We are looking for Operational Law Attorney (JAG) SME candidates for a project delivered through the hiring partner.
What you'll do
- Author and categorize boundary cases focusing on the application of the law of armed conflict (LOAC), including distinction, proportionality, and precautions in attack.
- Render operational legal judgments on ambiguous scenarios, defending and documenting your reasoning in detail.
- Validate and refine the legal framework underpinning the project's taxonomy to ensure its robustness under scrutiny.
- Assess AI-generated responses for depth of reasoning, treatment of genuine legal uncertainty, and clarity of limitations.
- Identify and flag both excessive caution as well as insufficient legal rigor in the model’s handling of complex military-legal questions.
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of edge cases and the legal authorities supporting each conclusion.
What you need
- JAG or equivalent background with direct operational law experience advising commanders on LOAC, rules of engagement (ROE), targeting, or detention.
- Demonstrated, hands-on application of distinction, proportionality, and precautions in real-world operations.
- Expertise with Geneva Conventions, Additional Protocols, customary international humanitarian law, and relevant ROE frameworks.
- Service at a command, combatant command legal office, or targeting cell (US or allied forces).
- Experience leading reviews, teaching, or providing legal advisory services in operational contexts.
- Exceptional legal writing and analytical skills with a focus on written and verbal clarity.
Nice to have
- Exposure to intelligence law, cyber law, or the interplay between IHL and international human rights law is a plus.
- Prior experience in AI evaluation, wargaming, or governance initiatives is considered an asset.
Expertise
Operational LOAC judgmentProportionality & distinction analysisLegal-uncertainty reasoningCivilian-protection reasoningJAG expertisedistinction, proportionality, and precautions in attackoperational legal judgments on ambiguous scenarioslegal frameworkAI-generated responseslegal rigorlegal authoritiesoperational law
RequiredAlso useful
Also listed: analytical skills.
Who you work with
Project and contracting process: the hiring partner. Applications continue on the provider's website.
Pay and hours
This role pays $95–$150/hr. The work is remote. That is about 11% above the $110 an hour median for law roles open now.
Who can apply from where
The provider has not confirmed country eligibility. Check the original offer before applying. With a profile, Tier1 checks your country and languages against this role and every other before you apply.