Litigation Associate

Mercor is hiring experienced Litigation Associates on behalf of a leading AI lab building a benchmark to evaluate advanced AI systems on realistic legal research tasks. You will help expand a dataset of high-quality legal research questions that mirror the types of research problems practitioners encounter in active client matters. This is not a bar-exam-style drafting project. We are seeking realistic, practitioner-driven legal questions grounded in identifiable authority and controlling precedent.

Key Responsibilities

• Draft well-scoped, realistic legal research questions arising in litigation contexts

• Mirror real client-driven issues (motions practice, procedural disputes, evidentiary issues, appellate standards, etc.)

• Ensure questions require:

• Identification and synthesis of controlling authority

• Jurisdictional analysis

• Application of precedent to fact patterns

• Avoid abstract academic hypotheticals

• Clearly frame questions so they are answerable through professional legal research

Requirements

• 4–7+ years at a reputable law firm (litigation practice)

• Strong experience conducting substantive legal research

• Experience drafting research memoranda, briefs, or dispositive motions

• Familiarity with jurisdiction-specific precedent analysis

• Clear, structured writing style

Nice to Have

• Federal clerkship experience

• Appellate or complex litigation background

• Prior experience contributing to AI, legal tech, or dataset development projects

Why Join

• Contribute to shaping how next-generation AI systems are evaluated in legal reasoning

• Work closely with a leading AI research organisation

Compensation

• Pay: $180 – $200/hour
• Type: Hourly contract
• Location: Remote