Law Content Expert - Fully Remote | Upto $105/hr

mercor; United States; Remote; USD 114,000 - 145,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an Applied Legal Benchmark Specialist for a remote, part-time contract role in the United States. The position pays $83–$105 per hour and requires developing high-quality legal questions with precise problem statements and detailed solutions.

The role demands JD/LLM/SJD or doctoral candidacy, and strong expertise in legal reasoning, interpretation, and jurisprudence, along with excellent written English. 10+ hours per week commitment is expected.

Qualifications

• JD, LLM, SJD, or doctoral candidate in Law or a closely related field.
• Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific 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 that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall.
• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined. All necessary information must be in the problem statement.
• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above).
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise reasoning in markdown format.
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources (peer-reviewed journals, legal repositories).
• For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made.

Skills

Legal reasoning

Written English

Statutory interpretation

Education

JD/LLM/SJD or doctoral candidate

Master's degree considered

Job description

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey .

Position: Applied Legal Benchmark Specialist
Type: Contract
Compensation: $83–$105/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 10+ hours/week

Role Responsibilities

• Author original law questions that test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall.
• Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined. All necessary information must be in the problem statement.
• Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above).
• Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives that challenge expert-level solvers.
• Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise reasoning in markdown format.
• Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources (peer-reviewed journals, legal repositories).
• For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made.

Qualifications Must-Have

• JD , LLM , SJD , or doctoral candidate in Law or a closely related field.
• Master's degree considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain.
• Strong command of legal reasoning, statutory interpretation, and jurisprudential theory.
• Excellent written English and ability to express complex legal ideas clearly and concisely.

Preferred

• Experience with bar exam writing, legal academia, or judicial clerkships is a strong plus.