About this role
LAW
Train AI, Shape the Future of Law
The models shaping the future of AI are only as rigorous as the legal experts behind them. Apply your expertise where it matters, and get paid to do it.
Apply your expertise where it matters. Apply as a law expert
Starting at $50-$100+/hr
Rates
$50–$100
+/hr
Legal Research
Contract Review
Case Analysis
Legal Writing
Regulatory Compliance
Legal Reasoning
Your expertise drives real Al progress.
Rigorous work. Real impact. Fair pay.
This is not busywork.
The most advanced language models still hallucinate case holdings, misapply standards of review, and invent statutory provisions. You're the legal filter that catches what machines can't — one annotation at a time.
01-Rigor
Substantive legal analysis
These are not document-tagging tasks. You're evaluating whether a model correctly distinguishes binding precedent from persuasive authority, verifying statutory interpretation, and assessing the soundness of legal reasoning chains. The work demands the same rigor as a bench memo.
02-Signal
Direct Impact on AI Reasoning
Every correction you make becomes training signal for the next generation of legal Al. When you identify that a model conflated mens rea standards, misapplied a burden of proof, or hallucinated a holding, you're teaching it to reason like a lawyer.
03-Flexibility
Work on Your Schedule
No fixed hours, no billable targets, no partners. Tasks are available 24/7 and you choose when and how much to work. Most contributors work 10-50+ hours per week around their practice, clerkships, or academic commitments.
04-Rate
Premium Compensation
Legal expertise is scarce and we pay accordingly. Premium projects pay $50+ an hour and scale with complexity and performance. Compensation is competitive with associate hourly equivalents and significantly above typical contract review platforms.
Three steps. No overhead.
01
Apply & Qualify
Complete a short legal reasoning assessment. We evaluate your ability to identify flawed arguments, apply correct standards, and distinguish good law from bad. No resume required — your analysis speaks.
~30 min assessment
02
Get Matched
Based on your background and assessment results, you're matched to projects in your areas of strength. Constitutional law, contracts, torts, IP, criminal law, regulatory — you choose what fits.
Flexible scheduling
03
Work & Get Paid
Complete tasks on your own schedule. Each task has clear specifications and a defined scope. Payment is per-task, processed weekly, starting at $50/hour.
Weekly payouts
What you'll actually do.
01
Write a prompt
Craft precise legal prompts designed to probe the boundaries of model reasoning — not trivia, but questions that expose flawed legal analysis, misapplied doctrines, and invented authorities.
02
Review AI output
Evaluate model-generated solutions line by line. Identify logical gaps, missed edge cases, and incorrect theorem applications.
03
Write the correct solution
Author a complete, rigorous solution that demonstrates the correct reasoning path. This becomes a training signal.
Where models need you most.
These are the areas where current AI systems consistently struggle. Your expertise directly addresses the hardest open problems in legal reasoning.
Constitutional & Administrative Law
Evaluate AI reasoning about fundamental rights, separation of powers, judicial review standards, and administrative agency authority. Verify claims about precedent, standards of scrutiny, and constitutional interpretation.
Due Process
Equal Protection
Separation of Powers
Contract & Commercial Law
Review model outputs on contract formation, UCC provisions, breach remedies, and commercial transactions. Catch misapplied doctrines, confused consideration analysis, and incorrect damage calculations.
CONTRACT LAW
tort liability
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Criminal Law & Procedure
Assess AI-generated analysis of criminal elements, defenses, and procedural protections. Verify mens rea classifications, constitutional criminal procedure, and the interaction between substantive and procedural rules.
Mens Rea
4th Amendment
Defenses
tort & Civil Liability
Evaluate reasoning about negligence standards, strict liability, causation chains, and damages. Identify misapplied duty analyses, confused proximate cause tests, and errors in comparative fault calculations.
Negligence
Strict Liability
Causation
Intellectual Property & Regulatory
Review model outputs on patent, copyright, and trademark doctrines, as well as regulatory compliance frameworks. Verify fair use analyses, obviousness determinations, and regulatory interpretation.
Fair Use
Patent Law
Regulatory Compliance
$150M+
Paid to contributors
100k+
Expert annotators
120M+
Annotations completed
Built for people who think in precedent.
01
Law Students
JD and LLM candidates with strong doctrinal foundations and legal writing skills.
2L / 3L preferred
10+ hrs / week
02
Practicing Attorneys
Licensed attorneys looking for flexible, intellectually engaging work outside billable hours.
Bar admission
Practice experience
03
Legal Academics
Law professors, fellows, and researchers applying scholarly analysis to AI training data.
Published scholarship
Doctrinal expertise
04
Judicial Clerks
Current or former clerks with experience in legal research, opinion drafting, and case analysis.
Clerkship experience
Legal writing
People love the work.
A few threads from contributors who’ve been at it for a while.
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u/NaToKy24
What I love most about DA: it's an actual meritocracy
What I absolutely love about working at DA is the meritocracy. The higher the quality of your work, the higher the reward.
Creating complex coding scenarios, doing deep analysis of models, and synthesizing results are all part of my daily routine, and I love it.
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u/textartguy
Belated Milestone Post
Been working since March 2024. I honestly feel so lucky to have both found this job and to have been able to keep it for so long.
I thought I might make a few grand max at the start.
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u/Sharp-Sherbert-4194
100K!
Hit 100k the other day! I do this full time. Not what I originally intended when I signed up, but I've managed so far.
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u/Emelody_cellobabe
DA has seriously changed my life
This work has opened up so many opportunities for me and is now enabling me to work full-time independently.
I started as a generalist, then passed the coding eval and have more often than not had plenty of work.
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u/E13AN0R
Just hit 75k!!
Started almost a year ago and have just hit this milestone :) I had just graduated from uni when I started doing this and it was a lifesaver whilst I was looking for graduate jobs.
I'm based in the UK and I have a Master's degree in physics so I do a mix of specialist stem, coding, and sometimes generalist projects.
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u/LeatherScience633
DA saved me, and I wish I could say thanks
In just 2 months I have already paid off my debt that would have taken me around an year to pay back. I can also leave my extra jobs and actually focus on my passion instead.
Working for them has been the best thing to happen to me so far.
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u/CharacterBlood1495
Hit the 10k mark in one month : )
I have earned 10k in a month (my first month started at the end of April). I needed this and will definitely continue working with them.
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u/OhLemons
Broke 130k this month!
I love that I can switch between coding tasks and those with rubrics, and that the work is always changing, so it never gets boring.
The taxes hurt, but it is worth it to help support the services like free healthcare here in Canada.
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u/paranormalisnormal
$40k - I Love You Data Annotation