Regulatory Attorney - AI Trainer

mercor; United States; Remote; Part time

Job summary

Mercor, a San Francisco–headquartered company connecting elite regulatory talent with AI research labs, is hiring a Regulatory Law Expert for remote work. You will design real-workflows and multi-step tasks, building regulatory-change analyses and compliance memos to support frontier AI benchmarking.

Candidates must hold a JD with active bar admission and 3+ years of AmLaw 100 or Fortune 500 regulatory experience; daily use of Westlaw/LexisNexis, Refinitiv World-Check, Dow Jones Risk &

Qualifications

• JD and active bar admission.
• 3+ years of regulatory experience at an AmLaw 100 firm or Fortune 500 in-house regulatory/compliance.
• Background in financial-services, healthcare, energy, telecom/tech, or environmental/consumer-product/food-and-drug regulation.
• Daily use of Westlaw/LexisNexis, Refinitiv World-Check/Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, and CUBE.
• Strong analytical thinking and writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Build a realistic digital workspace centered on regulatory tasks and memos.
• Design multi-step workflows based on real regulatory-change analyses.
• Collaborate with regulatory attorneys to shape task scope and realism.
• Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria.
• Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking for AI system training.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Education

JD and bar admission

Tools

Westlaw/LexisNexis

Refinitiv World-Check

Dow Jones Risk & Compliance

CUBE

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

Regulatory Law Expert

Contract

Contract

Compensation

$1,750–$2,150 per completed task

Location

Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily, including rule comment letters, regulatory-change analyses, and compliance memos.
• Design multi-step tasks based on real workflows, such as regulatory-change analysis and enforcement defense, that challenge frontier AI agents.
• Collaborate with other regulatory attorneys to design environments, shape task scope, and review scenarios for realism and rigor.
• Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for regulatory-law agent benchmarks.
• Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking, directly informing how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems.

Qualifications

• JD and active bar admission
• 3+ years of full-time regulatory experience at an AmLaw 100 firm or Fortune 500 in-house regulatory/compliance team
• Background in areas such as financial-services regulation, healthcare regulation, energy regulation, telecom/tech regulation, or environmental/consumer-product/food-and-drug regulation
• Day-to-day use of Westlaw/LexisNexis , Refinitiv World-Check/Dow Jones Risk & Compliance , and CUBE
• Strong analytical thinking and writing skills

Compensation & Legal

• Task Completion Pay: Competitive and based on task quality (~$1,750 – $2,150 per completed task, subject to change as the project evolves)
• Performance Bonus: Top performers receive a weekly bonus incentive on top of their per task rate
• Hourly Opportunity: Top performers may be invited to transition to an hourly compensation model based on sustained quality and throughput