Legal Expert — Disputes & International, UK (Project Donna) | $138/hr Remote
Overview
UK disputes lawyers can join a blind human-preference study for a legal AI company. You will read a synthetic matter involving cross-border disputes, then assess six AI outputs (items A–F) against each other. Five direct comparisons plus a common baseline will shape your feedback. The work sits squarely in international arbitration, sanctions and export controls, and emergency interim relief.
What You'll Do4
- 1Read a contrived legal dispute and its supporting documents to understand the issues at stake.
- 2Examine six AI-produced deliverables, each labelled A through F, for that same matter.
- 3Run five side-by-side comparisons of these outputs against a shared baseline version.
- 4Note your preferred choice in each pairing and explain the reasoning in a few concise sentences.
Requirements5
- 1Hold a law degree and current qualification to practice in the UK.
- 2Bring substantive work experience in international arbitration, award enforcement, sanctions, export controls, or cross-border disputes.
- 3Assess legal work product for correctness, completeness, legal judgment, and practical usefulness.
- 4Write with precision and clarity in English, and follow detailed written instructions autonomously.
- 5Commit roughly 24 hours to the engagement and meet deadlines reliably.
Who Should Apply
This role suits a UK-qualified solicitor or barrister with hands-on experience in cross-border disputes and international arbitration. If your practice is purely domestic litigation or you rarely touch sanctions or export controls, this might not be the right fit. Candidates often get rejected when they list general legal experience without specifying the exact practice areas, or when their written rationale lacks the depth needed to show they can judge work product holistically. Applying without concrete examples of similar review work can also hurt your chances.
Salary Insight
The rate is $138 per hour, which is premium for legal consulting and reflects the need for specialised arbitration expertise. Given the short 24-hour engagement, total earnings come to about $3,312, and the rate matches what senior disputes practitioners typically command.
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Application Tip
In your application, highlight specific cases or matters where you evaluated opposing counsel's work or dealt with sanctions or arbitration. Mention the number of years you've spent in cross-border practice and give one example of how you judged a written submission on its completeness and legal soundness.
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