Litigation Lawyer

Litigation Lawyer (Japan)

Job Type: Independent Contractor

Location: Remote — Japan

Compensation: $140–$150/hour (approximately $291,200–$312,000 annualized , based on 40 hours/week)

Eligible Countries

Japan, Hong Kong S.A.R. About The Opportunity We are seeking experienced litigation and disputes lawyers to help evaluate how effectively advanced AI systems answer real-world questions involving Japanese law .

You will act as an expert legal reviewer, comparing responses generated by two AI platforms and assessing their accuracy, quality, and legal reasoning against a standardized evaluation framework.

This is a specialized legal AI evaluation opportunity for practitioners with strong knowledge of Japanese litigation and procedural law .

What You'll Do

• Run the same legal prompts across two AI platforms.
• Review and compare the generated responses side by side.
• Evaluate the accuracy, legal reasoning, relevance, and completeness of each response.
• Score responses against a standardized rubric.
• Provide concise, precise written feedback explaining your evaluations.
• Apply your practical legal expertise consistently across multiple evaluation tasks.

Requirements

• 2+ years of law-firm experience in litigation, disputes, or contentious practice; 3+ years preferred.
• Primarily law-firm experience is required. Current in-house lawyers may qualify only if they moved in-house within the past 2 years and previously practiced at a law firm.
• Qualified to practice law in Japan as a bengoshi or registered foreign lawyer (gaikokuho jimu bengoshi).
• Strong command of Japanese litigation and procedural law.
• Native or fluent Japanese, with excellent written communication skills.
• Strong ability to analyze legal materials and distinguish accurate legal reasoning from flawed or incomplete analysis.
• Ability to work independently, follow a structured rubric, and meet deadlines.

Project Details

• Initial commitment: Approximately 10 hours, with potential for additional work.
• Work arrangement: Fully remote with flexible scheduling.
• Confidentiality: All project work is subject to an NDA.
• Independent contractor engagement.
• Payments are made weekly based on services rendered.
• Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on project requirements and performance.
• H-1B and STEM OPT candidates are not currently supported.

Why Join

• Apply your Japanese litigation expertise to the evaluation of advanced legal AI.
• Help assess how AI systems reason about real-world Japanese law.
• Work alongside teams developing and evaluating next-generation AI systems.
• Contribute specialist legal judgment to improve the accuracy and reliability of AI-generated legal analysis.

Ideal Candidate: A Japan-qualified litigation or disputes lawyer with strong law-firm experience, native-level Japanese proficiency, and the legal judgment needed to rigorously evaluate AI-generated analysis of Japanese law.