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Legal Research Attorney - Fully Remote | Upto $170/hr Hourly

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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: Senior Law Librarian and Research Attorney

Type: Contract

Compensation: $150–$170/hour

Role Responsibilities

  • Draft sophisticated legal research questions reflecting complex firm-level inquiries.
  • Design issues requiring multi-jurisdictional analysis, conflicting authority resolution, and deep precedent synthesis.
  • Ensure all questions are grounded in identifiable, authoritative legal sources.
  • Maintain clarity, realism, and practical scope in research questions.
  • Collaborate with AI research teams to shape AI evaluation benchmarks.
  • Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

Qualifications

Must-Have

  • 8+ years of experience as a law librarian, research attorney, or senior legal research specialist.
  • Extensive experience handling complex or escalated research requests.
  • Strong understanding of legal research methodologies.
  • Exceptional issue-framing and writing skills.

Preferred

  • Experience training associates on research techniques.
  • Exposure to AI tools in legal research.
  • Prior dataset annotation or benchmark development experience.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

Resources & Support

  • For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome/welcome
  • For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected]

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.

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