Law Specialist

Mercor; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A talent marketplace is seeking legal professionals to enhance AI models' processing of legal texts. The role involves analyzing legal documents and crafting high-quality responses with a compensation rate of $95/hour. This is a remote opportunity with flexible hours, requiring a J.D. or equivalent education and at least 2 years of experience in legal analysis or drafting.

Benefits

Flexible hours

Asynchronous work

Weekly payments via Stripe Connect

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in legal analysis, drafting, or regulatory work.
• Familiarity with contract clauses, exceptions, and inter-sectional references.

Responsibilities

• Analyze legal documents including contracts, statutes, and case law.
• Author high-quality answers demonstrating accurate legal reasoning.
• Ensure clarity, precision, and instructional value in each prompt/answer pair.

Skills

Legal analysis

Legal writing

Comprehension skills

Education

J.D. or equivalent legal education

Job description

1. Role Overview

Mercor is partnering with a leading AI lab on a supervised fine-tuning (SFT) initiative to improve how models process legal texts. We’re seeking legal professionals to craft high-quality prompts and gold-standard answers across a range of legal materials, including contracts, regulations, and case law. This contract opportunity focuses on clause-level interpretation, reference tracking, and compliance logic. Compensation is $95/hour.

2. Key Responsibilities

• Analyze legal documents including contracts, statutes, and case law

• Author high-quality answers demonstrating accurate legal reasoning

• Focus on core sources such as statutes, contracts, white papers, and case law

• Ensure clarity, precision, and instructional value in each prompt/answer pair

3. Ideal Qualifications

• J.D. or equivalent legal education

• 2+ years of experience in legal analysis, drafting, or regulatory work

• Strong legal writing and comprehension skills

• Familiarity with contract clauses, exceptions, and inter-sectional references

4. More About the Opportunity

• Remote and asynchronous — set your own hours

• Flexible commitment depending on your availability

• Short-term contract with opportunity to support additional SFT work

5. Compensation & Contract Terms

• $95/hour for services rendered

• Independent contractor status

• Weekly payments via Stripe Connect

6. Application Process

• Submit a resume or summary of your legal background

• Complete a brief form to assess your experience with legal drafting and analysis

• Follow-up expected within a few business days

7. About Mercor

• Mercor is a talent marketplace that connects top experts with leading AI labs and research organizations.

• Our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Adam D’Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey.

• Thousands of professionals across law, research, engineering, and creative fields use Mercor to work on frontier AI projects.