US Contract Attorney — Litigation
Listing checked October 24, 2026 · pay as published by Mercor
Overview
Pearson keeps a standing bench of US litigation attorneys who train frontier AI models on legal reasoning work. Apply once and your profile stays in the pool for upcoming projects as they launch, with review running on a rolling basis. Day to day you weigh two AI answers to a litigation task, pick the stronger one, and defend that call using the source documents and current US law. You also write original prompts, fact patterns, and reference answers pulled from your own practice background.
What You'll Do6
- 1Compare pairs of AI responses to litigation tasks such as research memos, pleadings, motions, briefs, discovery requests, and case strategy, then state which answer holds up better.
- 2Write short justifications that tie each judgment back to the source record and the governing US law.
- 3Build realistic legal prompts, fact patterns, and model answers from your own litigation experience.
- 4Flag errors, missing pieces, and risky advice inside AI-written legal content.
- 5Review AI-drafted discovery and case strategy material for gaps a practicing litigator would catch.
- 6Attend onboarding and calibration sessions so your scoring stays aligned with the rest of the bench.
Requirements6
- 1Active bar membership in at least one US state.
- 23+ years of US litigation practice covering areas such as civil or commercial litigation, motion practice, discovery, and trial preparation.
- 3J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school.
- 4Clear legal writing and close attention to detail.
- 52+ years at an AmLaw 100 firm (strongly preferred).
- 6Prior data annotation, AI evaluation, or legal benchmark work helps your application.
Who Should Apply
Practicing US litigators with three or more years of hands-on motion, discovery, and trial prep work who want flexible remote review projects. AmLaw 100 alumni and anyone with prior AI evaluation or annotation experience move to the front of the queue.
Salary Insight
The posting lists $100 to $120 per hour. For contract legal review that band lines up with the seniority the team asks for: an attorney carrying a few years of active litigation work, not a new graduate.
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Application Tip
Open with your bar state and admission date, then give concrete litigation detail: motion types you drafted, discovery and deposition volume, and the size of cases you handled. Name any AmLaw 100 tenure and prior AI evaluation or annotation work early, since both sit on the bonus list.
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