Remote Part-Time Legal Expert — AI Compliance & Sanctions

Mercor; Sydney; Remote; AUD 207,000 - 215,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. A Legal Expert — Tier 1 Specialist (Project Donna) is available on a remote contract basis, with deep practice in sanctions/export controls, structured finance or pharmaceutical regulation and precise English.

Independent work and deadline discipline are essential. Read synthetic legal matters, review blinded AI deliverables, and write specific rationales for each preference while meeting the 24–30 hour

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer with deep, current practice in one of the specialisms.
• Ability to judge work product holistically for correctness, completeness, judgment, and usefulness.
• Precise written English.
• Ability to work independently to written instructions and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Read synthetic legal matters and their underlying documents.
• Review six blinded AI deliverables for each matter.
• Conduct five head-to-head comparisons against a common comparator output.
• Write specific rationales for each preference.
• Ensure work aligns with sanctions and export controls, structured finance and securitisation, or life sciences and pharmaceutical regulatory.
• Work independently and adhere to deadlines.

Skills

Holistic judgment

Precise written English

Independent work

Education

Qualified lawyer with current practice in one of the specialisms

Job description

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. A Legal Expert — Tier 1 Specialist (Project Donna) is available on a remote contract basis, with deep practice in sanctions/export controls, structured finance or pharmaceutical regulation and precise English.

Independent work and deadline discipline are essential. Read synthetic legal matters, review blinded AI deliverables, and write specific rationales for each preference while meeting the 24–30 hour