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Transactional Attorney

up to $130/hr

About this role, in micro1's words

Job Summary: We are seeking seasoned transactional attorneys for a part-time role at the forefront of legal AI. This opportunity is for elite lawyers who want to help shape how advanced AI is trained, evaluated, and applied in real-world legal work, especially those who have deep experience with drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and redlining within the tech field.

What you'll do

Key Responsibilities

Perform simulated contract negotiations and redlining exercises.
Review and assess AI responses to contract scenarios, providing expert feedback to improve model performance and output precision.
Create objective evaluation frameworks and grading criteria to assess AI performance on contract tasks with rigor and consistency.
Collaborate with product and research teams to refine data, guidelines, and best practices for AI-driven contract review solutions.

Candidate background

What this role asks for

Contract Redlining
Contract Drafting
Contract Negotiation
ISDA's
MSA's
NDA's

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Contract Redlining: “listed by the platform under required skills: Contract Redlining”
Contract Drafting: “listed by the platform under required skills: Contract Drafting”
Contract Negotiation: “listed by the platform under required skills: Contract Negotiation”
ISDA's: “listed by the platform under required skills: ISDA's”
MSA's: “listed by the platform under required skills: MSA's”
NDA's: “listed by the platform under required skills: NDA's”

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Advertised hourly rate

up to $130/hr

Work type: Remote
Weekly hours: Not specified
Eligibility: Worldwide
Posted: 22 Sep 2026

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JOB POSTING START
Title: Transactional Attorney
Platform: micro1
Open to: Worldwide
Country limits: micro1 says it cannot hire residents of these 20 countries and regions: Afghanistan, Belarus, China, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Macau, Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Ukraine, Venezuela and Yemen. Checked 2026-09-05.
Posted: 2026-09-22

Job Title: Transactional Attorney

Job Type: Contractor

Location: Remote

Job Summary: We are seeking seasoned transactional attorneys for a part-time role at the forefront of legal AI. This opportunity is for elite lawyers who want to help shape how advanced AI is trained, evaluated, and applied in real-world legal work, especially those who have deep experience with drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and redlining within the tech field.

In this role, you will review, assess, and contribute to contract redlining workflows used to train and evaluate state-of-the-art AI models. Your work will directly improve how these systems identify risk and interpret contract language to create tools with improved precision and legal judgment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform simulated contract negotiations and redlining exercises.

• Review and assess AI responses to contract scenarios, providing expert feedback to improve model performance and output precision.

• Create objective evaluation frameworks and grading criteria to assess AI performance on contract tasks with rigor and consistency.

• Collaborate with product and research teams to refine data, guidelines, and best practices for AI-driven contract review solutions.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years of In-House experience focused on technology transactions, particularly negotiating MSAs, NDAs, ISDA's and Derivatives.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with meticulous attention to detail.

• Strong analytical capabilities and ability to translate legal expertise into actionable feedback for AI systems.

• Demonstrated commitment to innovation at the intersection of law and technology.

• Experience working with cross-disciplinary teams in fast-paced environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior exposure to AI, legal tech, or training initiatives.

• Experience at a corporate law firm in either M&A or fund formation for private equity firms.

Why Join:

• This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of law and technology.

• You will help define how AI is developed for a new generation of legal practitioners.

• You will apply your experience in a high-impact research environment.

Compensation Structure:

Compensation is task-based , meaning experts are paid per completed task that meets the project specifications. The average handling time (AHT) is approximately 3.5 hours per task , and the effective hourly rate will depend on the number of tasks completed and successfully signed off.
JOB POSTING END

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Full job descriptionThe original posting, in micro1's words

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Job Title: Transactional Attorney

Job Type: Contractor

Location: Remote

In this role, you will review, assess, and contribute to contract redlining workflows used to train and evaluate state-of-the-art AI models. Your work will directly improve how these systems identify risk and interpret contract language to create tools with improved precision and legal judgment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform simulated contract negotiations and redlining exercises.

• Review and assess AI responses to contract scenarios, providing expert feedback to improve model performance and output precision.

• Create objective evaluation frameworks and grading criteria to assess AI performance on contract tasks with rigor and consistency.

• Collaborate with product and research teams to refine data, guidelines, and best practices for AI-driven contract review solutions.

Required Skills and Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3 years of In-House experience focused on technology transactions, particularly negotiating MSAs, NDAs, ISDA's and Derivatives.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with meticulous attention to detail.

• Strong analytical capabilities and ability to translate legal expertise into actionable feedback for AI systems.

• Demonstrated commitment to innovation at the intersection of law and technology.

• Experience working with cross-disciplinary teams in fast-paced environments.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Prior exposure to AI, legal tech, or training initiatives.

• Experience at a corporate law firm in either M&A or fund formation for private equity firms.

Why Join:

• This is an opportunity to work at the intersection of law and technology.

• You will help define how AI is developed for a new generation of legal practitioners.

• You will apply your experience in a high-impact research environment.

Compensation Structure:

Compensation is task-based , meaning experts are paid per completed task that meets the project specifications. The average handling time (AHT) is approximately 3.5 hours per task , and the effective hourly rate will depend on the number of tasks completed and successfully signed off.

Working with micro1Pay, getting started and work, from micro1's own pages

What the platform publishes in general. These are not extra terms confirmed for this particular role.

Getting paid: Paid in US dollars twice a month through Deel, usually landing around the 5th and the 20th. Nothing is paid until Deel's identity check is done. library.micro1.ai/working/faqs, library.micro1.ai/working/payroll-policy
Before your first paid task: An AI interview with micro1's recruiter Zara, then your profile, ID verification, a KarmaCheck background check and the Deel contract. Some pipelines add a quiz or test task. micro1.ai/experts, micro1.ai/ai-interview-guide, library.micro1.ai/getting-started/next-steps-after-certif..., library.micro1.ai/working/faqs, library.micro1.ai/working/what-to-expect
How much work: Certification makes you eligible but does not guarantee placement. micro1's FAQ puts the usual commitment at about 15 to 20 hours a week, depending on the client. micro1.ai/experts, library.micro1.ai/working/faqs
Contract: Independent contractor, with the contract issued through Deel. library.micro1.ai/policies/understanding-your-expert-agre..., library.micro1.ai/working/deel

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Every interview I took used an AI interviewer, and some included a timed business exercise of around 25 minutes.
On later applications, interview reuse on micro1 was often partial, and I still answered questions about one to three additional skills.
I entered a requested rate for the job. One listing showed about $180 an hour. I requested about $160 and received the rate I entered. Those amounts are approximate, and this describes my application, not proof that a lower request caused acceptance.
Onboarding and setup came to about 2 hours, with clear materials. Of the three platforms I worked on, it was the easiest transition into work. That is an estimate from my projects, not a platform average.
On my micro1 project, Hubstaff showed time and mouse or keyboard activity, not screenshots, app names or website history. That describes what I saw, not every possible setup.
I was paid for hours logged, once every 14 days, and I have not experienced late or incorrect payments. That was my arrangement.

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How does the pay compare?Across Domain experts roles, not this role alone

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Pay across the field: Domain experts

Across 698 roles in this field with a stated hourly rate in US dollars, on 18 platforms, the middle half pays $65 to $130 an hour at the top of the range, and the median is $100. This role's top rate, $130, is in the top quarter. Of the 260 distinct rates we count, 193 are lower and 61 are higher.

The 5 platforms with the most roles, of the 18 counted above.
Platform	Roles	Top of range, per hour
Alignerr	149	$24 to $200 · median $80
micro1 (this platform)	135	$28 to $400 · median $110
AfterQuery	88	$45 to $175 · median $100
Handshake AI	79	$30 to $300 · median $85
Mercor	78	$55 to $450 · median $120

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First seen here on 22 Sep 2026, and still on micro1's list when we last read it on 13 Oct 2026.
The listed pay has not changed since then.
We saw micro1 list this same title 1 time before, the first on 24 Aug 2026. That listing had left our list before this one appeared.

Posted by micro1: 22 Sep 2026
First seen by AIPayList: 22 Sep 2026
Last seen live: 13 Oct 2026
Listing ID: 4efbbbb6-4536-482a-8f28-9895e719424d

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