BigLaw lawyers (Litigation/Corporate/M&A)
Pay
$140–400/hr
Work
Contract
Eligibility
No stated location restriction
Field
Law
Skills
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About this role
Role Title: BigLaw lawyers (Litigation/Corporate/M&A)
Role Type: Contractor
Location: Remote
micro1 is engaging lawyers to contribute their subject-matter expertise in support of a customer's project. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters.
This opportunity is tailored for legal professionals with mandatory experience working at one or more Vault Law 100 firms. We are seeking candidates with top-tier legal training and exposure to sophisticated, high-stakes legal matters who are interested in applying their expertise in a collaborative, technology-driven environment.
Scope of Work
- Conduct comprehensive legal analysis on a variety of US law topics, providing nuanced insights and guidance.
- Perform in-depth legal research to support project objectives and ensure current, accurate information is utilized.
- Draft, review, and edit legal content, including memoranda, opinions, contracts, and other relevant documents.
- Assess and provide structured feedback on legal texts for clarity, accuracy, and alignment with best practices.
- Participate in remote, multidisciplinary collaboration to refine project deliverables and address complex legal scenarios.
- Contribute to content quality assurance by spotting errors, inconsistencies, or ambiguities in legal materials.
- Apply meticulous attention to detail to maintain exceptionally high standards in all submissions.
Preferred Qualifications
- Active license to practice law with strong academic credentials.
- Current or prior experience at a top-tier US law firm, with exposure to varied practice areas.
- Proven abilities in legal analysis, research, and drafting across a range of legal subjects.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated experience in legal content review.
- Track record of successful remote collaboration and participation in multidisciplinary projects.
- Experience with quality assurance and rubric-based evaluation of legal documents is a plus.
- Demonstrated commitment to precision, accuracy, and upholding legal best practices in all work.
How to get selected for this role
micro1 posts several BigLaw listings at once, corporate, M&A and litigation, a general BigLaw track, and specialty variants, each with roughly a hundred seats. The credential is large-firm experience; what decides selection is a screen that tests how you analyse a legal scenario in writing and out loud. Here is the path and what each step measures.
Apply to the listing that matches your practice
Corporate, M&A and litigation each have their own posting; the general BigLaw listing covers everything else, and there are separate tracks for civil rights, healthcare, criminal defense and family law. Pick the one your experience is deepest in and say which firm and practice group in the profile.
Clear the three questions lawyers ask first
Outside-work policy: if you are still at a firm, check it; former practitioners have nothing to clear. Conflicts: you are not representing anyone, so client conflicts rarely attach, but the marketplace NDA does. Unauthorized practice: the work is training material, not advice, so those rules are not implicated.
Sit the AI interview like an advisor, not a treatise
micro1’s interviewer walks you through a scenario and pushes on your analysis. It rewards issue-spotting, a clear structure, and committing to a conclusion in plain English; it fails answers that survey every authority and decide nothing. Reason aloud the way you would brief a partner in two minutes.
Treat the legal assessment as a senior-associate review
The written task hands you model output, a contract analysis, a memo, a strategy, and asks what is wrong and what a competent lawyer would have produced. Be specific, cite the rule, and write the corrected version rather than describing it.
Stay responsive once you are in the talent pool
Passing puts you in micro1’s pool; project seats are assigned as they open. Matching can take days or weeks and some candidates are not selected. Keep the profile current and answer invitations quickly; hours are yours to set once matched.
Before you apply
Do I have to be at a BigLaw firm now?
The listings ask for BigLaw-firm experience; read the posting above for how it defines that. Across this market, former practitioners, solo and boutique lawyers, of counsel and lawyers between roles make up most of the contributor pool, because they are the ones with hours to give.
Is this the practice of law?
No. You are grading and improving reasoning produced by an AI model and writing reference material. No client is represented and no advice is given, so unauthorized-practice rules are not engaged. Confidentiality terms in the marketplace NDA do apply to everything you see.
Do I need an active bar admission?
It depends on the listing; read the eligibility line above. Many projects accept licensed-but-not-practising attorneys. Jurisdiction and practice area matter more than status: a project on Delaware corporate law wants people who practised it.
How many hours is it?
The listings describe hourly contract work with hours you set once you are matched. Check the posting for any minimum. Nothing is billed until you are on a project.
Where does Skillora fit?
Skillora is an interview-practice product that also aggregates AI-training listings. We are independent of micro1. If you are placed through the apply link on this page, micro1 pays Skillora a referral fee; that does not change what you are paid, and micro1’s vetting alone decides who is selected.
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