Job Description
About the job Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco, our investors include Benchmark , General Catalyst , Peter Thiel , Adam D'Angelo , Larry Summers , and Jack Dorsey . Position: Public Interest Law Expert (Civil / Environmental) Type: Contract Compensation: $1,750–$2,150/task Location: Remote Role Responsibilities Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily. Include intake notes , case-summary memos , pleadings , advocacy letters , policy briefs , grant reports , amicus drafts , and email threads . Represent platforms like Westlaw / LexisNexis , Clio / MyCase , and Socrata / ArcGIS Hub . Design multi-step tasks grounded in real workflows. Require navigating multiple apps, files, and stakeholders to challenge frontier AI agents . Collaborate with other public-interest attorneys to design the environment, shape task scope, and review scenarios for realism and rigor. Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for public-interest-law agent benchmarks. Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking . Your work directly informs how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems . Qualifications Must-Have JD and active bar admission 3+ years of full-time public-interest experience at a major legal-aid organization, public-interest law firm, state AG / DOJ office, or impact-litigation nonprofit Background in civil-rights, civil-legal-aid, environmental law, consumer-protection, impact litigation, or administrative advocacy Day-to-day use of Westlaw / LexisNexis , Clio / MyCase , and Socrata / Esri ArcGIS Hub Strong analytical thinking and writing Compensation & Legal Task Completion Pay: Competitive and based on task quality (~ $1,750–$2,150 per completed task, subject to change as the project evolves) Performance Bonus: Top performers receive a weekly bonus incentive on top of their per task ra
