Litigation Associate

Toronto - Canada

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 7 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

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

47 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

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 en...