Remote | Member of Technical Staff, Legal Research $400,000-$800,000/year

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About the role

We are sharing a full-time opportunity for experienced legal researchers and legal professionals with deep expertise in legal analysis, research methodology, benchmarking, and complex legal workloads to contribute to advanced AI research and evaluation initiatives. Selected professionals will design rigorous evaluation frameworks for legal AI systems, conduct applied research on legal reasoning and interpretation, develop realistic benchmark environments, and collaborate with researchers and engineers to assess and improve AI performance across sophisticated legal tasks.

Key Responsibilities:

Legal AI Evaluation Frameworks
Design and own evaluation frameworks for AI systems operating in legal domains
Develop benchmark suites, scoring methodologies, and legal-quality rubrics
Establish research-grade protocols for evaluating complex legal tasks
Define consistent standards for assessing legal reasoning and analytical quality
Evolve evaluation methodologies as legal AI capabilities advance
Legal Research & Reasoning
Conduct applied research on legal reasoning and statutory interpretation
Analyse legal arguments, authorities, and structured decision-making processes
Research complex questions across relevant areas of law
Develop methodologies for assessing legal outcomes and research quality
Translate sophisticated legal concepts into structured evaluation criteria
Benchmark & Dataset Development
Develop and curate datasets reflecting realistic legal challenges
Create case studies and benchmark environments for legal AI evaluation
Design tasks involving legal research, analysis, and workflow execution
Support evaluation of agentic legal workflows and automation
Maintain benchmark quality, consistency, and practical relevance
Model Evaluation & Failure Analysis
Evaluate legal-focused AI models and agentic systems
Analyse reasoning quality, output reliability, and recurring failure modes
Identify weak interpretations, unsupported conclusions, and methodological errors
Assess AI performance across different legal use cases
Provide structured findings to support model and evaluation improvements
Research Collaboration & Standards
Collaborate with legal researchers, engineers, and interdisciplinary teams
Produce research findings, evaluation methodologies, and best-practice guidance
Monitor developments in legal technology, jurisprudence, regulation, and AI research
Contribute to legal benchmarking and knowledge-management standards
Help establish rigorous practices for evaluating AI-supported legal workflows
Ideal Profile
Advanced degree in Law, such as JD, LLM, SJD, PhD in Law, or equivalent
Deep expertise in one or more substantive legal domains
Relevant areas may include corporate law, contracts, litigation, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, employment law, or public policy
Demonstrated experience conducting legal research, legal analysis, or policy work
Strong understanding of legal reasoning and research methodology
Experience developing structured approaches for assessing legal arguments or outcomes
Strong analytical reasoning and written communication skills
Ability to translate legal expertise into rigorous evaluation criteria
Experience working with interdisciplinary research, technology, or legal-operations teams
Familiarity with legal technology or AI-enabled legal workflows is advantageous
Background in legal benchmarking or legal knowledge management is beneficial
Published legal scholarship or policy research is valuable
Contributions to legal standards, frameworks, or research methodologies are advantageous
Engagement Details
Full-time engagement
Fully remote

Compensation: $400,000--$800,000/year

The source materials contain a substantial compensation inconsistency, so final compensation terms should be confirmed during the hiring process Work will involve legal research, AI evaluation, benchmark development, methodology design, and failure analysis Assignments may span corporate law, contracts, litigation, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, employment law, and public policy Strong legal-research methodology and structured analytical judgement are central to this role Collaboration will involve researchers, engineers, legal professionals, and other multidisciplinary contributors Equity compensation and performance-based incentives may be available depending on applicable employment terms and policies Benefits may include health-insurance support, paid time off, retirement-plan contributions, and other employment benefits Work must be completed without using confidential, privileged, proprietary, or otherwise restricted information belonging to any employer, client, law firm, institution, or other third party About the Platform This opportunity is available through 24-MAG LLC. We connect experienced professionals with remote consulting opportunities across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams.

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