Legal Assessment Specialist - Jd

Mercor; Sydney; Teletrabalho; AUD 165 000 - 209 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Mercor is seeking an Applied Legal Benchmark Specialist for a remote contract position. Compensation is $83–$105 per hour with a commitment of 10+ hours per week.

The role focuses on authoring advanced legal benchmark questions, ensuring clarity and precision, and rating question difficulty while providing robust reasoning and references.

Qualificações

• JD, LLM, or SJD, or doctoral candidate in Law or closely related field.
• Master's degree considered for exceptional depth in a subdomain.
• Strong command of legal reasoning, statutory interpretation, and jurisprudential theory.

Responsabilidades

• 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.

Formação académica

JD/LLM/SJD

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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.