[Hiring] Litigation Lawyer @the Opportunity

Role Description

We are seeking experienced litigation and disputes lawyers to help evaluate how effectively advanced AI systems answer real-world questions involving Australian law.

• Serve as an expert legal reviewer, comparing responses generated by two AI platforms.
• Assess the accuracy, relevance, completeness, and legal reasoning of each response.
• Score each response against a standardized rubric.
• Provide concise, specific written feedback supporting each evaluation.
• Apply your professional legal judgment consistently across evaluation tasks.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of law-firm or barristers' chambers experience in litigation, disputes, or contentious practice; 3+ years preferred.
• Qualified to practise law in Australia, with strong knowledge of Australian litigation and procedural law.
• Native or fluent English, with excellent written communication skills.
• Strong analytical and legal research abilities.
• Ability to distinguish accurate legal reasoning from flawed, incomplete, or unsupported analysis.
• Comfortable working independently against a defined rubric and meeting deadlines.

Requirements

• Current in-house lawyers may qualify only if they moved in-house within the past 2 years and previously practiced at a law firm or chambers.

Benefits

• Initial commitment: Approximately 10 hours, with strong potential for additional work.
• Work arrangement: Fully remote with flexible scheduling.
• Confidentiality: All project work is covered by an NDA.
• Independent contractor engagement.
• Payments are made weekly based on services rendered.
• Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on project requirements and performance.
• H-1B and STEM OPT candidates are not currently supported.

Company Description

• Apply your Australian litigation expertise to the evaluation of advanced legal AI.
• Help assess how AI systems reason about real-world Australian law.
• Contribute specialist legal judgment to improving AI accuracy and reliability.
• Work on projects at the intersection of legal practice and frontier AI.