Remote Legal Benchmark Specialist (Contract)

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. You will design test questions to probe deep legal reasoning, rate difficulty levels, and supply correct answers with reasoning and sources.

This position requires a JD/LLM/SJD or doctoral-level study, with strong English written communication. The role involves creating precise, self-contained questions, providing references, and flagging clarity issues if needed.

Qualifications

• Must have JD/LLM/SJD or be a 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
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex legal ideas clearly and concisely

Responsibilities

• Author original law questions to 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 in markdown.
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question.
• Flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify edits.

Skills

Legal reasoning

Statutory interpretation

Jurisprudential theory

Written English clarity

Education

JD/LLM/SJD

Master's degree considered

Job description

Mercor is seeking an Applied Legal Benchmark Specialist for a remote contract role. You will design test questions to probe deep legal reasoning, rate difficulty levels, and supply correct answers with reasoning and sources.

This position requires a JD/LLM/SJD or doctoral-level study, with strong English written communication. The role involves creating precise, self-contained questions, providing references, and flagging clarity issues if needed.