Litigation Associate

Mercor is hiring experienced Litigation Associates on behalf of a leading AI lab building a benchmark to evaluate advanced AI systems on realistic legal research tasks. You will help expand a dataset of high-quality legal research questions that mirror the types of research problems practitioners encounter in active client matters. This is not a bar-exam-style drafting project. We are seeking realistic, practitioner-driven legal questions grounded in identifiable authority and controlling precedent. Key Responsibilities Draft well-scoped, realistic legal research questions arising in litigation contexts Mirror real client-driven issues (motions practice, procedural disputes, evidentiary issues, appellate standards, etc.) Ensure questions require: Identification and synthesis of controlling authority Jurisdictional analysis Application of precedent to fact patterns Avoid abstract academic hypotheticals Clearly frame questions so they are answerable through professional legal research Requirements 4–7+ years at a reputable law firm (litigation practice) Strong experience conducting substantive legal research Experience drafting research memoranda, briefs, or dispositive motions Familiarity with jurisdiction-specific precedent analysis Clear, structured writing style Nice to Have Federal clerkship experience Appellate or complex litigation background Prior experience contributing to AI, legal tech, or dataset development projects Why Join Contribute to shaping how next-generation AI systems are evaluated in legal reasoning Work closely with a leading AI research organisation