US Contract Attorney — Transactional
Listing checked October 24, 2026 · pay as published by Mercor
Overview
Pearson pairs with an AI lab to build training data for frontier legal models, and this bench of US transactional attorneys supplies the expertise behind it. You join an evergreen pool, so one application covers you for current and upcoming projects as they open. Day to day, the work centers on side-by-side evaluations: you read two AI answers to a transactional task, pick the stronger one, and explain the call against the source documents and governing US law. You also write legal prompts and model answers pulled from your own deal experience, from contract drafting to due diligence summaries. Expect recurring assignments tied to new project launches, with onboarding and calibration sessions to align you with the review standards.
What You'll Do6
- 1Review paired AI responses to transactional tasks such as contract drafting, redlines, issues lists, due diligence summaries, and deal analyses, then choose the stronger answer
- 2Write short, reasoned justifications that cite the source documents and the relevant US law
- 3Build realistic legal prompts, fact patterns, and reference answers from your own transactional practice
- 4Call out mistakes, missing points, and risky advice inside AI-generated legal material
- 5Join onboarding and calibration sessions to align your judgments with project standards
- 6Apply consistent review criteria across repeated evaluation batches as new work arrives
Requirements7
- 1Active bar membership and admission to practice in at least one US state
- 23 or more years of US transactional practice in areas such as M&A, finance, capital markets, commercial contracts, or corporate matters
- 3J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school
- 4Clear legal writing and close attention to detail
- 52 or more years at an AmLaw 100 firm (strongly preferred)
- 6Prior data annotation, AI evaluation, or legal-benchmark work (a plus)
- 7Previous legal AI project work with Mercor (a plus)
Who Should Apply
Transactional attorneys with at least three years of US deal experience who want flexible, remote review work alongside their practice. Active bar membership and a J.D. from an ABA-accredited school are required. AmLaw 100 alumni and anyone with prior AI evaluation or annotation background move to the front.
Salary Insight
Pay runs $100 to $120 per hour, which sits at the top of the range for contract legal review and AI evaluation work. Attorneys with AmLaw 100 backgrounds and several years of deal experience typically land near the upper end.
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Name your transactional focus directly in your resume summary, such as M&A, capital markets, or commercial contracts, and give the years of practice for each. Add your bar state and admission date, plus any AmLaw 100 tenure, since those details drive the fit score for this bench.
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