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Mercor

Partner & General Counsel – Legal Domain Expert

Mercor

. Review the quality of legal knowledge work tasks and model outputs .

Posted 11/1/2026full-timeCalifornia • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $100 - $150 per hourWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in legal practice with a Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and over 5 years of substantive experience in a specialized area. Proficient in evaluating legal knowledge work and translating legal judgment into teachable criteria while maintaining high standards of written communication.

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Juris Doctor (JD)5+ Years Legal PracticeSpecialization in Corporate LawActive U.S. State Bar AdmissionHands-On Use of Large Language Models

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Hard Skills
Legal Knowledge EvaluationInstruction Specification WritingLegal Task DesignBenchmark DevelopmentLegal Problem Solving
Soft Skills
Excellent Written CommunicationStructured Feedback Ability
Industry Keywords
Corporate LawLitigationRegulatory ComplianceIntellectual PropertyEmployment LawTax Law

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Review the quality of legal knowledge work tasks and model outputs
  • Identify missing behaviors, thin reasoning, and answers that would not survive professional scrutiny
  • Write instruction specifications and produce golden solutions to legal problems
  • Define new legal tasks reflecting real-world legal practice
  • Design challenging legal tasks, evaluation sets, benchmarks, and legal-specific skills and tools
  • Work with research teams, client researchers, and adjacent-field specialists to maintain consistent standards
  • Translate tacit legal judgment into explicit, teachable criteria

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school; a highly ranked school is strongly preferred
  • 5+ years of substantive post-qualification legal practice at a reputable institution
  • Genuine specialization in at least one substantive practice area, such as corporate and transactional, litigation and dispute resolution, regulatory and compliance, intellectual property, employment and labor, or tax
  • Clear progression to a senior level, such as partner, of counsel, counsel, senior associate, senior in-house counsel, or general counsel, with real ownership of matters
  • Active admission to at least one U.S. state bar, in good standing
  • Hands-on working use of large language models in professional work
  • Able to commit reliably to 40 hours per week for an initial engagement of 6 months
  • Living in the Bay Area, California, and able to work on-site with the client's team multiple days each week when required
  • Candidates outside the Bay Area must be willing to relocate at their own cost; relocation assistance is not provided
  • Excellent written communication and ability to give precise, well-structured written feedback
  • Internships and clerkships alone do not count as qualifying experience

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Full-time W-2 employment with Cincinnatus LLC
  • Payroll, benefits, and compliance administered by Cincinnatus LLC
  • Client-issued accounts and equipment
  • Reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans throughout the job application process
  • Up to $2,000 for each successful referral (referral limits apply)