Legal Counsel

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: Partner & General Counsel - Legal Domain Expert

Type: Contract Compensation: $100–$150/hour Location: Hybrid, Bay Area, California Commitment: 40 hours/week Role Responsibilities

• Evaluate the quality of legal knowledge work tasks and AI model outputs. Identify missing behaviors and thin reasoning in professional scrutiny.
• Design high-quality instruction specs and produce golden solutions to legal problems. Define new legal tasks reflecting real-world practices.
• Develop challenging legal tasks and evaluation sets. Build legal-specific skills and tools with the research team.
• Collaborate with client researchers and specialists in adjacent fields. Translate tacit legal judgment into explicit, teachable criteria.
• Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.

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.
• Progression to a senior level with real ownership of matters.
• Active admission to at least one U.S. state bar, in good standing.
• Hands-on working use of large language models.
• Commitment to 40 hours/week for 6 months.
• Reside in the Bay Area, California and work on-site as required.
• Excellent written communication skills.

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: [email protected]

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