Remote Legal Domain Expert for AI Research

Mercor (Mercor AI); United States; Remote; USD 105,000 - 165,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor (Mercor AI) offers a fully remote, contract-based Legal Domain Expert role with pay ranging from $76 to $120 per hour. The position emphasizes deep Lexis+ proficiency and rigorous citation verification across multi-state authorities for AI model training.

Ideal candidates hold a J.D. or equivalent research-heavy background and have at least 2+ years of professional legal research experience. This is a part-time, international remote opportunity.

Qualifications

• 2+ years professional legal research experience.
• Proficiency with Lexis+ and Shepard's/KeyCite to verify authorities.
• J.D. or equivalent research-heavy background.
• Remote contract role familiarity.

Responsibilities

• Perform legal data annotation for AI model training and quality checks.
• Conduct frequent Lexis+ research to verify citations and authorities.
• Ensure cited cases are still good law and identify superseded authorities.

Skills

Lexis+ proficiency

Cite checking

US legal research

Remote work discipline

Education

J.D. or equivalent research-heavy experience (US)

MLIS / Law Librarian degree

Tools

LexisNexis Lexis+

Job description

Mercor (Mercor AI) offers a fully remote, contract-based Legal Domain Expert role with pay ranging from $76 to $120 per hour. The position emphasizes deep Lexis+ proficiency and rigorous citation verification across multi-state authorities for AI model training.

Ideal candidates hold a J.D. or equivalent research-heavy background and have at least 2+ years of professional legal research experience. This is a part-time, international remote opportunity.