Legal Research Paralegal or Law Student

You will support AI training focused on legal citation research and verification. The work involves reviewing legal authorities and source materials, judging model outputs against project guidelines, and giving clear feedback that helps improve AI systems.

Consistency matters across repeated review tasks. Your judgments should be evidence-based and clearly explained.

• Evaluate model outputs using project rubrics.
• Review legal source materials, citations, and authorities against the guidelines.
• Document evidence-based judgments and explain your reasoning clearly.
• Maintain consistent quality across repeated review tasks.

What it pays and takes

This is a short, high-intensity project lasting about two weeks. You should be ready to start within 24 to 48 hours of onboarding.

The role is open to candidates in the listed countries and requires professional fluency in English. Prior AI training experience is not required.

• Pay: $50 to $120 per hour.
• Project length: about two weeks.
• Availability: start within 24 to 48 hours of onboarding.
• Location: open to candidates across the listed countries, including the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, India, and others.
• Language: professional fluency in English.
• Qualification: paralegal certification from NALA, NFPA, or NALS; a certificate from an ABA-approved program; or current enrollment in law school.
• Experience: current, active cite-checking and legal research practice is required.
• Knowledge: strong working knowledge of The Bluebook, including pincites, short forms, signals, and parentheticals.
• A typical background is three to five years of hands-on paralegal experience, though current citation work is the more important qualification.
• Helpful background: law review or law journal experience. Experience from a highly ranked law school or paralegal program is also welcomed.

How it works

You apply here in about two minutes and finish on the hiring platform. The next step is a short AI interview (technical roles include a coding challenge). Passing it is how you qualify for paid tasks, so take it soon after you are invited.

The hiring platform's application for this job asks for your resume, your LinkedIn profile, your phone number, your location and answers to 6 screening questions.

About AI training work

AI training is the human work behind many modern AI systems. People review examples, check model responses, and provide clear judgments so systems can learn from accurate, specialized feedback; legal research expertise is valuable because these tasks require careful subject knowledge.

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