Law Expert

Role Overview

• Mercor is hiring practicing attorneys to build and review evaluation tasks for AI agents.

• Each task is set in a realistic simulated firm or legal department, with the case files, contracts, correspondence and matter records lawyers really work from.

• You make sure each task reads like a real assignment, the reference answer holds up against the record and the governing law, and the grading rubric checks what a senior attorney would check.

Key Responsibilities

• Refine AI-drafted task prompts so they read like a real assignment from a partner, general counsel or client, without giving the answer away.

• Check the reference answer against the world's files and the applicable law, and correct what is wrong.

• Write and tighten grading rubrics: pass/fail criteria tied to specific facts and rules, plus the judgment calls a non-lawyer would miss.

• Read how leading AI models attempt each task and confirm they fail for fair, defensible reasons.

• Work in your own practice area. Current areas include corporate and M&A, commercial contracts, civil litigation and arbitration, employment, real estate, intellectual property, estate planning, family, criminal and appellate, administrative and regulatory, antitrust, privacy, securities, environmental, health, and insurance coverage.

Ideal Qualifications

• 3+ years of practice as an attorney. Major-firm or in-house experience at a large company is a plus, but time in practice matters more.

• JD or an international-equivalent law degree.

• Active bar admission (or an international equivalent such as Barrister or Solicitor with advocacy rights).

• US bar admission preferred.

• Prior experience on a Mercor RL project is a plus.

Details

• Pay: $120/hour.

• You start with a short onboarding session and a paid skills assessment. Once you pass, you can claim your first task right away.

• Strong performers can move into reviewer and world lead roles.

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.