Lawyers (T14)

1. Role Overview

Mercor is partnering with a cutting-edge AI research organization to identify legal experts for a short-term content validation and benchmarking initiative. This project seeks individuals with deep legal reasoning skills to help evaluate and enhance AI-generated legal outputs. It's an opportunity to contribute to the development of AI systems capable of understanding and generating nuanced legal analysis.

2. Key Responsibilities

• Review AI-generated legal documents and assess for accuracy, coherence, and legal validity

• Draft and score legal reasoning questions to benchmark model performance

• Provide expert insights on U.S. legal frameworks, case law, and argumentation

• Support test design efforts that simulate real-world legal scenarios

3. Ideal Qualifications

• J.D. from a top 14 U.S. law school (Yale, Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, UChicago, NYU, UPenn)

• 2+ years of experience at a top-tier law firm, clerkship, or in-house legal department

• Exceptional writing and critical analysis skills

• Familiarity with U.S. legal systems, litigation, and regulatory language

4. More About the Opportunity

• Expected commitment: 10–20 hours/week

• Duration: 6–8 weeks

6. Application Process

• Submit your resume to express interest

• Complete a short intake form highlighting your legal expertise

• Qualified candidates will be contacted within 3–5 business days

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

• You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
• This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
• Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
• Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
• Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
• Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

About Mercor

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.