Paralegal Subject Matter Expert (Remote Contractor)

About the role

In this hourly, remote contractor role, you will work as a Paralegal Subject Matter Expert (SME) to review AI‑generated legal support responses and create expert paralegal content, evaluating reasoning quality and providing precise written feedback.

Key responsibilities

• Develop AI training content: create detailed prompts, document templates, checklists, research summaries, and drafting examples.
• Optimize AI performance: evaluate and rank AI responses to improve correctness, clarity, formatting, and procedural usefulness.
• Ensure model integrity: test AI outputs for inaccuracies, misleading certainty, confidentiality risks, and bias; validate reliability across legal support use cases.

Required profile

• Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Paralegal Studies, Legal Studies, or a related field; paralegal certification is a plus.
• 4+ years of professional experience as a paralegal or legal assistant in a law firm, in‑house, or public sector.
• Strong command of legal support workflows such as intake, fact gathering, document drafting, version control, and matter organization.
• Proven experience with legal research and summarizing authorities (cases, statutes, regulations) clearly and accurately.
• Familiarity with litigation processes (pleadings, discovery, subpoenas, motion practice) or transactional workflows (contracts, corporate filings), depending on the lane.
• Exceptional attention to detail: spotting inconsistencies, missing facts, formatting issues, and ambiguous wording; minimum C1 English proficiency.
• Comfort working with confidentiality requirements and handling sensitive information appropriately.
• Reliable, self‑directed, and able to deliver consistent quality in an hourly, remote contractor workflow across time zones.
• Prior experience with AI data training/annotation, document QA, legal ops, or editorial review is strongly preferred.