MercorDomain experts
US Contract Attorney: Transactional
up to $120/hr
About this role, in Mercor's words
Mercor is partnering with a leading AI lab to train frontier models on high-quality legal reasoning data. This is an evergreen talent pool for experienced US Transactional attorneys — by applying, you join a standing bench and are considered for ongoing and upcoming legal-AI projects as they launch. We review applications on a rolling basis and reach out when work that fits your background comes up.
What you'll do
- Compare pairs of responses to transactional tasks (contract drafting, redlines, issues lists, due diligence summaries and deal analyses) and decide which is stronger, with clear reasoning
- Write concise justifications grounded in the source documents and applicable US law
- Create realistic legal prompts, fact patterns and model answers drawn from your transactional experience
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- Flag errors, gaps and risky advice in AI-generated legal content
- Attend onboarding and calibration sessions
Candidate background
You're a Good Fit If You
- Are admitted to practice in at least one US state (active bar membership)
- Have 3+ years of US transactional practice, such as M&A, finance, capital markets, commercial contracts or corporate matters
- Hold a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school
- Write clearly and pay close attention to detail
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Full job descriptionThe original posting, in Mercor's words
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About the Role Mercor is partnering with a leading AI lab to train frontier models on high-quality legal reasoning data. This is an evergreen talent pool for experienced US Transactional attorneys — by applying, you join a standing bench and are considered for ongoing and upcoming legal-AI projects as they launch. We review applications on a rolling basis and reach out when work that fits your background comes up.
Typical work includes recurring side-by-side evaluations and legal dataset generation: you'll compare AI-generated legal work, judge which response is stronger and why, and create realistic transactional tasks and reference answers.
What You'll Do
• Compare pairs of responses to transactional tasks (contract drafting, redlines, issues lists, due diligence summaries and deal analyses) and decide which is stronger, with clear reasoning
• Write concise justifications grounded in the source documents and applicable US law
• Create realistic legal prompts, fact patterns and model answers drawn from your transactional experience
• Flag errors, gaps and risky advice in AI-generated legal content
• Attend onboarding and calibration sessions
You're a Good Fit If You
• Are admitted to practice in at least one US state (active bar membership)
• Have 3+ years of US transactional practice, such as M&A, finance, capital markets, commercial contracts or corporate matters
• Hold a J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school
• Write clearly and pay close attention to detail
Bonus Qualifications
• 2+ years of experience at an AmLaw 100 firm (strongly preferred)
• Prior work on legal AI projects with Mercor
• Prior data annotation, AI evaluation or legal-benchmark experience
Role Highlights
• Evergreen talent pool — apply once and be considered for ongoing projects as they launch
• Fully remote, flexible hours; recurring tasks as new work comes up
• Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
Working with MercorPay, getting started and work, from Mercor's own pages
What the platform publishes in general. These are not extra terms confirmed for this particular role.
- Getting paid
- Hourly work is paid every Wednesday for the previous week, through Stripe Connect or Wise, whichever Mercor assigns to your region. Stripe holds the first payout for 7 days. talent.docs.mercor.com/how-to/payments, talent.docs.mercor.com/policies/contracts
- Before your first paid task
- An AI interview of about 20 minutes, reused for other roles that need it, then any assessments the role asks for. Before logging hours: ID verification through Persona, a tax form, the contract documents, the Insightful time tracker, and a background check the onboarding guide says usually takes one to two weeks. talent.docs.mercor.com/support/ai-interview, talent.docs.mercor.com/how-to/apply, talent.docs.mercor.com/policies/contracts, talent.docs.mercor.com/how-to/id-verification, talent.docs.mercor.com/working/project-onboarding
- How much work
- The current interview FAQ gives no reply-time estimate. Mercor says it notifies you when your application moves to the next stage and that you can keep applying. When a project ends you are not moved to a new one automatically. talent.docs.mercor.com/support/ai-interview, talent.docs.mercor.com/support/project
- Contract
- Independent contractor with Mercor.io Corporation of San Francisco, which deducts no taxes. talent.docs.mercor.com/policies/taxes-work-authorization, talent.docs.mercor.com/support/legal
Read on the pages linked above on 23 Sep 2026. Platforms change these terms, so check the linked page before you rely on one.
Alex's experience on MercorA personal account, not a promise about your project
Alexruns this site and has worked on Mercor himself. Written 31 Aug 2026.
- Every interview I took used an AI interviewer. They always checked my microphone and camera and asked me to share my screen, and some included a timed exercise of around 25 minutes.
- Many later applications needed no new interview from me. With the required assessments complete and no other outstanding steps, applying could be close to one click.
- The application I checked did not ask for a rate. My offer matched my minimum in Work Preferences. That does not establish that Mercor always caps higher offers at your preference.
- Onboarding and setup came to about 4 hours, with more security and tool setup. Of the three platforms I worked on, it was the most complicated for me. That is an estimate from my projects, not a platform average.
- Mercor required the Insightful tracker on my project. I observed app and website usage monitoring, and I am unsure which screenshot settings applied, so check the configuration.
- I was paid for hours logged, once every 14 days, and I have not experienced late or incorrect payments. That was my arrangement. Mercor's current documentation describes weekly payout cycles, so check your own offer.
One person's applications, not a promise about yours.
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Pay across the field: Domain experts
Across 751 roles in this field with a stated hourly rate in US dollars, on 21 platforms, the middle half pays $63 to $125 an hour at the top of the range, and the median is $100. This role's top rate, $120, is in the middle half. Of the 268 distinct rates we count, 178 are lower and 71 are higher.
| Platform | Roles | Top of range, per hour |
|---|---|---|
| micro1 | 155 | $12 to $400 · median $110 |
| Alignerr | 148 | $24 to $200 · median $80 |
| AfterQuery | 93 | $45 to $175 · median $100 |
| Mercor (this platform) | 89 | $55 to $450 · median $120 |
| Handshake AI | 81 | $30 to $300 · median $80 |
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- First seen here on 23 Oct 2026, and still on Mercor's list when we last read it on 25 Oct 2026.
- The listed pay has not changed since then.
- Posted by Mercor
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- Last seen live
- Listing ID
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