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:

Applied Legal Benchmark Specialist Type:

Contract Compensation:

$83–$105/hour Location:

Remote Commitment:

10+ hours/week

Role Responsibilities

Author original law questions to test deep conceptual understanding, not surface-level recall.

Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined with all necessary information in the problem statement.

Rate each question's difficulty: Medium (intro undergraduate), Hard (advanced undergraduate), or Expert (post-graduate and above).

Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives to challenge expert-level solvers.

Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with explicit, concise reasoning in

markdown

format.





Supply 1–5 academic references per question from reputable sources like peer-reviewed journals and legal repositories.

For verification tasks: flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability and justify any edits made.

Qualifications Must-Have

JD ,

LLM ,

SJD , or doctoral candidate in Law or a closely related field.

Master's degree

considered for candidates with exceptional depth in a specific subdomain.

Solid command of legal reasoning, statutory interpretation, and jurisprudential theory.

Excellent written English and ability to express complex legal ideas clearly and concisely.

Preferred

Experience with bar exam writing, legal academia, or judicial clerkships is a robust plus.

Resources & Support

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For any help or support, reach out to:

📌 Law Assessment Expert Newcastle
🏢 Mercor
📍 Newcastle