Advisory Counsel

Company Description

LawNeeds Ltd is a software provider offering personalised and affordable legal services on the go to our users. We are committed to providing convenient legal solutions to our clients.

Role Overview

We are seeking an SRA-regulated immigration solicitor to act as Legal & Regulatory Counsel on a

part-time consultancy basis.

This role will provide legal oversight of our AI-powered guidance system, supervise the design and

operation of our lawyer-in-the-loop functionality, and ensure that LawNeeds maintains a compliant,

risk-managed structure as we scale through beta and commercial launch.

This is a strategic governance role, not a case-handling role.

Key Responsibilities

1. Oversight of Lawyer-in-the-Loop Functionality

• Supervise escalation protocols from AI to human solicitor

• Define legal risk thresholds for referral

• Review workflow logic with the product and engineering teams

• Ensure referral arrangements are compliant with SRA Standards & Regulations

• Oversee onboarding framework for partner solicitors

• Advise on separation between platform activity and regulated legal services

2. AI Legal Accuracy & Risk Supervision

• Review sample AI outputs for legal accuracy and risk exposure

• Advise on permissible scope of AI-generated legal information

• Assist in drafting AI usage disclaimers

• Help establish internal legal quality assurance procedures

• Advise on mitigating unauthorised practice of law risks

• Provide guidance on immigration-specific regulatory considerations

• Assist in conducting legal research to support the development and quarterly updates of

LawNeeds legal dataset

3. Legal Documentation & Corporate Compliance

• Review and update:

◦ Terms & Conditions (Users, Lawyers, Law firms, A2J Partners)

◦ Privacy Policy

◦ Disclaimer language◦ Referral agreements

◦ Partner solicitor agreements

◦ Internal compliance policies

• Advise on:

◦ Professional indemnity coverage sufficiency

◦ Platform liability structure

◦ Regulatory positioning

◦ Risk disclosures

4. Immigration Law Oversight

• Provide high-level oversight of immigration legal flows

• Validate AI-generated legal guidance boundaries (e.g., spouse visa, FLR(FP), asylum intake)

• Advise on regulated activity boundaries

• Ensure compliance with UK immigration advisory regulations

5. Strategic Regulatory Advisory

• Advise the founders on long-term regulatory positioning

• Assess future options (e.g., ABS authorisation if appropriate / SRA-regulation)

• Assist with investor due diligence queries relating to legal risk

• Provide governance-level input as required

6. Additional Functions

• Review of marketing claims to avoid misleading legal positioning

• Oversight of content used in ads relating to legal services

• Input on legal complaints-handling framework

• Advising on regulatory interaction strategy if queried by SRA or IAA

What This Role Is NOT

• Not responsible for representing individual users

• Not acting as legal representative for LawNeeds clients

• Not reviewing every user query

• Not operating as a full-time in-house counsel

• Not required to conduct litigation

Required Qualifications

• Qualified Solicitor of England & Wales

• Authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority

• Experience in UK Immigration Law (essential)

• Strong understanding of regulatory compliance

• Experience with digital platforms, startups, or legal tech (preferred)

• Understanding of AI risk frameworks (desirable but not essential)

• Understanding/Experience with other areas of law we intend to expand to: Employment law,

Road Traffic Offences, Family law (desirable but not essential)

Ideal Profile

• Commercially minded

• Comfortable working with early-stage startups

• Pragmatic and solutions-oriented

• Able to translate legal risk into operational guidance

• Interested in the intersection of law and technology

Engagement Structure

• Part-time consultancy basis

• Remote

• Flexible hours

• Expected higher involvement during beta and launch phases

Work Schedule and Compensation (Weekly)

• Biweekly Part-time schedule (2 days every fortnight - Week 1 & Week 3)

• 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (Remote with occasional in-person meetings in London if required)

• Hourly rate: £30/hour.

• Daily rate: £240

• Monthly rate: £960

• Compensation will reflect the early-stage nature of the startup and may include future equity

participation for the right candidate.

Why Join LawNeeds?

• Opportunity to shape regulatory governance of a growing legal-tech platform

• Influence AI-driven legal access innovation

• Potential long-term advisory role

• Equity participation possible (subject to agreement)