Legal Advisor | $110/hr Remote | Mercor
Posted 1 week ago by Crossing Hurdles
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The role at Mercor involves collaborating as a Legal Expert (J.D.) to design and evaluate legal problems for AI training. Candidates will create workflows and analyze AI outputs while working remotely. The position requires a Juris Doctor degree and relevant legal experience. Compensation ranges from $100 to $110 per hour based on expertise.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design complex, real-world legal problems to support training of frontier AI systems
- Create multi-step legal workflows involving court databases, case law research, and regulatory analysis
- Develop detailed evaluation rubrics to assess AI agent performance on legal reasoning tasks
- Analyze AI-generated legal outputs for accuracy, completeness, and adherence to legal standards
- Collaborate asynchronously with other domain experts on AI research initiatives
Key Skills:
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from a top university in the U.S., Canada, UK, New Zealand, or Australia
- Professional experience in litigation, regulatory work, or legal research
- Familiarity with legal research platforms such as Westlaw, LexisNexis, PACER, or CourtListener
- Strong attention to detail and analytical reasoning skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- High proficiency in English
Salary (Rate): £110.00 hourly
City: undetermined
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: remote
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
At Crossing Hurdles, we work as a referral partner. We refer candidates to Mercor that collaborates with the world’s leading AI research labs to build and train cutting-edge AI models.
Organization: Mercor
Position: Legal Experts (J.D.)
Referral Partner: Crossing Hurdles
Type: Hourly contract
Compensation: $100–$110 per hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10–40 hours/week
Role Responsibilities (Training support will be provided):
- Design complex, real-world legal problems to support training of frontier AI systems
- Create multi-step legal workflows involving court databases, case law research, and regulatory analysis
- Develop detailed evaluation rubrics to assess AI agent performance on legal reasoning tasks
- Analyze AI-generated legal outputs for accuracy, completeness, and adherence to legal standards
- Collaborate asynchronously with other domain experts on AI research initiatives
Requirements:
- Juris Doctor (J.D.) from a top university in the U.S., Canada, UK, New Zealand, or Australia
- Professional experience in litigation, regulatory work, or legal research
- Familiarity with legal research platforms such as Westlaw, LexisNexis, PACER, or CourtListener
- Strong attention to detail and analytical reasoning skills
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- High proficiency in English
Application process (Takes 20 min):
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume (15 min)
- Submit form