US Contract Attorney — In-House Counsel

$100–120/hr

rate as listed

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

Evaluate AI-generated contract, compliance, employment and risk advice from the perspective of experienced US in-house counsel. The work also includes creating realistic legal tasks, reference answers and source-grounded evaluation rationales.

The work

You will compare pairs of AI-generated responses to in-house legal tasks, select the stronger response and explain the decision using source documents and applicable US law. Assignments may cover contract review, policy and compliance questions, employment matters, disputes, risk assessments and business-facing legal advice. You will also identify omissions or unsafe recommendations and create realistic prompts, fact patterns and model answers based on in-house practice.

Screening

The platform will look for an active bar membership, a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school and at least three years of legal practice that includes advising a business in-house. Expect follow-up questions about specific matters, how you distinguish legal accuracy from practical usefulness, and how you evaluate two plausible but imperfect answers. AmLaw 100 experience and prior legal AI, annotation or benchmark work are preferred but not required.

Engagement logistics

The role starts immediately, with applications reviewed on a rolling basis. Work is expected to recur as projects launch, but the listing does not promise a continuous workload. Onboarding and calibration sessions are part of the engagement. The listing does not specify whether work is remote or asynchronous, or provide typical weekly hours.

Pay

Pay band: $100–120/hr

What they look for

Active admission to practice in at least one US state
J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school
At least 3 years of legal practice, including in-house experience
In-house advising on contracts, compliance, employment, risk or disputes
Evaluation of legal reasoning against source documents and applicable US law
Concise writing of defensible legal judgments and reference answers

Included with this listing

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: This verifies the required practice history and whether the candidate has actually delivered business-facing advice rather than only performing outside-counsel research or drafting.
A strong answer: Give a chronological account with roles, dates or durations, representative matter types and the internal stakeholders advised. Clearly separate in-house work from law-firm experience and identify personal responsibility for decisions or recommendations.
Where people lose it: Candidates lose credibility when they describe a company client as in-house experience or discuss team matters without identifying what they personally handled.

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