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Legal Expert - Fully Remote | Up to $140/hr

$140 per hour

Mercor

New York, NY
  • Remote job

Job Description

Job Description

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: Legal Expert — Civil Litigator (Deposition Transcript Review)
Type: Contract
Compensation: $120–$140/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 20+ hours/week

Role Responsibilities

  • Evaluate a full rough deposition transcript of roughly 250 pages to author reference answers for AI model measurement.
  • Write gold-standard answers to about 100 questions, citing support by page and line.
  • Complete eight short litigation tasks derived from the same transcript.
  • Prepare all gold answers independently, noting any AI tool usage only for navigation.
  • Own every answer end to end to ensure consistent judgment across all questions and tasks.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Practicing civil litigator with experience in taking and defending 50+ depositions .
  • Expertise in commercial, contract, or personal injury litigation.
  • Comfortable working from a long rough transcript and citing it precisely by page and line.
  • J.D. and licensed to practice law in the U.S.

Start Date

  • Immediate start ; applications reviewed on a rolling basis.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

Resources & Support

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

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