Litigation Associate
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Posted on:
30+ days 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
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Draft well-scoped realistic legal research questions arising in litigation contexts
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Mirror real client-driven issues (motions practice procedural disputes evidentiary issues appellate standards etc.)
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Ensure questions require:
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Identification and synthesis of controlling authority
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Jurisdictional analysis
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Application of precedent to fact patterns
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Avoid abstract academic hypotheticals
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Clearly frame questions so they are answerable through professional legal research
Requirements
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47 years at a reputable law firm (litigation practice)
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Strong experience conducting substantive legal research
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Experience drafting research memoranda briefs or dispositive motions
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Familiarity with jurisdiction-specific precedent analysis
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Clear structured writing style
Nice to Have
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Federal clerkship experience
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Appellate or complex litigation background
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Prior experience contributing to AI legal tech or dataset development projects
Why Join
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Contribute to shaping how next-generation AI systems are evaluated in legal reasoning
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Work closely with a leading AI research organisation
