Legal Expert — Civil Litigator (Deposition Transcript Review)

About the role

About the Role Mercor is partnering with a leading AI lab to build gold-standard legal reasoning data from a real deposition record. We're hiring one experienced civil litigator to work through a full rough deposition transcript and author the reference answers that AI models will be measured against.

Mercor partners with leading AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. You will work on projects that focus on training and enhancing AI systems. You will be paid competitively, collaborate with leading researchers, and help shape the next generation of AI systems in your area of expertise.

Scope of Work

• Read a rough deposition transcript of roughly 250 pages in full
• Write gold answers to about 100 questions about the record, citing support by page and line
• Complete eight short litigation tasks drawn from the same transcript
• Prepare all gold answers without AI assistance, and note anywhere an AI tool was used only for navigating the transcript
• Own every answer end to end: one litigator is responsible for the full set, so judgment stays consistent across all questions and tasks

What you’ll bring

• Are a practicing civil litigator who has personally taken and defended depositions (50+ depositions preferred)
• Practice in commercial, contract or personal injury litigation
• Are comfortable working from a long rough transcript and citing it precisely by page and line
• Hold a J.D. and are licensed to practice law in the U.S. (Minnesota admission is not required; the questions turn on the record, not on state procedure)

Benefits

Not provided in the source listing.

Contract & Payment Terms

• Fully remote; must be based in the United States
• Role starts immediately, and applications are reviewed on a rolling basis
• We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.
• You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
• This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.
• Projects can be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance.
• Your work at Mercor will not involve access to confidential or proprietary information from any employer, client, or institution.
• Payments are weekly on Stripe or Wise based on services rendered.
• Please note: We are unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

Where you can work

This role is open to people based in: United States.

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