About this opportunity
Confidential lists this Media, Publishing & Communications Law Attorney opportunity in Caldwell, New Jersey. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Role Overview
Apply your media, publishing, and communications law expertise to help train next-generation AI systems using high-quality, real-world legal analysis. This remote contract opportunity is open worldwide to attorneys with an active U.S. bar admission. Prior AI experience is not required.
Key Responsibilities
Provide expert legal reasoning on media, publishing, and communications law matters, including rights clearance, content licensing, and regulatory compliance.
Analyze realistic scenarios involving content licensing, FCC and broadcast regulation, media transactions, and pre-publication or First Amendment review.
Explain the reasoning supporting your conclusions and clearly document analysis for each assignment.
Identify issues that are unsettled, jurisdictionally disputed, or dependent on facts that may change the legal outcome.
Review and validate other contributors'' work for legal accuracy and clarity.
Escalate ambiguous or poorly framed scenarios to project coordinators rather than resolving uncertainty without notice.
Complete assigned work on schedule and to required quality standards.
Qualifications
J.D. and active U.S. bar admission in good standing.
At least 5 years of substantive, hands-on media or communications law practice. Supervisory-only experience or adjacent exposure is not sufficient.
Experience in media and entertainment transactions, publishing rights, or FCC communications regulatory matters.
Corporate law foundation, ideally developed at a Vault 100 firm.
Strong attention to detail, sound judgment under conflicting pressures, and expertise in rights and content licensing, FCC and broadcast regulation, pre-publication and First Amendment review, and media transactions.
Work Terms
Independent contractor engagement.
Remote, open worldwide.
Active U.S. bar admission is required.
Compensation
$140 to $400 per hour.
Application Process
Submit an application and complete screening questions.
Complete an AI interview designed to demonstrate your expertise to the client.
Your profile will be reviewed before onboarding and engagement setup.
Who can apply
Review the original listing for work authorization, qualifications and employer requirements.