Legal Researcher

What you'll do

This is the research-methods version of the legal role. You review AI research outputs and write gold-standard ones, following a structured path: frame the issue, choose the jurisdiction, retrieve authority, synthesise, state caveats and uncertainty.

Citation hygiene is the core skill: verifying quotations, pinpoint cites and whether the authority supports the proposition. You also flag misleading certainty and jurisdictional errors, working across US state and federal, EU member states and common-law versus civil-law settings. The ad says there is no immediate project for this role; qualified applicants are first in line when a relevant project opens, and the role gives access to future projects through the expert network.

Who fits

• JD/LLB or equivalent, or an advanced paralegal or research background with substantial primary-law research
• 5+ years of legal research (firm, in-house, government, academia or legal publishing)
• Experience interpreting statutes, regulations and case law, including holdings versus dicta
• Ability to verify quotations and flag unsupported assertions
• Minimum C1 English with clear legal writing

Nice to have

• Active bar membership
• Westlaw, Lexis or equivalents and Bluebook or local citation formats
• Editorial QA, knowledge management or legal publishing

What it pays

The ad states up to $110 an hour, a ceiling, the lowest of the four legal listings in this batch (Legal Expert $115; QAL and Rubric Design $120). The listing does not publish payment terms; the process and payout details are on the company page.

Worth knowing

Good:

• Research-focused, closer to traditional legal work
• Open to Germany and India as well as the US
• Transferable citation-checking skills

Less good:

• Lowest legal ceiling in the batch
• 5+ years required
• No project open yet
• Monitored hourly work

About this listing

Posted on SME Careers, where SuperAnnotate hires subject matter experts; we read the ad on 27 October 2026. The board gives no posting date. The listing is open to applicants in: DE, IN, US. The hiring sequence (recorded AI interview, Deel contract, paid bootcamp, time tracking) is covered on the company page rather than repeated here. See SuperAnnotate.