Clinical Law Professor / Clinic Director

Mercor is seeking experienced Clinical Law Professors and Clinic Directors to evaluate AI-generated legal reasoning involving civil legal services. Experts will combine doctrinal knowledge, legal pedagogy, and practical supervision experience to assess AI-generated legal analyses.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate AI-generated legal responses.

• Review issue spotting, legal reasoning, and procedural analysis.

• Assess scenarios involving housing, family, consumer, and debt law.

• Provide structured feedback to improve AI systems.

• Apply experience supervising law students and live-client clinics.

Required Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD).

• Current or previous U.S. bar admission.

• Experience directing or supervising a law school clinic.

• Expertise in one or more civil legal practice areas.

• Strong legal writing and evaluation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Clinical Professor of Law or Clinic Director.

• Experience with housing, family, consumer, elder, or disability law clinics.

• Experience developing legal curriculum or assessment rubrics.

• Published scholarship or educational materials.

Why Join Mercor?

• Help build more accurate AI for legal education and practice.

• Bring your clinical teaching expertise to emerging legal technologies.

• Short-term, intellectually engaging project.

• Competitive compensation.

Engagement Details

Location: Remote

Commitment: Approximately 15 hours/week

Project Duration: Estimated 2–3 weeks

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.