Mercor · Finance & specialist
Law Expert - review AI outputs in your specialty
Listed on Mercor as “Law Expert”
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$120 per hour
Typical in Finance & specialist
$55–$90 per hour
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Typical: the middle of the lowest and highest rates posted by 468 listings in this category on MantaWork, in US dollars.
What this actually is
You bring your specialist expertise to AI evaluation. The shape of the work varies but the pattern is the same: review outputs, rate quality, write prompts, flag errors. The platform title (Law Expert) reflects the rate band and the expertise required, not the day-to-day work.
How Mercor picks people
- Upload your CV and answer the role's written questions.
- Do a video interview with Mercor's AI interviewer. Most take about 20 minutes, in English unless the role says otherwise.
- Some roles add a skills test. A test you pass once counts for similar roles.
- The project team reviews your results and sends offers to the people it picks.
Before you start
- Take Mercor's free practice interview first. It does not count toward any application.
- Use Chrome on a computer with a camera and microphone, in a quiet room.
- You can retake an official interview up to 3 times, but hiring teams see how many times you retook it.
Not every applicant gets an offer. Prepare well for the interview.
How to prepare for the Mercor interview
Source: Mercor's help pages. talent.docs.mercor.com
Original posting from Mercor
Role Overview
- Mercor is hiring practicing attorneys to build and review evaluation tasks for AI agents.
- Each task is set in a realistic simulated firm or legal department, with the case files, contracts, correspondence and matter records lawyers really work from.
- You make sure each task reads like a real assignment, the reference answer holds up against the record and the governing law, and the grading rubric checks what a senior attorney would check.
Key Responsibilities
- Refine AI-drafted task prompts so they read like a real assignment from a partner, general counsel or client, without giving the answer away.
- Check the reference answer against the world's files and the applicable law, and correct what is wrong.
- Write and tighten grading rubrics: pass/fail criteria tied to specific facts and rules, plus the judgment calls a non-lawyer would miss.
- Read how leading AI models attempt each task and confirm they fail for fair, defensible reasons.
- Work in your own practice area. Current areas include corporate and M&A, commercial contracts, civil litigation and arbitration, employment, real estate, intellectual property, estate planning, family, criminal and appellate, administrative and regulatory, antitrust, privacy, securities, environmental, health, and insurance coverage.
Ideal Qualifications
- 3+ years of practice as an attorney. Major-firm or in-house experience at a large company is a plus, but time in practice matters more.
- JD or an international-equivalent law degree.
- Active bar admission (or an international equivalent such as Barrister or Solicitor with advocacy rights).
- US bar admission preferred.
- Prior experience on a Mercor RL project is a plus.
Details
- Pay: $120/hour.
- You start with a short onboarding session and a paid skills assessment. Once you pass, you can claim your first task right away.
- Strong performers can move into reviewer and world lead roles.
Quoted from Mercor's public listing on 2026-11-15. We don't edit platform copy; honest framing is in the title and the “what this actually is” block above.
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