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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: Domain Expert – Legal (Lexis+ Research)
Type:Contract
Compensation:$76–$120/hour
Location:Remote
Role Responsibilities
- Confirm every case, statute, and regulation is still good law for the point cited. Catch negative Shepard's treatment.
- Catch non-existent or misdescribed cases. Verify quotes, holdings, and pin cites.
- Judge completeness by ensuring controlling authority is found and on-point cases are not missed. Maintain distinct 50-state/multi-jurisdiction splits.
- Verify currency by checking the version of the law in force on the operative date.
- Distinguish binding vs. persuasive authority. Require verify-before-finalize.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- Frequent Lexis+ use - weekly or more - for substantive legal research in your current or recent role
- 2+ years of professional legal-research experience
- Reflexive Shepard's/KeyCite use; can spot a bad cite, misstated holding, or superseded statute on sight
- J.D. and bar admission, MLIS / law librarian, or equivalent research-heavy experience
Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)
- Upload resume
- AI interview based on your resume
- Submit form
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PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.
Originally posted on Himalayas
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