Applied Legal Benchmark Specialist
Compensation
$83 – $105 /hr
Employment type
Full-time
Work setting
On-site
Location
New York, NY
Schedule
Day shift
Posted
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Job overview
The Applied Legal Benchmark Specialist role is remote, with compensation of $83–$105 per hour and a commitment of 10+ hours per week. Mercor connects creative and technical talent with AI research labs; this role contributes legal expertise to assessment work. The specialist authors and reviews legal questions, evaluates difficulty, develops answer choices and solutions, and checks questions for accuracy, clarity, and rigor. The work helps create precise legal assessments grounded in legal reasoning and academic references.
What you'll do
- Author original law questions
- rate question difficulty
- provide correct answers and plausible alternatives
- write step-by-step solutions in markdown and supply academic references
- review and edit questions for accuracy, clarity, and rigor
- identify and explain issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability.
What we're looking for
- Skills & competencies
- applied legal benchmark specialistremotemercorlegal reasoningquestion authoringlegal assessmentstatutory interpretationjurisprudenceacademic references10+ hours/week$83–$105/hour
- Work arrangement
- Weekend coverage required
Why this role
The posting specifies remote contract work with a commitment of 10+ hours per week. Requires a JD, LLM, SJD, or doctoral candidacy in law or a closely related field.
About the employer
Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Sector: 54.
Additional details
- Industry sector
- 54
- Industry
- All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Occupation code
- 23-2099.00
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Listing ID: 3710b85a-e2b2-4f31-b012-c79620bef2ef