OPT Legal Operations Specialist Jobs
Legal Operations Specialist roles sit at the intersection of law and business process, making them a strong fit for F-1 OPT students with legal studies, business, or technology backgrounds. Most positions qualify as specialty occupations for H-1B visa sponsorship. Your 12-month OPT window, plus a potential 24-month STEM extension if your degree qualifies, gives you meaningful runway to prove your value.
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Boston
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Hybrid
Department
Go to Market
Compensation
* $180K – $250K • Offers Equity • OTE 75/25
Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in our equity plan and benefits program. Benefits include, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits (401k match up to 4%), and flexible PTO.
Why Harvey
At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.
This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support. We’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched.
Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you.
At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.
Role Overview
As a Legal Engineer Associate, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring our law firm and in-house customer users are set up for success. You will deliver tailored training, create education strategies that align with legal workflows, and serve as a trusted guide to customers adopting Harvey across practice groups and legal departments.
Your legal training and experience will allow you to connect deeply with our users, helping them to translate their own legal acumen into productive and innovative use of Harvey’s platform. You’ll work across a diverse range of clients, primarily mid-market and enterprise customers, and partner closely with Sales, Customer Success, and Product.
This is a high-impact, customer-facing role ideal for someone with a few years of legal practice experience and a passion for shaping the future of legal work.
- Deliver engaging and customized product training to attorneys at leading law firms and corporate legal departments
- Partner with Account Executives and Customer Success Managers and more senior Legal Engineers to understand client goals to design and deliver enablement sessions that maximize value
- Support onboarding, expansion, and renewal efforts by ensuring users are confident and proficient with the platform
- Gather feedback from training sessions and pass insights to Product and Engineering teams to inform development
- Build scalable training content, including documentation, videos, and quick reference guides tailored to practice areas
- Evangelize Harvey internally and externally as a leader in AI-powered legal technology
What You Have
- A J.D. and typically 1–3 years of relevant practical experience in legal practice, legal technology or a related role.
- Practical experience building agents, prompts or workflows for legal use cases, plus the legal judgment to know when you need guidance. We are interested in what you have built and how you tested and improved it.
- Clear communication, curiosity about AI and the ability to become fluent in a product quickly through hands-on use.
- An appetite for frequent customer interactions, repeatable delivery and detailed work on useful customer resources.
- Strong follow-through and comfort incorporating direct feedback. We welcome candidates from a range of schools, employers and routes into legal work.
Compensation
$180,000 - $250,000 USD OTE 75/25
Depending on your location, an Applicant Privacy Notice may apply to you. You can find all of our Applicant Privacy Notices here.
LI-LS1
Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing accommodations@harvey.ai
Location
Boston
Employment Type
Full time
Location Type
Hybrid
Department
Go to Market
Compensation
* $180K – $250K • Offers Equity • OTE 75/25
Additionally, this role is eligible to participate in our equity plan and benefits program. Benefits include, but not limited to: Comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage, retirement benefits (401k match up to 4%), and flexible PTO.
Why Harvey
At Harvey, we’re transforming how legal and professional services operate. By combining frontier agentic AI, an enterprise-grade platform, and deep domain expertise, we’re reshaping how critical knowledge work gets done for decades to come.
This is a rare chance to help build a generational company at a true inflection point. We have strong product-market fit and world-class investor support. We’re scaling fast and defining a new category in real time. The work is ambitious, the bar is high, and the opportunity for growth — personal, professional, and financial — is unmatched.
Our team moves fast, takes ownership, and is deeply committed to the mission — operating with intensity, staying close to our customers, and pushing each other for excellence. We live by three values: Decisiveness, Simplicity, and Job's Not Finished. We act quickly on clear judgment over perfect information, we believe simplicity is what scales, and we're never satisfied with where we are. If you want to do the best work of your career alongside people who share that drive, we'd love to build with you.
At Harvey, the future of professional services is being written today — and we’re just getting started.
Role Overview
As a Legal Engineer Associate, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring our law firm and in-house customer users are set up for success. You will deliver tailored training, create education strategies that align with legal workflows, and serve as a trusted guide to customers adopting Harvey across practice groups and legal departments.
Your legal training and experience will allow you to connect deeply with our users, helping them to translate their own legal acumen into productive and innovative use of Harvey’s platform. You’ll work across a diverse range of clients, primarily mid-market and enterprise customers, and partner closely with Sales, Customer Success, and Product.
This is a high-impact, customer-facing role ideal for someone with a few years of legal practice experience and a passion for shaping the future of legal work.
- Deliver engaging and customized product training to attorneys at leading law firms and corporate legal departments
- Partner with Account Executives and Customer Success Managers and more senior Legal Engineers to understand client goals to design and deliver enablement sessions that maximize value
- Support onboarding, expansion, and renewal efforts by ensuring users are confident and proficient with the platform
- Gather feedback from training sessions and pass insights to Product and Engineering teams to inform development
- Build scalable training content, including documentation, videos, and quick reference guides tailored to practice areas
- Evangelize Harvey internally and externally as a leader in AI-powered legal technology
What You Have
- A J.D. and typically 1–3 years of relevant practical experience in legal practice, legal technology or a related role.
- Practical experience building agents, prompts or workflows for legal use cases, plus the legal judgment to know when you need guidance. We are interested in what you have built and how you tested and improved it.
- Clear communication, curiosity about AI and the ability to become fluent in a product quickly through hands-on use.
- An appetite for frequent customer interactions, repeatable delivery and detailed work on useful customer resources.
- Strong follow-through and comfort incorporating direct feedback. We welcome candidates from a range of schools, employers and routes into legal work.
Compensation
$180,000 - $250,000 USD OTE 75/25
Depending on your location, an Applicant Privacy Notice may apply to you. You can find all of our Applicant Privacy Notices here.
LI-LS1
Harvey is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made by emailing accommodations@harvey.ai
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Legal Operations Specialist
Target law firms and corporate legal departments directly
In-house legal teams at Fortune 500 companies and AmLaw 100 firms regularly hire Legal Operations Specialists and have established immigration infrastructure. They're far more likely to sponsor OPT and H-1B visa than smaller boutique practices with no prior sponsorship experience.
Lean into your technology and process skills
Legal Operations roles increasingly require proficiency with contract lifecycle management software, e-billing platforms, and legal analytics tools. Candidates who demonstrate hands-on experience with these systems stand out and justify the specialty occupation classification sponsors need.
Clarify your OPT authorization timeline upfront
Before your first interview, know your OPT start date, end date, and whether your degree qualifies for the STEM extension. Being able to answer these questions confidently signals maturity and reduces the perceived hiring risk for sponsorship-hesitant employers.
Frame your EAD card correctly when asked about authorization
When employers ask about work authorization, say you're authorized to work on OPT and are seeking H-1B sponsorship for long-term employment. Avoid vague language. Clarity reduces confusion and keeps the conversation moving toward your qualifications.
Pursue legal operations certifications to strengthen your case
Credentials from the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC) or similar organizations signal professional commitment. Certifications also help employers justify the specialty occupation requirement USCIS scrutinizes when approving H-1B petitions for legal operations roles.
Build relationships with legal department hiring managers, not just recruiters
General recruiters often screen out OPT candidates before resumes reach decision-makers. Connecting directly with legal operations directors or General Counsel offices at target companies keeps you in front of people who understand the role's complexity and sponsorship value.
Legal Operations Specialist OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Legal Operations Specialist role qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B sponsorship?
Legal Operations Specialist positions generally qualify as specialty occupations because they require a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field such as law, business administration, or information systems. The role's complexity, involving process improvement, legal technology, vendor management, and data analysis, supports the specialty occupation argument. That said, USCIS scrutinizes each petition individually, so the job description needs to reflect genuine complexity rather than general administrative duties.
Can I work as a Legal Operations Specialist on OPT without any additional authorization?
Yes. If your F-1 OPT is approved and your Employment Authorization Document is valid, you can work as a Legal Operations Specialist without any additional filing. The position must be directly related to your field of study. If your degree is in a STEM-designated field such as information systems or business analytics, you may also be eligible for the 24-month STEM OPT extension after your initial 12 months.
Where can I find Legal Operations Specialist jobs that are open to OPT candidates?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and filters jobs by sponsorship willingness, so you're not wasting time on roles that won't consider candidates on work authorization. General job boards don't surface this information reliably. Browsing Migrate Mate lets you focus your energy on employers who have sponsored international candidates before and are open to doing so again.
Does my degree field affect my eligibility for Legal Operations Specialist roles on OPT?
Your OPT must be tied to employment directly related to your major. Legal Operations roles typically align with degrees in legal studies, business administration, information systems, or data analytics. If your degree is in an unrelated field, you may have difficulty demonstrating the required connection. For STEM OPT extension eligibility, your degree program must appear on the official DHS STEM Designated Degree Program List.
How should I handle the H-1B sponsorship conversation during a Legal Operations job interview?
Raise sponsorship after you've established your qualifications, not at the start of the conversation. When the topic comes up, explain your OPT status clearly, confirm your authorized work period, and note that H-1B sponsorship would be needed for continued employment beyond your OPT window. Emphasize that the employer's legal team or outside counsel handles the process, and that your job is simply to perform well. Confidence and clarity reduce employer hesitation significantly.