Legal Expert - Assessment Specialist
The role involves authoring and reviewing complex legal benchmark questions with detailed chain-of-thought solutions. Specialists must ensure high rigor, accuracy, and clarity while providing academic references for each question.
- Remote
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Posted Aug 14, 2026
- Apply by Sep 13, 2026
- 1 position
Job summary
About The Job Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark, General Catalyst, Peter Thiel, Adam D'Angelo, Larry Summers, and Jack Dorsey. Position: Applied Legal Benchmark Specialist Type: Contract Compensation: $83–$105/hour Location: Remote Commitment: 10+ hours/week Role Responsibilities Author original law questions that test deep conceptual understanding. Ensure questions are unambiguous, self-contained, and precisely defined. Rate each question's difficulty as Medium, Hard, or Expert. Provide 1 correct answer and 9 plausible but subtly incorrect alternatives. Write step-by-step Chain-of-Thought solutions with clear, concise reasoning in markdown format. Supply 1–5 academic references per question. Review pre-written questions for accuracy, clarity, and rigor. Edit where needed, rate difficulty, and document any changes made. Flag issues with clarity, completeness, precision, or solvability in verification tasks. Justify any edits made. Qualifications Must-Have JD, LLM, SJD, or doctoral candidate in Law or a closely related field. Strong command of legal reasoning, statutory interpretation, and jurisprudential theory. Excellent written English and ability to express complex legal ideas clearly and concisely. Preferred Experience with bar exam writing, legal academia, or judicial clerkships. Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete) Upload resume AI interview based on your resume Submit form Resources & Support For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome For any help or support, reach out to: [email protected] PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity. ,
What you’ll do
The role involves authoring and reviewing complex legal benchmark questions with detailed chain-of-thought solutions. Specialists must ensure high rigor, accuracy, and clarity while providing academic references for each question.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a JD, LLM, SJD, or be a doctoral candidate in Law with a strong command of legal theory. Experience in bar exam writing, legal academia, or judicial clerkships is preferred.
Listed skills
- Quality assurancePreferred
Other relevant skills
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- Legal Reasoning
- Statutory Interpretation
- Jurisprudential Theory
- Legal Writing
- Content Creation
- Academic Referencing
- Quality Assurance
- Markdown
- Chain-of-Thought Reasoning
Job areas
- Legal
- Software
- Science & Research
- Education
- Data & Analytics
Additional details
- Minimum education
- Master’s degree
- Minimum experience
- 2+ years
- Apply by
- Sep 13, 2026
- Posting language
- English
- Working hours
- 10 hours per week
- Location requirements
- Country, Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
- Seniority
- Not Applicable