Legal Domain Expert - AI Specialist

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: Legal Domain Expert — AI Training & Evaluation Type: Contract Compensation: $60–$100/hour Location: Hybrid, Bay Area, California Commitment: 40 hours/week Role Responsibilities Evaluate the quality of legal knowledge work tasks and AI model outputs to identify missing behaviors and thin reasoning. Write high-quality instruction specs and produce golden solutions for legal problems, defining new tasks that reflect real-world practice. Design challenging legal tasks and evaluation sets to build legal-specific skills and tools with the research team. Collaborate with client researchers and specialists to maintain consistent standards, translating tacit legal judgment into explicit criteria. Work independently and collaboratively on-site with the client's team multiple days each week. Qualifications Must-Have Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school. 5+ years of substantive post-qualification legal practice. Specialization in at least one substantive practice area. Seniority with real ownership of matters. Active admission to at least one U.S. state bar. Hands-on use of large language models in professional work. Commitment to 40 hours per week for an initial 6 months . Reside in the Bay Area, California , and able to work on-site. 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 For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.