Operational Law Attorney (JAG) SME
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Role Title: Operational Law Attorney (JAG) SME
Role Type: Contractor
Location: Remote
micro1 is bringing on subject-matter experts who are Operational Law Attorneys (JAG) for a high-impact customer project on the legal limits of military activity and surveillance/privacy evaluations. You'll use what you know to help train the next generation of AI systems, and your high-quality, real-world input will shape the way models reason, learn, and perform. AI experience is not needed; your field knowledge is what counts.
Scope of Work
- Write and classify boundary cases on how LOAC (the law of armed conflict) applies, including proportionality, distinction, and precautions in attack.
- Make operational legal calls on ambiguous scenarios and document and defend your reasoning in depth.
- Check and refine the legal framework behind the project's taxonomy so it holds up under scrutiny.
- Judge AI-written answers on depth of reasoning, handling of real legal uncertainty, and how clearly limits are stated.
- Flag both over-caution and too little legal rigor in how the model handles hard military-legal questions.
- Keep thorough records of edge cases and of the legal authority behind each conclusion.
Preferred Qualifications
- JAG background or equivalent, with hands-on operational law work advising commanders on targeting, detention, LOAC, or ROE (rules of engagement).
- Shown, practical use of proportionality, distinction, and precautions during real operations.
- Expert in customary international humanitarian law, the Geneva Conventions and their Additional Protocols, and relevant ROE frameworks.
- Served in a targeting cell, a combatant command legal office, or at a command (US or allied forces).
- Background leading reviews, teaching, or giving legal advice in operational settings.
- Outstanding legal writing and analysis, with an emphasis on clear writing and speaking.
- Exposure to cyber law, intelligence law, or how international human rights law and IHL interact is a plus.
- Earlier work in AI evaluation, wargaming, or governance projects counts in your favor.
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About micro1
micro1 is a US company, founded in 2022, that builds AI-driven recruiting tools. Its platform helps employers find, screen, and hire candidates faster and at lower cost, with AI interviews that let companies assess large numbers of applicants while their own staff focus on higher-value work. It also offers a pool of pre-vetted engineers and specialists, and says its long-term aim is to match one billion people with jobs they want. Many of its listings are contract projects for its customers; others are roles on micro1's own team.