Legal Document Reviewer – Expert (Remote)

Job overview

The Legal Document Reviewer – Expert (Remote) role is remote; the posting does not specify a geographic restriction. Compensation is $60 per hour. Mercor connects creative and technical talent with AI research labs. The role supports document quality control by creating clear grading rubrics and reviewing processed legal documents against written protocols. It identifies and categorizes defects, escalates ambiguous cases for adjudication, and helps maintain accuracy and consistency across high-volume reviews of varied legal documents.

What you'll do

• Create rubrics for grading legal documents in language understandable to laypeople
• review processed documents against a written quality-control rubric for correct handling of identifying and sensitive elements
• flag and categorize defects
• escalate ambiguous cases for adjudication
• review commercial contracts, intellectual property agreements, tax filings, and other document types
• maintain precision and consistency in high-volume review work.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

legal document reviewer

expert

remote

legal review

document quality control

qualified lawyer

3+ years post-qualification

commercial contracts

ip agreements

tax filings

$60/hour

mercor

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Remote contract opportunity for a qualified lawyer with at least three years of post-qualification experience; work spans multiple legal document types.

About the employer

Mercor is hiring for this role. Industry: All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services. Sector: 54.