Legal & Regulatory Subject Matter Expert (SME) - AI Evaluator | USA
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About the role
Key Responsibilities
As a Legal & Regulatory SME – AI Evaluator, you'll apply your professional expertise to assess specialized legal information and help ensure AI-generated outputs are accurate, relevant, and legally sound.
Your responsibilities may include
- Evaluate Legal & Regulatory Content: Review AI-generated legal explanations, regulatory interpretations, compliance-related information, and legal documentation for factual accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
- Assess Legal Reasoning: Examine legal conclusions, regulatory interpretations, and analytical explanations for accuracy and alignment with applicable laws and established legal principles.
- Verify Authoritative Sources: Research and validate legal information using legislation, official regulatory guidance, government resources, and credible legal references.
- Identify Errors & Inconsistencies: Recognize inaccurate legal statements, unsupported interpretations, missing regulatory requirements, and potential compliance concerns.
- Apply Jurisdiction-Specific Knowledge: Evaluate content against the legal systems, regulatory frameworks, and compliance requirements of Mainland China or Spain.
- Review Output Quality: Assess completed work against project-specific instructions, evaluation criteria, and established quality standards.
- Provide Structured Feedback: Clearly document findings, explain legal or regulatory inaccuracies, and recommend appropriate corrections supported by authoritative references.
- Complete Independent Evaluations: Perform assigned reviews through designated online platforms while maintaining accuracy, confidentiality, and established deadlines.
Required Qualifications
- Approximately 3–5 years of relevant professional experience in legal services, regulatory compliance, legal research, corporate law, commercial law, or a closely related specialization.
- Relevant academic qualifications in Law, Legal Studies, Business Law, Regulatory Affairs, Compliance, or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated professional experience or relevant education involving Mainland China's legal or regulatory environment, or professional experience involving Spain's legal or regulatory environment.
- Strong understanding of applicable laws, regulatory frameworks, compliance requirements, or legal procedures within the relevant market.
- Experience interpreting legal documentation, evaluating regulatory information, and identifying inaccuracies or unsupported conclusions.
- Demonstrated ability to research and validate legal information using authoritative sources.
- Strong written English communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain legal findings and regulatory assessments. All project tasks will be conducted in English.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to evaluate complex legal information objectively.
- Comfortable using digital documentation, legal research resources, and web-based platforms.
- Ability to work independently, follow detailed evaluation guidelines, and consistently meet quality standards.
- Must meet the geographic eligibility requirements for the applicable market.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in legal practice, corporate legal departments, regulatory compliance, legal consulting, or regulatory advisory services.
- Experience reviewing legislation, legal opinions, contracts, compliance documentation, or regulatory guidance.
- Familiarity with Mainland Chinese or Spanish regulatory authorities and legal requirements.
- Professional experience involving international legal matters or cross-border regulatory activities.
- Experience conducting legal research, document review, compliance assessments, or regulatory analysis.
- Experience identifying legal inconsistencies, evaluating regulatory risks, or reviewing legal documentation for accuracy.
- Previous exposure to AI-assisted legal research, legal technology, quality assurance, or AI content evaluation.
Retired legal and regulatory professionals with relevant experience are welcome to apply.
Prior AI evaluation experience is beneficial but not required.
What Makes a Strong Candidate?
Ideal candidates combine legal or regulatory expertise with strong analytical judgment and the ability to evaluate complex information accurately.
Strong candidates typically have:
- Independently reviewed legal documents, regulatory guidance, compliance materials, or legal research.
- Applied legal reasoning to identify inaccuracies, unsupported interpretations, or missing regulatory considerations.
- Conducted legal research using credible government, statutory, and regulatory sources.
- Interpreted laws, regulations, or compliance requirements within their relevant jurisdiction.
- Clearly communicated complex legal findings and supported conclusions with authoritative references.
- Demonstrated sound professional judgment, attention to detail, and consistent quality standards.
- Worked independently while maintaining confidentiality and meeting established deadlines.
Key Responsibilities
As a Legal & Regulatory SME – AI Evaluator, you'll apply your professional expertise to assess specialized legal information and help ensure AI-generated outputs are accurate, relevant, and legally sound.
Your responsibilities may include
- Evaluate Legal & Regulatory Content: Review AI-generated legal explanations, regulatory interpretations, compliance-related information, and legal documentation for factual accuracy, completeness, and consistency.
- Assess Legal Reasoning: Examine legal conclusions, regulatory interpretations, and analytical explanations for accuracy and alignment with applicable laws and established legal principles.
- Verify Authoritative Sources: Research and validate legal information using legislation, official regulatory guidance, government resources, and credible legal references.
- Identify Errors & Inconsistencies: Recognize inaccurate legal statements, unsupported interpretations, missing regulatory requirements, and potential compliance concerns.
- Apply Jurisdiction-Specific Knowledge: Evaluate content against the legal systems, regulatory frameworks, and compliance requirements of Mainland China or Spain.
- Review Output Quality: Assess completed work against project-specific instructions, evaluation criteria, and established quality standards.
- Provide Structured Feedback: Clearly document findings, explain legal or regulatory inaccuracies, and recommend appropriate corrections supported by authoritative references.
- Complete Independent Evaluations: Perform assigned reviews through designated online platforms while maintaining accuracy, confidentiality, and established deadlines.
Required Qualifications
- Approximately 3–5 years of relevant professional experience in legal services, regulatory compliance, legal research, corporate law, commercial law, or a closely related specialization.
- Relevant academic qualifications in Law, Legal Studies, Business Law, Regulatory Affairs, Compliance, or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated professional experience or relevant education involving Mainland China's legal or regulatory environment, or professional experience involving Spain's legal or regulatory environment.
- Strong understanding of applicable laws, regulatory frameworks, compliance requirements, or legal procedures within the relevant market.
- Experience interpreting legal documentation, evaluating regulatory information, and identifying inaccuracies or unsupported conclusions.
- Demonstrated ability to research and validate legal information using authoritative sources.
- Strong written English communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain legal findings and regulatory assessments. All project tasks will be conducted in English.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to evaluate complex legal information objectively.
- Comfortable using digital documentation, legal research resources, and web-based platforms.
- Ability to work independently, follow detailed evaluation guidelines, and consistently meet quality standards.
- Must meet the geographic eligibility requirements for the applicable market.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in legal practice, corporate legal departments, regulatory compliance, legal consulting, or regulatory advisory services.
- Experience reviewing legislation, legal opinions, contracts, compliance documentation, or regulatory guidance.
- Familiarity with Mainland Chinese or Spanish regulatory authorities and legal requirements.
- Professional experience involving international legal matters or cross-border regulatory activities.
- Experience conducting legal research, document review, compliance assessments, or regulatory analysis.
- Experience identifying legal inconsistencies, evaluating regulatory risks, or reviewing legal documentation for accuracy.
- Previous exposure to AI-assisted legal research, legal technology, quality assurance, or AI content evaluation.
Retired legal and regulatory professionals with relevant experience are welcome to apply.
Prior AI evaluation experience is beneficial but not required.
What Makes a Strong Candidate?
Ideal candidates combine legal or regulatory expertise with strong analytical judgment and the ability to evaluate complex information accurately.
Strong candidates typically have:
- Independently reviewed legal documents, regulatory guidance, compliance materials, or legal research.
- Applied legal reasoning to identify inaccuracies, unsupported interpretations, or missing regulatory considerations.
- Conducted legal research using credible government, statutory, and regulatory sources.
- Interpreted laws, regulations, or compliance requirements within their relevant jurisdiction.
- Clearly communicated complex legal findings and supported conclusions with authoritative references.
- Demonstrated sound professional judgment, attention to detail, and consistent quality standards.
- Worked independently while maintaining confidentiality and meeting established deadlines.
Where you can work
This role is 100% remote, for applicants located in United States.
From Volga Partners's job posting, checked 6 Nov 2026.
The application
Your details, CV and LinkedIn, then 20 questions (1 written).
- 1.HeadlineShort answer · optional
- 2.EducationShort answer · optional
- 3.ExperienceShort answer · optional
- 4.SummaryWritten answer · optional
- 5.Which of the following locations are you currently residing in?Pick any (7 options)
- 6.Which financial market do you have relevant professional experience or education in?Pick any: 6591178 · 6591179 · 6591180 · 6591181
- 7.Do you have professional experience or relevant education involving Mainland China's Legal & Regulatory, or professional experience involving Spain's Legal & Regulatory? (Yes/No)Yes or no
- 8.How many years of professional experience do you have in legal services, regulatory compliance, legal research, or a related field?Pick any: 6591182 · 6591183 · 6591184 · 6591185
- 9.What is your highest completed educational qualification?Pick any: 6591186 · 6591187 · 6591188 · 6591189 · 6591190
- 10.Which of the following areas best represent your primary legal or regulatory expertise? Select all that apply.Pick any (9 options)
- 11.Do you have professional experience or relevant academic education involving the legal system or regulatory environment of your selected marketYes or no
- 12.How would you describe your familiarity with the laws, regulations, and regulatory frameworks of your selected market?Pick any: 6591200 · 6591201 · 6591202 · 6591203
- 13.Have you independently conducted legal research involving legislation, case law, regulatory guidance, or official government publications?Yes or no
- 14.Have you reviewed or interpreted legal documents, legislation, contracts, or regulatory compliance materials as part of your professional or academic experience?Yes or no
- 15.Have you previously evaluated legal or regulatory information to identify inaccuracies, inconsistencies, or unsupported interpretations?Yes or no
- 16.Have you previously conducted compliance assessments, legal risk evaluations, or regulatory reviews within your area of expertise?Yes or no
- 17.Are you comfortable evaluating AI-generated legal and regulatory responses, identifying inaccuracies, and providing structured written feedback in English?Yes or no
- 18.Are you comfortable researching and validating AI-generated legal information against official legislation, government publications, and authoritative regulatory sources?Yes or no
- 19.Are you willing to work remotely as a freelance independent contractor on a short-term AI evaluation pilot with approximately 36 total hours, understanding that assignments may be irregular and ongoing work is not guaranteed?Yes or no
- 20.What are your compensation expectations? Please provide your expected rate per task (USD).Number
From Volga Partners's apply page, checked 6 Nov 2026.
About Volga Partners
An AI data company that hires on-call subject-matter experts and language reviewers for AI evaluation projects; US expert roles pay $35 to $60 an hour, healthcare students and trainees $15 to $35 (its postings, 27 Oct 2026).
How it pays: Not stated beyond the hourly rate; US expert roles are 1099 independent contracts, and a shortlisted candidate completes a trial task that is paid only if it meets the standard.
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