[Hiring] Legal Expert - Assessment Specialist - AI Trainer @Mercor

Role Description

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Applied Legal Benchmark Specialist

Type: Contract

Compensation: $83–$105/hour

Location: Remote

Commitment: 10+ hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Author original law questions that test deep conceptual understanding.
• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined.
• Rate each question's difficulty as Medium, Hard, or Expert.
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise reasoning in markdown format.
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question.
• Review pre-written questions for accuracy, clarity, and rigor.
• Edit where needed, rate difficulty, and document any changes made.
• Flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability in verification tasks.
• Justify any edits made.

Qualifications

• Must-Have: JD, LLM, SJD, or doctoral candidate in Law or a closely related field.
• Strong command of legal reasoning, statutory interpretation, and jurisprudential theory.
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex legal ideas clearly and concisely.
• Preferred: Experience with bar exam writing, legal academia, or judicial clerkships.

Requirements

• Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete):
• Upload resume
• AI interview based on your resume
• Submit form

Benefits

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: Interview Process
• For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]
• Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.