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Senior Litigation Attorney | $200/hr

Mercor4 days ago
Remote
Greater Montreal Metropolitan Area
Senior Level
Part-Time

About the role

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: Litigation Associate

Type: Contract Compensation: $180–$200/hour Location: Remote Role Responsibilities

  • Draft well-scoped, realistic legal research questions arising in litigation contexts.
  • Mirror real client-driven issues such as motions practice, procedural disputes, evidentiary issues, and appellate standards.
  • Ensure questions require identification and synthesis of controlling authority, jurisdictional analysis, and application of precedent to fact patterns.
  • Avoid abstract academic hypotheticals and clearly frame questions so they are answerable through professional legal research.
  • Contribute to shaping how next-generation AI systems are evaluated in legal reasoning.
  • Work closely with a leading AI research organization.

Qualifications Must-Have

  • 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.

Preferred

  • Federal clerkship experience.
  • Appellate or complex litigation background.
  • Prior experience contributing to AI, legal tech, or dataset development projects.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

  • Upload resume
  • AI interview based on your resume
  • Submit form

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