Member of Technical Staff, Legal Research

24-MAG
New York, NY
Category Engineering
Job Description
Role Overview

We are sharing a full-time opportunity for experienced legal researchers and legal professionals with deep expertise in legal analysis, research methodology, benchmarking, and complex legal workflows to contribute to advanced AI research and evaluation initiatives.

What You Will Do

Selected professionals will design rigorous evaluation frameworks for legal AI systems, conduct applied research on legal reasoning and interpretation, develop realistic benchmark environments, and collaborate with researchers and engineers to assess and improve AI performance across sophisticated legal tasks.

Why It Might Be a Fit

Ideal Profile: Advanced degree in Law, deep expertise in one or more substantive legal domains, demonstrated experience conducting legal research, legal analysis, or policy work, strong understanding of legal reasoning and research methodology, and experience developing structured approaches for assessing legal arguments or outcomes.

Requirements

  • Advanced degree in Law, such as JD, LLM, SJD, PhD in Law, or equivalent
  • Deep expertise in one or more substantive legal domains
  • Relevant areas may include corporate law, contracts, litigation, regulatory compliance, intellectual property, employment law, or public policy
  • Demonstrated experience conducting legal research, legal analysis, or policy work
  • Strong understanding of legal reasoning and research methodology
  • Experience developing structured approaches for assessing legal arguments or outcomes
  • Strong analytical reasoning and written communication skills
  • Ability to translate legal expertise into rigorous evaluation criteria
  • Experience working with interdisciplinary research, technology, or legal-operations teams
  • Familiarity with legal technology or AI-enabled legal workflows is advantageous
  • Background in legal benchmarking or legal knowledge management is beneficial
  • Published legal scholarship or policy research is valuable
  • Contributions to legal standards, frameworks, or research methodologies are advantageous

Benefits

  • Health-insurance support
  • Paid time off
  • Retirement-plan contributions
  • Other employment benefits
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