Legal Expert (Civil Rights Law)

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. Originally posted on Himalayas