Lawyer

Turing; Dallas (TX); Remote; USD 55,104 - 96,432; Part time

Job summary

A leading AI technology company is seeking a legal professional to evaluate AI models handling U.S. legal hypotheticals. The ideal candidate has a Juris Doctor (J.D.) with at least 3 years of legal experience and strong knowledge across various areas of law. Responsibilities include assessing model outputs and providing detailed feedback. This contract role allows for flexible hours, with a commitment of at least 10 hours per week, up to 40 hours. Potential for extension based on performance.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience practicing law or teaching at a U.S.-based law school.
• Strong foundational knowledge across multiple areas of U.S. law.
• Proven ability to apply legal reasoning to complex cases.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate model outputs on U.S. legal hypotheticals.
• Assess accuracy and logical reasoning using a structured rubric.
• Provide feedback to improve model fine-tuning.

Skills

U.S. legal reasoning

Attention to detail

Written communication

Understanding of various U.S. law areas

Education

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Job description

Turing is one of the world’s fastest-growing AI companies, pushing the boundaries of AI-assisted software development. Our mission is to empower the next generation of AI systems to reason about and work with real-world software repositories. You’ll be working at the intersection of software engineering, open-source ecosystems, and frontier AI.

Project Overview

We’re advancing the frontier of AI by training large language models to think like skilled legal professionals. Our goal is to build high-quality evaluation and training datasets that capture the real reasoning challenges lawyers and legal scholars face.

What Does a Typical Day Look Like?

• Review and evaluate model outputs on complex U.S. legal hypotheticals across multiple domainsITERAL of law.
• Apply a structured legal rubric to assess accuracy, relevance, logical reasoning, and application of law.
• Identifyאס gaps, edge cases, and reasoning blind spots — helping define new benchmarks for legal understanding in AI.
• Provide clear, consistent annotations and detailed feedback that directly improve model fine-tuning and legal reasoning capabilities.

Required Skills & Experience

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited U.S. law school, with active or inactive Bar admission.
• 3+ years of experience practicing law or teaching at a U.S.-based law school.
• Proven ability to apply U.S. legal reasoning to complex, nuanced cases (hypothetical or real-world).
• Strong foundational knowledge across multiple areas of U.S. law, including contracts, torts, criminal law, constitutional law, corporate law, and civil procedure.
• Exceptional attention to detail, precision, and consistency in evaluating and annotating legal work.
• Excellent written communication skills for delivering clear, high-quality feedback.
• High ethical standards and the ability to handle.matte legal information with confidentiality.
• Interest in AI and language models (LLMs) is a plus.
• Commitment: Flexible engagement, minimum 10 hrs/week, up to 40 hrs/week.
• Type: Contractor (no medical/paid leave).
• Duration: 1 month with potential extensions based on performance and fit.

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Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Information Technology