Law Content Expert - Fully Remote | Upto $105/Hr

Mercor; Sydney; Remote; AUD 163,000 - 206,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an Applied Legal Benchmark Specialist for a remote contract role in Australia. The candidate will develop benchmark questions testing deep legal concepts, rate difficulty levels, and provide comprehensive references. This position requires high-level legal expertise and exceptional written communication in English.

The assignment demands authorship of questions with rigorous standards, plus verification of clarity and solvability. 10+ hours per week commitment is expected.

Qualifications

• JD, LLM, or SJD in Law or a closely related field
• Strong command of legal reasoning and statutory interpretation
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex legal ideas clearly

Responsibilities

• Author original law questions that test deep conceptual understanding.
• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium, Hard, or Expert.
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible distractors.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with concise reasoning in markdown format.
• Provide 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources.

Skills

Legal research

Statutory interpretation

Jurisprudential theory

Academic writing

Education

JD

LLM

SJD / Doctoral candidate

Master's degree considered

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, not surface-level recall.
• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined. All necessary information must be in the problem statement.
• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above).
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise reasoning in markdown format.
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources (peer-reviewed journals, legal repositories).
• For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made.

Qualifications – Must-Have

• JD, LLM, SJD, or doctoral candidate in Law or a closely related field.
• Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain.
• 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 is a strong plus.

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: [e-mail]

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