Part Time, Freelance and Contract Attorney Jobs

Hourly legal work you can take on alongside a practice, a family or a sabbatical. All remote, highest published rate first.

67 open part-time and contract attorney listings live right now, paying up to $400 an hour.

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How this legal work fits around your week

These part time attorney jobs are remote AI training contracts. Labs pay lawyers by the hour to grade and rewrite the legal work an AI model produces. Nearly every listing is either an hourly contract with no stated weekly hours or a part-time role, so the work fits around billable hours, a school run or retirement.

The three sections below split the same feed by how the work is structured: part-time pools, freelance hourly contracts, and contract projects with a set working week. Pick the one that matches the week you actually have.

A "US bar required" badge means the listing’s own requirements ask for admission in a US jurisdiction. The rest accept any license, a JD alone, or state no rule.

Attorney pay by type of work

Published hourly rates for each type of work on this page, computed from the open listings.

Type of workOpen listingsPublished hourly rate
Part-time attorney6$60 to $150
Freelance attorney55$7 to $400
Contract attorney6$90 to $170

Part Time Attorney Jobs (Remote)

Part time attorney jobs in this feed are mostly Mercor’s legal pools: a general legal expert pool, a JD or LLB pool, an enterprise law experts pool and a lawyer talent network. You interview once, join the pool, and get matched to projects as they open. You are paid for hours on a project, not for membership.

This suits a lawyer with a primary job who wants occasional, well-paid work without committing to a schedule.

6 open part-time attorney listings right now, published at $60 to $150 an hour.

Freelance Attorney Jobs

Freelance attorney jobs, in the sense most lawyers mean it, are independent contractor work at an hourly rate with no fixed schedule. That is how micro1 posts nearly all of its legal listings: hourly, no stated weekly hours, and projects you take or pass on. Alignerr and DataAnnotation post their legal work the same way.

The pay range here is the widest of the three types, from general contract review to the BigLaw tracks, so filter by rate in the list above if you only want the top of it.

55 open freelance attorney listings right now, published at $7 to $400 an hour.

Contract Attorney Jobs (Remote)

Contract attorney jobs traditionally mean a project at set hours, usually document review for a firm or an agency. The AI training version keeps the structure and changes the work. Mercor’s contract projects state a full working week, in litigation, corporate, intellectual property, regulatory and public interest law.

You write and grade legal analysis instead of coding documents for privilege, and the published rates sit well above typical review work. This is the closest match for a contract attorney between placements.

6 open contract attorney listings right now, published at $90 to $170 an hour.

What the work looks like

A task is a prompt, the model’s answer and a rubric. You score the answer, explain each error, and often write the answer it should have given. Tasks queue up, so one long session and several short ones both work.

Check two things before you start. Your firm’s outside-work policy, since most firms require disclosure of paid engagements. And the marketplace NDA, which covers everything you see on a project. Nobody is represented, so client conflicts rarely attach.

Where these listings come from

Six marketplaces publish this work openly. Every listing above links to the one that posted it, and each has its own page here covering pay, screening and who gets hired.

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Part-time and contract attorney AI training jobs, answered

Can I do part time attorney work alongside a full-time practice?

Yes, and many lawyers on these projects do. The freelance listings state no weekly hours and the part-time pools match you to projects you can decline. Clear your firm’s outside-work policy first; most require disclosure of paid engagements.

What is the difference between freelance and contract attorney jobs here?

Freelance listings are hourly contracts with no set schedule: you take tasks when you have time. Contract listings state a full working week for the length of a project. Part-time listings sit in between, as pools you join once and get matched from.

How much do part time and freelance attorney jobs pay?

The pay table on this page shows the live published range for each type of work. Freelance hourly contracts have the widest spread, because the BigLaw tracks sit in that group. Every rate on the page comes from the listings themselves.

Is this the same as document review work?

No. Document review codes documents for relevance and privilege. This work grades and writes legal analysis for an AI model, which is closer to reviewing a junior associate’s memo. Document review experience still helps, and some listings name it as a skill.

Do I need an active bar license?

Only for listings marked "US bar required". Others accept a license from any jurisdiction, a lapsed license, or a JD alone. Read the requirements on the listing before you apply.

Other places to find part time and contract legal work

AI training is one slice of the flexible legal market. If it is the wrong fit, these are the established routes.

  • Axiom. Places lawyers with in-house legal teams on fixed-term engagements.
  • Montage Legal Group. Freelance attorneys doing overflow research and writing for law firms.
  • Hire Counsel. Legal staffing for document review and contract attorney projects.
  • Upwork. Client-by-client freelance legal work. Rates vary widely and you market yourself.
  • Your state bar’s career center. Contract and part-time postings from local firms, and the best source for court-facing work.

The screen is where these roles are won

Every marketplace above screens with an interview or assessment in your own domain before assigning paid work. Run that interview with Skillora first and get feedback on how you explained your reasoning, not just on what you said.

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