Law Content Expert - Fully Remote | Upto $105/hr

About the job

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, not surface-level recall.

- Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined. All necessary information must be in the problem statement.

- Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above).

- Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers.

- Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise reasoning in markdown format.

- Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources (peer-reviewed journals, legal repositories).

- For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made.

Qualifications

Must-Have

- JD , LLM , SJD , or doctoral candidate in Law or a closely related field.

- Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain.

- 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 is a strong plus.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

- Upload resume

- AI interview based on your resume

- Submit form

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