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Junior Transactional Attorney

Weekday (YC W21)
Posted 10/20/2026contractRemote • India, United StatesJunior💰 $70 - $90 per hourWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in transactional law, including contract drafting, review, and negotiation, with a strong focus on risk assessment and legal accuracy. Proficient in providing actionable feedback to enhance AI applications in legal workflows while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Transactional LawContract Drafting and ReviewContract RedliningLegal Research and AnalysisContract Risk Assessment

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Perform simulated contract negotiations, review contractual language, and conduct redlining exercises to identify risks and recommend revisions
  • Review AI-generated responses to contract-related scenarios for legal accuracy, relevance, completeness, and practical applicability
  • Apply evaluation frameworks, grading rubrics, and assessment criteria to evaluate AI performance on transactional legal tasks
  • Identify contractual risks, ambiguous provisions, unfavorable terms, and potential compliance concerns
  • Provide structured, actionable feedback to improve AI models' understanding of contractual language, legal reasoning, and negotiation strategies
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, and research teams to refine datasets, evaluation guidelines, and best practices for AI-powered contract review
  • Ensure evaluations are objective, detailed, and consistent with established legal standards and task-specific guidelines

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 1–3 years of experience in transactional legal work at a law firm or within an in-house legal team
  • Foundational experience in drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and redlining commercial agreements
  • Familiarity with Master Services Agreements (MSAs), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), and other commercial contracts
  • Strong understanding of contractual provisions, legal terminology, risk allocation, and negotiation principles
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Exceptional attention to detail
  • Strong analytical and critical-thinking abilities
  • Ability to explain legal reasoning and translate it into actionable feedback
  • Interest in legal technology, artificial intelligence, and AI applications to transactional legal workflows
  • Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional teams
  • Transactional Law
  • Contract Drafting and Review
  • Contract Redlining
  • Commercial Agreements
  • MSA and NDA Review
  • Legal Research and Analysis
  • Contract Risk Assessment
  • Written Communication and Attention to Detail
  • Preferred: previous exposure to legal AI products, legal technology platforms, or AI training and evaluation initiatives
  • Preferred: internship or professional experience at a corporate law firm
  • Preferred: exposure to M&A transactions, fund formation, or other complex corporate legal matters
  • Preferred: experience evaluating legal documents against structured criteria or established review guidelines

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Flexible part-time engagement
  • Flexible professional schedule
  • Opportunity to work at the intersection of law and technology
  • Opportunity to influence legal AI development
  • Professional development in legal AI evaluation, contract analysis, and technology-enabled legal workflows
  • Collaboration with legal, product, and research professionals

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Hard Skills
Contract DraftingContract ReviewNegotiationRedliningLegal TerminologyRisk AllocationEvaluation FrameworksGrading RubricsAssessment CriteriaAI Performance Evaluation
Soft Skills
Written CommunicationAttention to DetailAnalytical ThinkingCritical ThinkingCollaboration
Tools & Technologies
Legal AI ProductsLegal Technology Platforms
Industry Keywords
Master Services AgreementsNon-Disclosure AgreementsCommercial AgreementsM&A TransactionsFund Formation