Also called: Document Review Attorney, Temporary Attorney, E-Discovery Attorney
A licensed lawyer hired project-by-project to review documents for big lawsuits and investigations, often remotely.
Review attorneys log in to a review platform and read thousands of emails and files, tagging what's relevant or privileged for a giant case. Projects last weeks to months. It's flexible and often remote, and some lawyers use it to pay bills while building a practice.
Usually paid hourly ($30-$60/hr) through legal staffing agencies. Estimate.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Professional degree (MD, JD, DVM…), about 7 years after high school. Bachelor's (any major), then a 3-year J.D. and the bar exam.
Ways in: 4-year college, Professional school. Training cost: Over $150k.
Majors to look at: Political Science, English, History.
Shrinking. AI-assisted review (technology-assisted review and LLMs) is shrinking the number of review projects.
High risk for 10 years. AI document review now tags relevance and privilege faster and cheaper than people, so review projects need far fewer lawyers.
Classes: AP English Language, AP U.S. Government, Computer science, Typing or keyboarding.
Official data: O*NET occupation 23-1011.
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