Legal Expert - Assessment Specialist

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: 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.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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

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