Legal Specialist

Legal Specialist

Posted 7 days ago by Crossing Hurdles

Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
United Kingdom

Summary: The role of International Law Specialist AI Tutor involves guiding research teams to enhance AI model performance in International Law. The position requires creating annotation standards and translating legal expertise into teachable knowledge for AI systems. The tutor will also develop evaluation frameworks and collaborate with other experts to ensure data accuracy. This is a long-term, remote, hourly contract position with a commitment of 20–40 hours per week.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Guide research teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in International Law.
  • Create and maintain precise annotation standards tailored to International Law.
  • Set the gold standard for quality and rigor as a domain SME.
  • Translate tacit legal expertise into explicit, teachable knowledge for AI systems.
  • Develop guidelines and evaluation frameworks to assess legal reasoning across tasks.
  • Design challenging, domain-relevant legal tasks across multiple specializations.
  • Write accurate, well-structured solutions to legal problems.
  • Evaluate legal tasks and solutions and provide clear, written feedback.
  • Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.

Key Skills:

  • Juris Doctorate (JD) from an accredited law school or advanced degree in a relevant field from a top-tier university.
  • Strong professional International Law experience at a reputable institution (excluding internships or clerkships).
  • Ability to commit to 20–40 hours/week and attend 2–5 calibration calls per week.

Salary (Rate): £160.00/hr

City: undetermined

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:

Crossing Hurdles is a recruitment firm. We refer top candidates to our partners working with the world’s leading AI research labs to help build and train cutting-edge AI models.

Position: International Law Specialist AI Tutor

Type: Hourly Contract

Compensation: $140–$160/hour (based on experience and location)

Location: Remote

Duration: Long-term (6–12 months)

Commitment: Minimum 20–40 hours/week

Role Responsibilities (Training support will be provided)

  • Guide research teams to close knowledge gaps and improve AI model performance in International Law.
  • Create and maintain precise annotation standards tailored to International Law.
  • As a domain SME, you'll set the gold standard for quality and rigor.
  • Translate tacit legal expertise into explicit, teachable knowledge for AI systems.
  • Develop guidelines and evaluation frameworks to assess legal reasoning across tasks.
  • Design challenging, domain-relevant legal tasks across multiple specializations, and write accurate, well-structured solutions to legal problems.
  • Evaluate legal tasks and solutions and provide clear, written feedback.
  • Collaborate with other subject matter experts to ensure consistency and accuracy in training data.

Requirements

Education: Juris Doctorate (JD) from an accredited law school, or advanced degree in a relevant field from a top-tier university.

Experience: Strong professional International Law experience at a reputable institution (excluding internships or clerkships).

Ability to commit to 20–40 hours/week and attend 2–5 calibration calls per week.

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