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US In-House Counsel - Legal Expert

$100 - $120 per hour

Mercor

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: US Contract Attorney — In-House Counsel
Type: Contract
Compensation: $100–$120/hour
Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

  • Compare pairs of responses to in-house legal tasks and decide which is stronger, with clear reasoning.
  • Write concise justifications grounded in source documents and applicable US law .
  • Create realistic legal prompts, fact patterns, and model answers from in-house experience.
  • Flag errors, gaps, and risky advice in AI-generated legal content .
  • Attend onboarding and calibration sessions.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • Admitted to practice in at least one US state (active bar membership).
  • 3+ years of legal practice, including in-house experience advising a business on contracts, compliance, employment, risk, or disputes.
  • Hold a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school .
  • Write clearly and pay close attention to detail.

Preferred

  • 2+ years of experience at an AmLaw 100 firm (strongly preferred).
  • Prior work on legal AI projects with Mercor.
  • Prior data annotation, AI evaluation , or legal-benchmark experience.

Start Date

  • 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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