Paralegal / Law Student — Legal Research

Micro1; United States; Remote; USD 69,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

micro1 is seeking a Paralegal / Law Student for a remote, contractor role focusing on legal research and cite-checking. You will apply Bluebook rules, perform targeted legal research, and verify citations for accuracy under defined guidelines.

Ideal candidates have paralegal certification or ABA-approved credentials (or are law school enrolled) and 3–5 years of relevant experience; familiarity with law reviews or journals is a plus. Starts within 24–48 hours.

Qualifications

• Paralegal certification or ABA-approved certificate or current law school enrollment.
• 3–5 years of hands-on paralegal experience.
• Current, active cite-checking and legal research practice is important.
• Strong knowledge of The Bluebook pincites, short forms, signals, and parentheticals.
• Law review or law journal experience is a strong plus.

Responsibilities

• Apply Bluebook rules and verify citations with precision across source types.
• Conduct legal research and confirm sources support propositions cited.
• Work through research and citation tasks under defined guidelines.
• Explain reasoning for citations, not just correctness.
• Flag ambiguous cases to project coordinators, not resolve alone.
• Deliver work on schedule and at required quality.

Skills

NALA

NFPA

NALS

Bluebook citations

Legal Research

Law review

Law Journal

Citations

Education

Paralegal certification or ABA-approved certificate or law school enrollment

Job description

Pay: $50 - $120/hour

Required Skills

• NALA
• NFPA
• NALS
• Bluebook citations
• Legal Research
• Law review
• Law Journal
• Citations

About micro1

micro1 is a data lab that helps AI labs & Enterprises train foundational models and agents. We provide frontier evaluations and reinforcement learning environments to improve LLM capabilities, as well as contextual evaluations to monitor and improve AI agents in enterprise settings.

Our AI recruiting agent sources and vets domain experts for our data platform that enables rapid production of high-quality training data. Our research spans high-value, specialized domains (legal, medical, finance, coding, etc.), where expert-level data is the hardest to produce and most valuable for advanced model performance. Our pipeline performance system ensures both quality and velocity.

Opportunity Snapshot

Pay: $50–120/hour

Location: Remote — open to paralegals with U.S. legal experience

You’ll need: Paralegal certification or an ABA-approved certificate, or current law school enrollment

Your tasks: Apply your cite-checking and legal research expertise to a short, high-intensity project

Role Title: Paralegal / Law Student —Legal Research

Role Type: Contractor

Location: Remote

We’re looking for people whose cite-checking and research skills are current and sharp — the kind of work you do now, not something you last did years ago.

What you’ll do

• Apply Bluebook rules and verify citations with precision across a range of source types.
• Conduct legal research and confirm that sources support the propositions cited.
• Work through research and citation tasks under defined guidelines, applying them consistently.
• Explain your reasoning — why a citation is wrong, not just that it is.
• Flag ambiguous cases to project coordinators instead of resolving them silently.
• Deliver assigned work on schedule and at the required quality level.

What we’re looking for

• Paralegal certification (NALA, NFPA, or NALS), a certificate from an ABA-approved program, or current enrollment in law school.
• 3–5 years of hands-on paralegal experience is the sweet spot, though we’re open on either side if your citation work is current.
• Current, active cite-checking and legal research practice — this is more important to us than total years.
• Strong working knowledge of The Bluebook: pincites, short forms, signals, and parentheticals.
• Law review or law journal experience is a strong plus.
• Graduates of highly ranked law schools or paralegal programs are especially encouraged to apply.
• Available to work over the next two weeks, starting within 24–48 hours of onboarding.

How the selection process works

• Apply and complete the screening questions
• Complete the AI interview for this role — it’s how your expertise gets in front of the client
• Profile review
• Onboarding — our Talent Ops team will get you set up
• Email