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UK-Based Legal Experts: Magic Circle

Mercor

AI Expert - Legal Contractor
United Kingdom $130 – $170/hr May 31, 2026

Job description

Mercor is recruiting UK-based Legal Experts for a research project with a leading foundational model AI lab.

Ideal Candidates

Roles such as:

  • Associate
  • Senior Associate
  • Counsel
  • Partner

We're especially interested in candidates from A&O Shearman, Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters, and Slaughter and May, though strong corporate law experience from similar firms is also welcome.

What You'll Do

Help create, review, and simulate realistic legal scenarios, including contract drafting, due diligence, regulatory analysis, client advisory, deal structuring, and dispute resolution.

Strong candidates understand how modern law firm engagements operate, including Partner-led matter structures with Senior Associates, Associates, and Trainees across transactional and advisory workstreams.

Role Details

  • Contributing to high-quality training data for frontier AI systems
  • Fully remote and project-based
  • Available to work 40 hours/week
  • Successful contributions increase the odds that you are selected on future projects with Mercor

Vetting Process

  • Resume + work history screen
  • Short assessment evaluating law expertise

We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.

Contract and Payment Terms

  • Engaged as an independent contractor.
  • Fully remote — complete 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.
  • Note: Unable to support H1-B or STEM OPT candidates at this time.

About Mercor

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, paid competitively alongside leading researchers.

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