Applied Legal Benchmark Specialist — Remote Contract

mercor; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; GBP 86,000 - 109,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an Applied Legal Benchmark Specialist on a remote contract basis, with a commitment of 10+ hours per week. The role focuses on creating rigorous legal benchmark questions, assessing difficulty, and providing high-quality academic references and analyses.

Ideal candidates hold a JD/LLM/SJD or are doctoral candidates in Law, with strong legal reasoning, interpretation, and clear written English. Master’s depth in a subfield is a plus.

Qualifications

• JD, LLM, 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.
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex legal ideas clearly.

Responsibilities

• Author original law questions that test deep conceptual understanding.
• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined.
• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium, Hard, or Expert.
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible yet subtly incorrect alternatives.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear reasoning in markdown.
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources.
• For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify edits.

Skills

Legal reasoning

Statutory interpretation

Jurisprudential theory

Academic writing

Education

JD

LLM

SJD

Doctoral candidate

Job description

Mercor is seeking an Applied Legal Benchmark Specialist on a remote contract basis, with a commitment of 10+ hours per week. The role focuses on creating rigorous legal benchmark questions, assessing difficulty, and providing high-quality academic references and analyses.

Ideal candidates hold a JD/LLM/SJD or are doctoral candidates in Law, with strong legal reasoning, interpretation, and clear written English. Master’s depth in a subfield is a plus.