[Hiring] Clinical Legal Education & Civil Justice Advisor @24-MAG

Role Description

We are sharing a specialised part-time consulting opportunity for US-based clinical law professors, clinic directors, and experienced legal educators with expertise in civil legal services, live-client supervision, legal pedagogy, and structured evaluation of complex legal reasoning. This short-term role supports an AI research initiative focused on improving legal analysis across housing, family, consumer, debt, and related civil legal matters. Selected professionals will evaluate AI-generated responses, assess issue spotting and procedural reasoning, and provide structured feedback grounded in doctrinal knowledge, clinical teaching, and practical supervision experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Civil Legal Analysis Evaluation
  • Review AI-generated responses involving common civil legal-services matters
  • Assess issue spotting, legal reasoning, factual application, and procedural accuracy
  • Identify unsupported conclusions, overlooked legal issues, and incomplete analyses
  • Evaluate whether proposed guidance reflects sound legal judgment and realistic civil practice
• Clinical Practice & Procedural Review
  • Assess scenarios involving housing, family, consumer, debt, and related civil law matters
  • Review procedural steps, available remedies, filing considerations, and client-centred strategy
  • Evaluate whether responses account for practical barriers faced by clients navigating the legal system
  • Apply experience from live-client clinics and supervised legal practice
• Legal Pedagogy & Structured Feedback
  • Provide detailed written feedback explaining the strengths and weaknesses of each response
  • Assess whether legal analyses demonstrate clear organisation, sound reasoning, and appropriate professional judgment
  • Apply teaching and supervision experience to identify gaps in legal understanding
  • Recommend specific improvements to analytical structure, issue development, and procedural guidance
• Evaluation Standards & Collaboration
  • Help refine scoring criteria and evaluation frameworks for civil legal reasoning
  • Apply consistent standards across varied legal scenarios and response formats
  • Collaborate with legal specialists and research teams to improve reference materials
  • Participate in calibration activities to support accurate and reliable evaluation outcomes

Qualifications

• Experience directing, supervising, or teaching within a law school clinic
• Current or previous admission to practise law in at least one US jurisdiction
• Expertise in one or more civil legal-practice areas
• Strong understanding of clinical legal education, client representation, and professional supervision
• Experience evaluating legal writing, student work, case strategy, or practical legal performance
• Excellent legal writing, analytical judgment, and attention to detail
• Ability to provide precise and constructive written feedback
• Availability to contribute approximately 15 hours per week

Educational Background

• A Juris Doctor degree is required
• Current or previous US bar admission is required
• Additional education or professional training in clinical legal education, civil procedure, access to justice, or legal pedagogy may be valuable
• Academic appointments or leadership experience within a law school clinic are especially relevant

Nice to Have

• Experience as a Clinical Professor of Law, Clinic Director, or senior supervising attorney
• Background in housing, family, consumer, elder, disability, or debt-law clinics
• Experience developing legal curricula, assessment rubrics, or experiential-learning materials
• Published scholarship, practice guides, educational resources, or clinical teaching materials
• Experience supervising law students, fellows, junior attorneys, or multidisciplinary teams
• Familiarity with access-to-justice initiatives, legal aid programmes, or community legal services
• Previous involvement in legal technology, AI evaluation, structured legal review, or quality-assurance projects

Why This Opportunity

• Apply clinical teaching and civil-practice expertise to an emerging legal research initiative
• Help improve the quality of AI-generated legal reasoning used in education and practice
• Evaluate realistic scenarios involving civil legal services and client representation
• Contribute practical insights from live-client supervision and legal pedagogy
• Participate in an intellectually engaging short-term project with competitive compensation

Contract Details

• Independent contractor role
• Fully remote with flexible scheduling
• Available to professionals based in the United States
• Expected commitment of approximately 15 hours per week
• Estimated project duration of approximately 2–3 weeks
• Competitive compensation of up to $175 per hour depending on expertise and project scope
• Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
• Work may include legal-response evaluation, procedural analysis, rubric refinement, written feedback, and calibration activities
• Projects may be extended, shortened, or adjusted depending on scope and performance
• Work will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution