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Role Title: Legal Expert (Environmental Law)
Role Type: Contractor
Location: Remote
our partner is engaging Legal Experts (Environmental Law) to participate in a high-impact project for a valued customer. 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
- Create and review legal data annotation tasks involving federal and state environmental laws and regulations.
- Assess and provide expert feedback on issues related to environmental compliance, permitting, pollution control, site remediation, and environmental litigation.
- Analyze complex legal documents and fact patterns to generate illustrative data sets and case scenarios.
- Draft detailed explanations and rationales for legal decision-making, ensuring clarity and accuracy for AI training purposes.
- Evaluate the legal sufficiency of hypothetical environmental legal tasks and outcomes, offering nuanced insights and suggested improvements.
- Collaborate with project stakeholders through clear written and verbal communication to clarify task requirements and expectations.
- Contribute to the ongoing refinement of project guidelines and annotation standards based on evolving legal developments and best practices.
Preferred Qualifications
- Active US law license with demonstrated expertise in environmental law, including regulatory compliance, permitting, enforcement, or litigation.
- Experience as an Environmental Attorney, Environmental Counsel, or Environmental Litigation Attorney.
- Strong understanding of environmental statutes and regulations such as the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, CERCLA, and RCRA.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complex legal concepts into accessible language.
- Familiarity with legal research, document analysis, and preparation of summaries or expert opinions.
- Analytical mindset with meticulous attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy.
- Interest in legal technology, AI, or data-driven legal applications is a plus.
This is a 100% remote contract role, open to applicants worldwide in the countries the employer accepts.
