Remote | Criminal Lawyer (BigLaw Firms) — $140–$400/hour
About The Position
This is a fully remote consulting opportunity for experienced criminal lawyers to contribute to an advanced legal AI training and evaluation project. The work involves analysing criminal-law materials, reviewing complex legal documents, summarising legal arguments and procedural issues, and evaluating AI-generated legal content against professional standards. No prior AI experience is required. Assignments may include criminal-law analysis, court-filing review, case-law research, legal writing, summarisation, editing, and AI-output evaluation. Materials may include statutes, judicial decisions, court filings, legal memoranda, procedural issues, and complex criminal-law scenarios. Project scope, workload, legal topics, and evaluation standards may evolve according to project requirements. Work must not use confidential or privileged information belonging to an employer, client, law firm, institution, or other third party. The opportunity is available through 24-MAG LLC, which connects experienced professionals with remote consulting opportunities across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams.
Requirements
- JD or LLM from an accredited law school.
- Active bar membership.
- Substantial experience practising criminal law.
- Strong legal research, analysis, and writing skills.
- Experience reviewing court filings, judicial opinions, and complex case materials.
- Proven ability to synthesise large volumes of legal information.
- Exceptional attention to detail and professional judgement.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to explain nuanced legal concepts clearly.
- Work must be completed without using confidential or privileged third-party information.
Nice To Haves
- BigLaw or comparable major law firm experience is highly valuable.
- Familiarity with legal technology or digital legal workflows is advantageous.
Responsibilities
- Analyse criminal statutes, case law, court filings, and complex fact patterns.
- Identify material legal issues, arguments, procedural posture, and relevant authorities.
- Evaluate legal reasoning for accuracy, completeness, and consistency, distinguishing controlling principles from secondary or less relevant considerations.
- Incorporate current legal developments into project work where appropriate.
- Review and edit legal documents for accuracy, structure, clarity, and precision.
- Summarise judicial decisions, legal arguments, procedural issues, and case materials.
- Identify unsupported assertions, ambiguities, and analytical weaknesses.
- Distil sophisticated criminal-law concepts into concise professional explanations.
- Synthesise large volumes of legal information while preserving substantive accuracy.
- Review AI-generated criminal-law content for legal accuracy and practical applicability.
- Identify omitted issues, weak reasoning, or incorrect conclusions in AI-generated content.
- Evaluate whether AI outputs reflect real-world professional legal standards and provide actionable feedback to support model improvement.
- Collaborate remotely with legal and cross-functional project teams.
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Career Level
Senior
