Careers

Join the lab.

We hire researchers, engineers, and fellows who want to work on legal AI at the boundary between academic research and real-world deployment. Most positions are based at Queen’s in Kingston, with hybrid options and remote arrangements for the right people.

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Graduate research

PhD and postdoctoral opportunities at the lab.

PhD opportunities

Doctoral research in legal AI and computational law.

PhD students working on legal NLP, dispute analytics, AI evaluation, and worker-classification AI.

Research areas

Legal NLPDispute analyticsAI evaluationWorker-classification AI

Co-supervision available

Queen'sMcGillColumbiaHEC Paris

Postdoctoral fellowships

Two-year fellowships in legal AI and online dispute resolution.

Postdoctoral positions for researchers in legal AI, computational law, and online dispute resolution.

Highlights

Two-year termsIndustry-collaboration components

Engineering & product

Shipping research-grade software into real legal practice.

OpenJustice is built by a small engineering team based at Queen’s. We hire ML engineers, full-stack developers, and product designers who want to ship research-grade software into legal-aid and law-firm use.

Roles we hire

ML engineersFull-stack developersProduct designers

Why work here

Research-grade impact, with the infrastructure of an academic lab.

Real-world deployments: Your work reaches lawyers, legal-aid clients, and HR teams across 15+ jurisdictions.
Open-source by default: Publish and ship under permissive licences.
Multi-disciplinary: Collaborate with lawyers, OR researchers, computer scientists, and dispute-resolution scholars.
Academic credentials: Queen's appointment, co-authorship on peer-reviewed work, conference travel funded.

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