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Senior Law Librarian / Research Attorney at Mercor

posted 7 months ago

mercor.com Contractor remote 150-170/h 476 views

Senior Law Librarian / Research Attorney | $150–170/hr | Worldwide Remote

Mercor is seeking experienced Senior Law Librarians and Research Attorneys to help design complex, high-quality legal research questions for an AI evaluation benchmark. This is an excellent opportunity for seasoned legal research professionals who regularly handle escalated or cross-jurisdictional inquiries and excel at framing nuanced legal problems.

Key Responsibilities

Draft sophisticated legal research questions that reflect complex, firm-level inquiries
Design research issues requiring multi-jurisdictional analysis, conflicting authority resolution, and deep precedent synthesis
Ensure all questions are grounded in identifiable, authoritative legal sources
Maintain clarity, realism, and practical scope throughout all deliverables

Requirements

8+ years of experience as a law librarian, research attorney, or senior legal research specialist
Extensive experience handling complex or escalated research requests
Strong understanding of legal research methodologies
Exceptional issue-framing and writing skills

Nice to Have

Experience training associates on legal research techniques
Exposure to AI tools in legal research workflows
Prior dataset annotation or benchmark development experience

Why Join

Apply your deep research expertise to shape how AI systems are evaluated on legal reasoning
Flexible, contractor-based engagement structure
Collaborate with a top-tier AI research organization

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.

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