micro1 is contracting U.S.-trained lawyers to review sample contracts, flag risky clauses, and write short memos that become training data for AI legal reasoning. Work is remote, asynchronous, and uses only public or synthetic documents — no client files, no privileged material.

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What the work actually involves

You will be handed template or synthetic contracts — services agreements, NDAs, SaaS terms, leases, employment agreements, vendor MSAs — and asked to do what you would do on a redline, but with the reasoning written down. That means identifying the indemnity that runs one direction only, the limitation-of-liability cap that swallows the indemnity, the auto-renewal buried in a notice provision, the governing-law clause that makes the arbitration clause unworkable. For each flag, you write commentary a model can learn from: what the clause says, why it creates exposure, which party it favors, and what a reasonable fix looks like. Tasks typically end with a short memo — a paragraph or two summarizing top risks and suggested edits — plus, on some workflows, a plain-English restatement aimed at a non-lawyer counterparty.

A second stream of work is comparative: you review AI-drafted or AI-annotated output and judge it. Did the model miss a materially one-sided clause? Did it flag boilerplate as dangerous? Did it hallucinate a statute or misstate the UCC? You rank responses, justify the ranking, and often rewrite the better one into something you would actually send.

What the screen looks for

micro1's screening is AI-led and conversational, with follow-ups that go a layer deeper than your first answer. It is testing three things: that you have genuinely practiced document-heavy law (specific clause types, specific negotiations, specific outcomes), that you can explain your reasoning rather than assert a conclusion, and that you write cleanly under time pressure. Expect to be pushed on jurisdictional caveats and on where you would hedge. Expect at least one prompt asking you to explain something technical to a layperson.

Logistics

Contractor engagement, fully remote, async — you pull tasks rather than attend meetings
Volume is project-driven; many contributors work 10–20 hours a week, some more during ramp
Observed pay band is $80–180/hr, varying by specialization and task complexity; not guaranteed
All materials are public or synthetic; you will be asked to confirm conflict-of-interest and confidentiality protocols
Active bar membership is preferred but lapsed status in a U.S. jurisdiction is explicitly acceptable

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What the work actually involves

What the screen looks for

Logistics

Interview prep — 10 questions