Legal Expert - Sanctions Specialist

Mercor; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor, based in Sydney, Australia, is partnering with a leading legal AI company on a blinded human-preference study. This listing covers the scarcest specialisms on the project, where subject-matter depth is hardest to source.

As a reviewer, you will read a synthetic legal matter, assess six blinded AI deliverables, and write concise rationales for each preference to inform methodological decisions and future work.

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with deep practice experience in one of the specialisms.
• Ability to judge work product holistically - correctness, completeness, judgment, usefulness.
• Precise written English.
• Able to work independently to written instructions and a deadline.

Responsibilities

• Read a synthetic legal matter and its underlying documents.
• Review six blinded AI deliverables (A-F) for that matter.
• Make five head-to-head comparisons against a common comparator output.
• Write a short, specific rationale for every preference.

Skills

Legal analysis

Written English

Independent work

Education

Qualified lawyer

Job description

Mercor is partnering with a leading legal AI company on a blinded human-preference study. This listing covers the scarcest specialisms on the project, where subject-matter depth is hardest to source.

What you'll do

• Read a synthetic legal matter and its underlying documents
• Review six blinded AI deliverables (labelled A-F) for that matter
• Make five head-to-head comparisons against a common comparator output
• Write a short, specific rationale for every preference

Practice scope

One of: sanctions and export controls; structured finance and securitisation; or life sciences and pharmaceutical regulatory. Reviewers are assigned only to matters inside their own specialism.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer with deep, current practice experience in one of the specialisms above
• Able to judge work product holistically - correctness, completeness, judgment, usefulness
• Precise written English
• Able to work independently to written instructions and a deadline

Logistics

• Commitment: ~24-30 hours across the engagement, depending on specialism
• Confidentiality: all work is covered by NDA. External AI tools must not be used on any project material.