Environmental Lawyer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Analyze realistic environmental legal issues and compare various blinded legal work products.

• Examine matters related to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

• Evaluate the legal adequacy of environmental review documents and prepare Environmental Impact Statements.

• Assess environmental consequences, alternatives, pertinent considerations, and applicable NEPA standards.

• Identify significant omissions, unsupported conclusions, weaknesses, or issues that may affect the defensibility of environmental reviews.

• Review CERCLA legal documentation, encompassing liability, contribution, potentially responsible parties, remediation expenses, and disputes regarding environmental liability.

• Analyze CERCLA contribution claims, defense strategies, and liability allocation evaluations.

• Review six blinded legal outputs labeled A–F and undertake five head-to-head comparisons against a common comparator output.

• Choose stronger responses based on substantive legal quality.

• Assess accuracy, completeness, judgment, coherence, supporting reasoning, and practical applicability.

• Provide clear and specific written justifications for each preference decision.

• Adhere to project guidelines and evaluation criteria consistently.

⛳️ Requirements

• Licensed attorney with significant professional experience in environmental law.

• Extensive experience in one or more of the following areas: NEPA, Environmental Impact Statements, CERCLA, environmental liability, CERCLA contribution claims, and liability allocation and defense.

• Strong skills in environmental legal analysis.

• Capability to holistically evaluate legal work for accuracy, completeness, judgment, and practical applicability.

• Proficient in precise written English.

• Comfortable with comparing competing legal approaches and articulating preference decisions.

• Able to work independently following detailed written instructions and meeting deadlines.

• Must adhere to NDA and confidentiality standards.

• External AI tools are prohibited for use on project materials.

• Must not utilize confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, institution, or third party.

• H1-B and STEM OPT support are not available for this engagement.

🏝️ Benefits

• Fully remote working arrangement.

• Part-time independent contractor position.

• Flexible project duration; projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded based on project requirements and performance.