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Legal Counsel

LawZeroMontreal, Canada

Montreal, Canada

2 months ago

AI safety & policy

Full-time

Routes to impact

Direct high impact on an important cause

Increasing awareness of institutional decision making challenges in AI safety

Skill-building & building career capital

Description

A generalist legal role at LawZero, a Montreal-based non-profit advancing safe-by-design AI research, covering contracts, governance, privacy, and AI regulatory compliance.

Draft and manage a broad range of legal agreements (vendor, IP, data licensing, employment) and build scalable contract operations processes
Embed legal and responsible AI considerations into the research and product development lifecycle, addressing regulatory and privacy risks related to frontier AI
Support the Corporate Secretary function, including Board logistics, meeting preparation, and corporate governance matters
Monitor evolving national and international AI legal frameworks and assist with LawZero's AI governance and policy initiatives

Visa/work authorization: Applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada. No sponsorship is mentioned.

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