Partner and General Counsel - Legal Domain Expert

Job overview

The Partner and General Counsel - Legal Domain Expert role is hybrid in the Bay Area, California, with on-site work as required. Compensation is $100–$150 per hour. Mercor connects creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs; this role applies legal expertise to improve AI model performance. The legal expert evaluates legal knowledge tasks and AI outputs, designs instructions and legal problem solutions, and develops evaluation sets with research collaborators. The work translates practical legal judgment into explicit criteria and tools for legal-domain AI systems.

What you'll do

• Evaluate legal knowledge tasks and AI model outputs
• identify missing behaviors and weak reasoning
• design instruction specifications and produce model solutions to legal problems
• develop legal tasks and evaluation sets
• build legal-specific skills and tools with the research team
• collaborate with researchers and specialists
• work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

partner and general counsel

legal domain expert

hybrid

bay area california

mercor

legal ai

ai model evaluation

legal research

juris doctor

state bar admission

40 hours/week

$100-$150/hour

contract

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Contract engagement requiring 40 hours per week for six months; requires a Juris Doctor, 5+ years of legal practice, active U.S. state bar admission, and residence in the Bay Area.

About the employer

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