Legal Counsel Specialist - Freelance AI Trainer Project

Meridial; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 103,000; Part time

Job summary

Meridial is seeking a mid-senior level Legal Counsel Specialist - AI Trainer to shape the future of AI through legal evaluation. You will challenge advanced AI models with realistic legal scenarios, assess reasoning, and document performance gaps to improve model accuracy.

The role demands a JD and active license with substantial litigation experience, spanning trial, appellate work, or other contested matters.

Qualifications

• JD and active law license are required.
• Significant litigation experience is expected (trial, appellate, or other contested matters).
• Ability to articulate legal reasoning clearly and precisely.

Responsibilities

• Engage in substantive legal dialogue with AI model and evaluate its responses.
• Identify reproducible failure points and performance gaps in model reasoning.
• Collaborate with the team to refine prompts and improve evaluation metrics.

Skills

Litigation experience

Legal reasoning

Statutory interpretation

Judicial reasoning

Legal citation formats

Case brief construction

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

Are you a seasoned attorney eager to shape the future of AI? Large-scale language models are evolving from clever chatbots into powerful engines of academic and professional exploration. With high-quality training data, tomorrow's AI can democratize world-class legal education, assist with real-world legal reasoning, and support advanced research and practice across jurisdictions. That training data begins with you—your expertise will help power the next generation of AI.

We're looking for attorneys with substantial litigation experience who can challenge advanced AI models with realistic legal scenarios, assess their reasoning, and identify opportunities for improvement. You'll work on topics such as statutory interpretation, judicial reasoning, precedent analysis, legal citation formats, case brief construction, and evidentiary standards—documenting performance gaps to strengthen model reasoning.

On a typical day, you will engage in substantive legal dialogue with the model, evaluate its responses for factual accuracy and analytical rigor, identify reproducible failure points, and collaborate with our team to refine prompts and improve evaluation metrics.

A JD and active law license are required. Significant litigation experience—whether gained in trial work, appellate advocacy, or other contested matters is expected. Ideal candidates may also bring a history of publication, prior clerkships, teaching experience, or subject matter specialization. The ability to articulate legal reasoning clearly and precisely is essential.

We offer a pay range of $50 to $75 per hour, with the exact rate determined after evaluating your experience, expertise, and geographic location. Final offer amounts may vary from the pay range listed above. As a contractor you'll supply a secure computer and high-speed internet; company-sponsored benefits such as health insurance and PTO do not apply.

Job title: Legal Counsel Specialist - AI Trainer

Employment type: Contract

Workplace type: Remote

Seniority level: Mid‑Senior Level