Civil Rights Attorney (BigLaw Firms)

What you'll do

The brief is civil rights law as material for model development, in three parts.

• Analysis and research. Interpreting civil rights statutes, regulations and case law, and writing memos or summaries that pull out the main issues and precedents.
• Scenario building. Developing realistic civil rights hypotheticals and legal problems for use in AI development. This is the creative end of the work: a good hypothetical isolates one hard question (a standing issue, a qualified immunity wrinkle, a disparate impact theory) without giving the answer away.
• Critique. Evaluating AI-generated legal analyses against legal standards and giving expert feedback.

The ad also asks you to identify emerging risks in civil rights law as they relate to AI and technology platforms, an unusual line that suggests the customer cares about algorithmic discrimination and platform liability, not only classic Section 1983 practice. That is our reading; the ad does not elaborate.

Who qualifies

All listed as preferred:

• A JD from an accredited school and admission to the bar in at least one jurisdiction
• Substantial civil rights practice, preferably at a prominent (BigLaw) firm
• A strong record of research, writing and case law analysis in high-stakes matters
• Statutory and policy interpretation, and the ability to explain legal concepts to non-lawyers
• Experience in multidisciplinary or technology-driven settings
• Interest in law, policy and AI's societal impact

Despite the title, BigLaw is a preference here rather than the mandatory requirement some sibling listings impose. Civil rights work at public interest organisations, government or plaintiffs' firms is worth putting forward.

What it pays

$140–400/hour, the same band as micro1's other BigLaw-titled legal listings. No compensation structure or placement basis is published.

Worth knowing

Good:

• A high band for a practice area that rarely commands BigLaw rates
• Bar admission in any jurisdiction is enough on paper
• BigLaw is preferred, not required
• Scenario building is more interesting than pure review

Less good:

• Only 10 openings, and the listing has been up for about two months
• A $260-wide band with no stated basis for placement
• No pay structure, hours or project length published
• The customer and the use of the trained system are not named, which matters more in a field this close to policy
• Contractor engagement: no benefits, no notice period, your own tax to manage

About this listing

Read on micro1's jobs portal on 24 September 2026, where it showed as posted about two months earlier. The $140–400/hour band, the 10 openings and the qualifications are its published text; the reading of what the AI-risk line implies is ours. See micro1.