Public Interest Law Evaluator at Mercor

Public Interest Law Evaluator | $90–100/hr | Worldwide Remote

Mercor is seeking experienced public interest law professionals to design evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in civil rights, environmental, and public advocacy contexts. This contractor role is ideal for senior attorneys with deep expertise in impact litigation, regulatory advocacy, or policy reform.

About the Role

Contributors will build evaluation scenarios across two tracks:

• US Track: Federal civil rights statutes, NEPA, Clean Air Act, and Clean Water Act
• International Track: International human rights law and EU environmental directives

Experts qualified in either or both tracks are encouraged to apply.

Key Responsibilities

• Design public interest law scenarios spanning civil rights litigation, environmental compliance and enforcement, and community advocacy or policy reform
• Build tasks across civil rights and constitutional law, environmental regulation, housing and consumer protection, immigration and asylum, and government accountability
• Develop scenarios involving legal research platforms, case management systems used by legal aid organizations, and regulatory filing systems (e.g., EPA dockets)
• Apply public interest methodologies — constitutional analysis, regulatory compliance review, and impact litigation strategy — to produce reference legal briefs, regulatory comments, and advocacy memoranda
• Author rubrics that distinguish authentic public interest legal judgment from generic bar exam-level recall

Ideal Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a public interest attorney at a legal aid organization, advocacy nonprofit, or government agency (e.g., ACLU, Earthjustice, NRDC, Legal Aid Society, or a state attorney general's office)
• Direct ownership of impact litigation, regulatory advocacy, or policy reform initiatives
• Fluency in public interest legal tooling and a strong understanding of regulatory and legislative advocacy processes
• JD with bar admission (or international equivalent) strongly preferred; prior rubric, training, or policy authorship is a plus