Role Title: Legal Expert (Civil Rights Law)

Role Type: Contractor

Location: Remote

micro1 is engaging Legal Expert (Civil Rights Law) professionals to contribute to a customer's project focused on advancing the capabilities of AI in recognizing and interpreting civil rights legal matters. 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.

Scope of Work

Design, create, and review legal data annotation tasks related to civil rights law, including discrimination, constitutional rights, disability access, police misconduct, and complex civil rights litigation scenarios.
Assess and ensure the accuracy, clarity, and legal relevance of data sets and annotation guidelines.
Draft clear written explanations and rationales for legal concepts and decision-making processes in context-rich scenarios.
Provide detailed feedback and quality assurance on annotation deliverables completed by other legal professionals and contributors.
Collaborate closely with project managers, platform specialists, and other legal experts to refine annotation workflows and protocols.
Contribute to the continuous improvement of project documentation to support best practices in civil rights legal data annotation.

Preferred Qualifications

Juris Doctor (JD) degree and active bar admission in the United States.
Demonstrated experience as a civil rights attorney, civil rights litigation attorney, or civil liberties attorney with substantial subject matter expertise.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with a particular emphasis on clarity, precision, and legal reasoning.
Proven ability to analyze and interpret nuanced legal issues related to civil rights, constitutional law, discrimination, and police practices.
Familiarity with legal data annotation, legal technology, or digital knowledge management is a plus.
Detail-oriented approach and commitment to producing high-quality, accurate deliverables.
Experience engaging in collaborative, remote professional assignments within multidisciplinary legal or research-focused environments.