise terminology, or substantive errors

• Whether findings support the recommendations and whether recommendations are practical, specific, well-reasoned, and adequately justified

• Suggestions for stronger recommendations, additional legal authorities, statutes, regulations, case law, policies, guidance documents, or other resources that would strengthen the report

• Missing analysis, overlooked issues, weak reasoning, or opportunities to improve the overall quality and usefulness of the report

The objective is to improve both the editorial quality and the substantive legal value of the report by providing thoughtful review comments, not by rewriting the document.

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Paid Test Assignment

Shortlisted applicants will first complete a paid test assignment consisting of approximately 7–8 pages of the report.

You will receive:

• A detailed review checklist

• A sample showing the type of review comments expected

• A 7–8 page excerpt for review

The test assignment is paid at $10, regardless of whether you are selected for the full project.

Candidates who perform well on the test assignment will be awarded the full project.

Deliverables

The selected contractor will submit:

• The reviewed Microsoft Word document with Track Changes enabled

• Review comments explaining suggested improvements throughout the report

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Who Should Apply

I am specifically looking for:

• Recent LL.B. graduates

• Recent LL.M. graduates

• Final-year or penultimate-year law students

• Candidates with strong legal writing and editing skills

Requirements

• Excellent written English

• Strong legal research and analytical skills

• Exceptional attention to detail

• Proficiency with Microsoft Word Track Changes

• Ability to identify both editorial and substantive legal issues

• Ability to meet agreed deadlines

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To Apply

Please include the following in your proposal:

1. Your law school and expected graduation year (or graduation year).

2. A brief description of your legal writing, research, or editing experience.

3. Your experience using Microsoft Word Track Changes.

4. Begin your proposal with the words "Legal QA Review" so I know you've read the entire job description.

Please do not apply if you are primarily a general proofreader or English editor. This project requires legal judgment and an understanding of legal writing and analysis.

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