Remote Lexis+ Legal Research Expert

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; GBP 79,000 - 124,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a Domain Expert – Legal (Lexis+ Research) for a remote, contract position. You will conduct rigorous legal research, verify citations, and ensure authorities are current and correctly applied across jurisdictions.

The role requires 2+ years of professional legal-research experience, a J.D. and bar admission (or equivalent), and frequent Lexis+ usage to support research-heavy work in a remote setup.

Qualifications

• Frequent Lexis+ use for substantive legal research.
• Minimum 2 years of professional legal research experience.
• Proficient with Shepard's/KeyCite for citational accuracy.
• J.D. and bar admission, MLIS or equivalent research-heavy background.

Responsibilities

• Confirm every case, statute, and regulation is still good law for the point cited; catch Shepard's treatment.
• Catch non-existent or misdescribed cases; verify quotes, holdings, and pin cites.
• Maintain jurisdiction splits; ensure controlling authority is found and on-point cases are not missed.
• Verify currency by checking the version of the law in force on the operative date.
• Distinguish binding vs. persuasive authority; require verify-before-finalize.

Skills

Lexis+ use

Legal research

Cite-checking

Education

J.D.

Bar admission

MLIS / law librarian

Job description

Mercor is seeking a Domain Expert – Legal (Lexis+ Research) for a remote, contract position. You will conduct rigorous legal research, verify citations, and ensure authorities are current and correctly applied across jurisdictions.

The role requires 2+ years of professional legal-research experience, a J.D. and bar admission (or equivalent), and frequent Lexis+ usage to support research-heavy work in a remote setup.