Boulevard Tech is hiring AI-native legal professionals (i.e. legal students, lawyers, researchers and doctoral candidates) to work at the dynamic intersection of law, regulation, economics and policy.

This opportunity is designed for students in the final stage of their studies, early-career lawyers as well as researchers and PhD candidates who want to understand – and actively participate in – how AI is reshaping legal knowledge, regulatory systems, markets and public policy.

💻 What you will work on

Your work will focus on sector-specific regulation and policy, potentially across several areas, including:

• Competition policy, state aid and market design

• Regulated industries (eg. energy, telecoms, media, transport, gambling, alcohol, finance)

• EU law, public law and institutional decision-making

• The interaction between law, economics and public policy

• AI law, digital regulation and AI governance

You will work hands-on with:

• AI-assisted legal, regulatory and policy research

• Structuring legal, economic and policy knowledge for AI systems

• Analysis of regulatory decisions, markets and governance models

• Development of AI-native workflows for legal and policy analysis

🧠 Why this role is different

This is not a traditional trainee or research assistant role.

You will gain direct exposure to:

• How AI is currently being built and deployed for law, regulation, economics and policy

• How legal and policy expertise is translated into AI-ready data, models and tools

• How legal reasoning, economic analysis and policy considerations converge in real projects

🔍 Who should apply

• Lawyers or researchers interested in AI, law, economics and policy

• Knowledge and experience in AI prompting in the context of legal research

• Strong analytical and interpersonal skills

• Ambition and intellectual curiosity

• Genuine interest in how AI reshapes regulation, markets and public

  decision-making

• No technical background required – curiosity and willingness to learn matter more

We also value interest or background in:

• AI regulation, digital policy and governance

• EU law and national regulatory systems

• Competition policy, state aid and regulated markets

• Legal and policy research combined with AI-assisted methods

⏱️ Practicalities

• Preferably full-time roles, but possible flexibility around studies.

• Start date: mid-March to April - exact timing is flexible and can be adapted to your studies or research commitments.

• Suitable for: master’s students nearing graduation, early-career lawyers, researchers and doctoral candidates.

• Location: Helsinki, with hybrid flexibility. At least part of the work or traineeship must be completed in Finland. If you are based abroad, we can assist with relocation and housing arrangements.

• Working language: English (Finnish not mandatory). We are particularly interested in French-, German- and Spanish-speaking candidates.

📩 Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.