General Counsel

At School

AI, we believe AI can transform education. By combining cutting-edge AI with a deep understanding of K12 challenges, we empower educators, administrators, and students to achieve more.

This is an exciting time to join our mission-driven team shaping the future of K12 EdTech:

• Shape the Future: Work on solutions that truly improve learning for students and make life easier for educators.
• Grow Fast: As School
  
  AI scales quickly, so will your career opportunities.
• Mission with a
  
  Purpose:
  
  Join a passionate team committed to making a difference for every educator and every student.

We use our core values to guide decisions, evaluate work, and win. Every team member is expected to live these values, and in return, we invest in you and your impact at School

AI.

• 🪄
  Make Magic – Surprise and delight.
• ☀️
  Rise to the Moment – Play big.
• 🚀
  Find Leverage – Work hard and smart.
• 💪
  Overwhelm Constraints – Every second counts.
• 🔗
  Connect the Dots – Systems thinking and tight feedback loops.
• ➡️
  Simplify and Go – Do the simplest thing that might work.
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  Run at the Bear – Do the hard thing.
• 🎉
  Have Fun Winning Together – All for one.

As our first General Counsel, you’ll build and lead School

AI’s legal function from the ground up, shaping how we innovate responsibly in a rapidly changing AI and education landscape.

You’ll serve as a strategic advisor to the leadership team, balancing speed and compliance as we scale. From student data privacy to emerging AI regulation, you’ll help School

AI move fast, stay secure, and uphold the trust of educators and families everywhere.

As we grow, this role will evolve into building and leading a small legal and compliance team to support our expanding operations and ensure we continue scaling responsibly.

Your goal isn’t to slow the business down with red tape:
It’s to use your legal expertise to enable innovation, reduce friction, and help our teams move confidently and responsibly.

Education, especially pertaining to student data, is one of the most sensitive and regulated spaces in technology. Your leadership will ensure that School

AI’s innovations protect students, respect educators, and set the standard for ethical and innovative AI in schools.

• Own SaaS Contracting: Draft, review, and negotiate SaaS agreements with schools, districts, and vendors, ensuring alignment with education-specific privacy and data protection laws.
• Lead Data Privacy and Compliance: Oversee compliance with FERPA, COPPA, and state-specific student privacy laws, as well as international frameworks such as GDPR.
• Navigate AI-Related Legal and Regulatory Topics: Stay ahead of evolving domestic and international laws governing artificial intelligence, data use, and algorithmic accountability. Partner with product and engineering to ensure responsible innovation and ethical use of AI in education.
• Manage Intellectual Property: Safeguard School
  
  AI’s IP portfolio, including trademarks, copyrights, and software IP.
• Support Corporate Governance: Partner with Finance and the executive team on board matters, equity, and investor relations.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Advise People, Product, and Engineering teams to balance innovation with legal integrity.
• Build Scalable Systems: Develop contract templates, playbooks, and scalable legal processes to support growth.
• Engage and Manage Outside Counsel: Retain specialized law firms for complex or high-risk matters (e.g., data privacy, AI regulation).
• Be a Trusted Partner: Offer practical, business-oriented counsel that helps teams move quickly while managing risk effectively.

• J.D. and active license to practice law in the United States.
• 8–12+ years of legal experience, including time at a law firm and in-house at a tech company (SaaS or edtech preferred).
• Deep expertise in education-related compliance and data privacy laws and frameworks, including FERPA, COPPA, GDPR, and state-specific laws.
• Strong background in SaaS contracting and intellectual property management.
• Demonstrated curiosity and commitment to staying current on emerging AI laws, regulations, and ethical standards — both in the U.S. and…