Hourly contract | Remote | $100-$150 per hour
Location Requirements: Canada | United Kingdom | United States
Description
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 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
You’re a Good Fit If You
- Have 2+ years of professional experience in employment / labor law at a law firm, in-house legal department, government agency, or labor union
- Hold a J.D. (U.S.) or LL.B./LL.M. from an accredited law school
- Are licensed to practice law in the U.S. (active or inactive)
- Have strong experience in legal research and legal writing, including case law analysis and drafting legal memoranda
- Demonstrate excellent written communication skills with high attention to detail
Role Highlights
- Flexible workload: 6-15 hours per week
- Role starts immediately, applications reviewed on a rolling basis
Compensation
- $100–$150/hr
We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.
Contract and Payment Terms
- You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
- This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
- Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
- Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
- Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
- Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.
About Mercor
Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.
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