Contract Attorney — AI Legal Document Review

About OpenTrain

OpenTrain is the #1 platform for finding and building careers in AI training and data labeling. We help legal and technical freelancers discover projects, build a unified portfolio, and grow careers teaching AI how to think like a human expert.

This listing connects you to a contract opportunity where your legal expertise will directly shape how future AI systems perform in litigation workflows.

About AI Training Work

AI training (data labeling/annotation) is the human side of building artificial intelligence: people create the examples, rules, and feedback that models learn from. For legal applications this means translating legal judgment, document analysis, and research into precise training signals.

These roles are often remote and flexible, letting experienced professionals contribute part-time while setting their own schedules. Your work will be used to improve AI performance in document review, discovery management, and motion drafting.

The Role

OpenTrain is recruiting for an AI legal document review attorney to work on a contract basis with OpenTrain. This role centers on legal research, rubric design, document analysis, and quality feedback to train and evaluate AI used in discovery and motion practice.

The position is remote, part-time (contractor), and requires strong litigation experience and excellent written analysis.

• Role type: Contractor, Part-time.
• Time commitment: 20+ hours/week.
• Work language: English.

What You’ll Do

You will translate litigation experience into training artifacts that help models identify issues, prioritize documents, and draft or evaluate legal arguments.

• Design and refine legal rubrics for AI-driven document review and analysis.
• Conduct in-depth legal research and draft memoranda to guide model training and evaluation.
• Review large volumes of litigation documents to surface issues, trends, and datapoints that improve AI performance.
• Evaluate AI outputs and provide detailed feedback to strengthen discovery management and motion practice capabilities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to turn legal insight into actionable requirements for AI development.
• Develop case strategy and motion practice templates that inform machine learning models in legal contexts.

Requirements

This role requires verified legal credentials and substantial litigation experience. All listed requirements are mandatory.

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree and active bar membership.
• Active bar admission in at least one U.S. jurisdiction (U.S. attorneys only).
• Minimum 5 years of litigation experience with document-intensive cases.
• Strong legal research, writing, analytical, and document analysis skills.
• Experience with discovery processes and complex legal document review projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and close attention to detail.
• Comfort working in remote, digital-first environments.

Helpful Background

Previous law review or journal editorial experience is a plus and may help in rubric development and cite-checking tasks.

• Law review or journal editorial experience (substantive editing, cite-checking, scholarly review).

Project Details & Tools

You will work with document data (DOCUMENT) and perform classification, evaluation/rating, and text-generation review tasks. Labeling will use a third-party or custom platform (OTHER). OpenTrain is the contracting client for this engagement.

• Data type: Document review and analysis.
• Label tasks: Classification, evaluation/rating, and text-generation feedback.
• (custom or third-party platform).
• Employment: Contractor, Part-time.

Compensation & How To Apply

Pay is hourly at $100–$150 USD per hour. This is a remote contract engagement requiring a minimum of 20 hours per week.

To apply, prepare a CV showing bar admission and litigation experience, and a brief cover note describing relevant document-review projects and any example memos or editorial work you can share. Applications will be evaluated for legal experience, writing quality, and demonstrated document-analysis expertise.

• Hourly rate: $100–$150 USD per hour.
• Minimum weekly hours: 20+.
• Prepare CV, bar proof, and writing samples or memos for application.