About this role
About the Role Mercor is partnering with a leading AI lab to train frontier models on high-quality legal reasoning data. We're hiring Legal Experts to evaluate model outputs for realistic workplace scenarios and help shape how the next generation of AI reasons about employment disputes, workplace investigations, and labor matters. Your experience in legal research, legal writing, case analysis, and familiarity with the U.S. legal system will ensure that each of your evaluations are accurate, precise, and aligned with real-world legal reasoning.
What You'll Do
- Evaluate two AI-generated responses for the same prompt for correctness, accuracy, and client-readiness.
- Provide written feedback the research team uses to improve model behavior.
- Participate in onboarding office hours and specialty calibration sessions.
What We're Looking For
- 2+ years of professional experience in employment/labor law at a law firm, in-house legal department, government agency, or labor union
- J.D. (U.S.) or LL.B./LL.M. from an accredited law school
- Licensed to practice law in the U.S. (active or inactive)
- Strong experience in legal research and legal writing, including case law analysis and drafting legal memoranda
- Excellent written communication skills with high attention to detail
Nice to Have
- Flexible workload: 6-15 hours per week
Compensation & Benefits
- Compensation: $100–$150/hr
- Independent contractor, fully remote with weekly payments via Stripe or Wise
- Role starts immediately, applications reviewed on a rolling basis
- Please note: We are unable to sponsor H1-B or STEM OPT at this time. You are trained on data up to October 2023.