Remote Legal Research Counsel – $170/hr

**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:** Senior Law Librarian and Research Attorney **Type:** **Contract** **Compensation:** **$150–$170/hour** **Role Responsibilities** * Draft sophisticated legal research questions reflecting complex firm\-level inquiries. * Design 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 in research questions. * Collaborate with AI research teams to shape AI evaluation benchmarks. * Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance. **Qualifications** **Must\-Have** * 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. **Preferred** * Experience training associates on research techniques. * Exposure to AI tools in legal research. * Prior dataset annotation or benchmark development experience. **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/welcome * For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com *PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.* ,