Legal AI Specialist
Mercor
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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.
Mercor is seeking a Legal AI Specialist to join our team.
Type: ContractCompensation: $50–$100/hourCommitment: 10–40 hours/week
Role Responsibilities
- Author realistic legal prompts spanning doctrinal analysis, statutory interpretation, and regulatory compliance.
- Review and revise AI-generated responses for legal accuracy and logical rigor.
- Write high-quality human-authored “gold” responses for complex legal questions.
- Create controlled prompt variations to test differences in facts or legal framing.
- Evaluate outputs across different tones and instruction constraints.
- Identify model failure cases involving flawed reasoning or jurisdictional inaccuracies.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Law degree (e.g., J.D., LL.B., or equivalent).
- 2+ years of professional work experience in legal practice or research.
- Active professional familiarity with legal systems in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Russian, German, Arabic, Thai, Tamil, or Hindi.
- Strong understanding of local legal frameworks and procedural norms.
- Excellent analytical and written communication skills in the target language.
Application Process
The application process takes approximately 20–30 minutes to complete:
- Submit your resume.
- Complete a short form outlining your legal background, areas of expertise, and language proficiency.
Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
Resources & Support
For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome/welcome
For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com
Key skills/competency
- Legal Research
- AI Prompt Engineering
- Statutory Interpretation
- Regulatory Compliance
- Doctrinal Analysis
- Legal Accuracy Review
- Multilingual Legal Systems
- Logical Rigor
- Content Generation
- Jurisdictional Analysis
How to Get Hired at Mercor
- Research Mercor's mission: Study their focus on connecting talent with leading AI research labs and their investor backing.
- Highlight legal AI expertise: Tailor your resume to emphasize your experience with legal analysis, AI interaction, and prompt engineering.
- Showcase multilingual proficiency: Clearly demonstrate your active professional familiarity with target legal systems and language skills.
- Prepare for legal reasoning discussions: Be ready to articulate your understanding of doctrinal analysis, statutory interpretation, and regulatory compliance.
- Emphasize critical review skills: Provide examples of how you identify inaccuracies, enhance logical rigor, and improve complex legal texts.
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