Legal Expert (Employment Law) — AI Training
About the Role
Mercor is partnering with a leading AI lab to train frontier AI models on high-quality legal reasoning data. As a Legal Expert, you will evaluate model outputs for realistic workplace scenarios and help shape how the next generation of AI reasons about employment disputes, workplace investigations, and labor matters. Your background in legal research, legal writing, and case analysis will ensure your evaluations are accurate, precise, and aligned with real-world legal reasoning.
What You'll Do
- Evaluate two AI-generated responses to the same prompt for correctness, accuracy, and client-readiness
- Provide written feedback that the research team uses to improve model behavior
- Participate in onboarding office hours and specialty calibration sessions
Requirements
- 2+ years of professional experience in employment/labor law, at a law firm, in-house legal department, government agency, or labor union
- J.D. (U.S.) or LL.B./LL.M. from an accredited law school
- Licensed to practice law in the U.S. (active or inactive)
- Strong experience in legal research and legal writing, including case law analysis and drafting legal memoranda
- Excellent written communication with high attention to detail
Compensation & Logistics
- Type: Independent Contractor
- Compensation: $100-$150/hour
- Location: Remote (United States, United Kingdom, or Canada)
- Commitment: Flexible, 6-15 hours/week
- Payments are made weekly via Stripe or Wise
- Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis; the role starts immediately
- Note: Mercor is unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time
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