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Litigation Associate at Mercor
posted 7 months agoLitigation Associate | $180–200/hr | Worldwide Remote
Mercor is seeking experienced Litigation Associates on behalf of a leading AI lab developing a benchmark to evaluate advanced AI systems on realistic legal research tasks. In this role, you will help build a high-quality dataset of practitioner-driven legal research questions that reflect the complexity of real client matters — not bar-exam-style hypotheticals.
Key Responsibilities
- Draft well-scoped, realistic legal research questions grounded in litigation contexts
- Mirror real client-driven issues including motions practice, procedural disputes, evidentiary issues, and appellate standards
- Craft questions that require identification and synthesis of controlling authority, jurisdictional analysis, and application of precedent to fact patterns
- Avoid abstract academic hypotheticals — focus on questions answerable through professional legal research
- Produce clearly framed, structured questions consistent with practitioner standards
Requirements
- 4–7+ years of experience at a reputable law firm in a litigation practice
- Strong background in substantive legal research
- Experience drafting research memoranda, briefs, or dispositive motions
- Familiarity with jurisdiction-specific precedent analysis
- Clear, structured, and professional writing style
Nice to Have
- Federal clerkship experience
- Appellate or complex litigation background
- Prior involvement in AI, legal tech, or dataset development projects
Why Join
- Play a meaningful role in shaping how next-generation AI systems are evaluated on legal reasoning
- Collaborate closely with a leading AI research organization at the frontier of legal AI development
How to apply for this role
- Upload your resume — keep it up-to-date and in English. Mercor will auto-fill your profile from it.
- Complete the AI interview — a 15-minute conversation about your experience. Be ready to discuss specific projects and challenges you've solved.
- Submit your application — only about 20% of applicants finish all the steps, so completing yours puts you well ahead.