Legal Expert | $110/hr Remote | Mercor
Posted 1 week ago by Crossing Hurdles
Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
United Kingdom
Summary: The role of Legal Expert at Mercor involves designing complex legal problems to aid in the training of advanced AI systems. The position requires collaboration with other experts and entails evaluating AI-generated legal outputs for accuracy and compliance with legal standards. This is a remote, hourly contract position with a commitment of 10 to 40 hours per week. Candidates must hold a Juris Doctor (J.D.) and possess relevant legal experience.
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