Litigation Associate

Mercor is hiring experienced Litigation Associates on behalf of a leading AI lab building a benchmark to evaluate advanced AI systems on realistic legal research tasks. You will help expand a dataset of high-quality legal research questions that mirror the types of research problems practitioners encounter in active client matters. This is not a bar-exam-style drafting project. We are seeking realistic, practitioner-driven legal questions grounded in identifiable authority and controlling precedent.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft well-scoped, realistic legal research questions arising in litigation contexts

• Mirror real client-driven issues (motions practice, procedural disputes, evidentiary issues, appellate standards, etc.)

• Ensure questions require:

  • Identification and synthesis of controlling authority

  • Jurisdictional analysis

  • Application of precedent to fact patterns

• Avoid abstract academic hypotheticals

• Clearly frame questions so they are answerable through professional legal research

Requirements

• 4–7+ years at a reputable law firm (litigation practice)

• Strong experience conducting substantive legal research

• Experience drafting research memoranda, briefs, or dispositive motions

• Familiarity with jurisdiction-specific precedent analysis

• Clear, structured writing style

Nice to Have

• Federal clerkship experience

• Appellate or complex litigation background

• Prior experience contributing to AI, legal tech, or dataset development projects

Why Join

• Contribute to shaping how next-generation AI systems are evaluated in legal reasoning

• Work closely with a leading AI research organisation

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.