Attorney

$90–110/hr

rate as listed

Workload: ~15h/week
Engagement: Project-based
Location: Worldwide
Field: Legal

micro1 is contracting transactional attorneys to redline commercial agreements — MSAs, NDAs, DPAs — against playbooks and write out the reasoning behind every markup, so AI systems can learn how in-house counsel actually negotiate. The work is remote and deadline-driven, with observed rates in the $90–110/hr range for contractors with a JD, active U.S. bar admission, and at least four years of contracting practice.

What the work actually involves

You are handed a commercial agreement — a vendor MSA, a mutual NDA, a data processing addendum, a SaaS order form — along with a playbook stating the company's preferred positions and acceptable fallbacks. You review the draft, identify the issues that matter, and redline it the way you would for a client. Then comes the part that distinguishes this from billable work: you write out why. Why this indemnity carve-out is unacceptable, what the fallback is, what you would concede to close, and what risk the business is taking if it accepts the counterparty's language. The written rationale is the product; the redline alone is not.

Expect heavy repetition on the provisions that get negotiated in every deal — limitation of liability and its exclusions, indemnification scope and control of defense, confidentiality carve-outs, IP ownership and license grants, data protection and subprocessor terms, termination and survival. Technology transactions experience is a strong plus because a meaningful share of the corpus is tech-adjacent.

What the screen looks for

micro1's process is AI-led and leans hard on follow-up. Expect to be asked not whether you have negotiated a liability cap but what your fallback ladder looks like when the counterparty refuses to uncap the confidentiality breach, and why. The screen is testing whether your judgment is real and articulable under pressure, and whether you can explain a position in plain, reasoned prose rather than clause-citation. It also checks the verifiable basics: JD, active bar admission, years in transactional practice, and honest availability.

Logistics

Fully remote, contractor engagement, asynchronous within task deadlines.
Volume is project-driven; contributors commonly report part-time commitments alongside other practice, but batches carry turnaround windows.
The project is confidential — expect an NDA and limits on what you can describe publicly.
Pay of $90–110/hr reflects rates observed on this listing, not a guarantee; final rate depends on assessed depth and project tier.
No AI background is required. Your contracting judgment is the qualification.

What they look for

Commercial contract drafting, review, and redlining (MSAs, NDAs, DPAs)
Active bar admission in a U.S. jurisdiction with a JD from an accredited law school
4+ years transactional practice at a firm or in-house
Playbook application: identifying issues, positions, and acceptable fallbacks
Clear written legal analysis explaining the rationale behind each markup
Technology transactions and data protection provisions (strong plus)

Before you apply

Would you pass this screen?

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Do you hold active bar admission in a U.S. jurisdiction?
Bar admission · required
Do you hold a Juris Doctor from an accredited law school?
JD · required
Do you have at least 4 years of experience in transactional practice at a law firm or in-house, focused on contract drafting, review, and negotiation?
Transactional experience · required
Have you personally drafted or redlined MSAs, NDAs, or DPAs in the last two years?
Agreement types · preferred
Do you have direct experience with technology transactions (SaaS, licensing, or IT services agreements)?
Technology transactions · preferred
Are you able to sign an NDA and work on a confidential project without disclosing its content?
Confidentiality · required

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Interview prep — 10 questions

Matched to what this platform's screening actually measures. Answer each out loud in 60–90 seconds: claim → concrete example → implication.

What it tests: Whether your contracting experience is current, hands-on, and dense enough to produce reliable judgment across the document types in this corpus.
A strong answer: Name the agreement types and rough annual volume, say whether you sat firm-side or in-house, and identify which side of the table you usually negotiate from — vendor or customer — because that shapes your default positions.
Where people lose it: Describing a broadly 'corporate' practice — entity formation, financings, diligence — without establishing that day-to-day contract markup was a substantial share of the work.

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