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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: Regulatory Law Expert

Type: Contract

Compensation: $100–$120/hour

Location: Remote

Role Responsibilities

• Build a realistic digital workspace centered on the Drive folders you use daily. Include rule comment letters, regulatory-change analyses, exam responses, compliance memos, policy drafts, enforcement-defense briefs, and email threads. Represent platforms like Westlaw, LexisNexis, Refinitiv World-Check, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, and CUBE.
• Design multi-step tasks grounded in real workflows. Structure around end-to-end matters like regulatory-change analysis, rule-making advocacy, examinations, enforcement defense, and compliance-program design. Navigate multiple apps, files, and stakeholders to challenge frontier AI agents.
• Collaborate with other regulatory attorneys to design the environment, shape task scope, and review scenarios for realism and rigor.
• Work asynchronously with research teams to refine task designs and evaluation criteria for regulatory-law agent benchmarks.
• Contribute to frontier AI research and benchmarking. Your work directly informs how leading labs train and evaluate the next generation of AI systems.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• JD and active bar admission.
• 3+ years of full-time regulatory experience at an AmLaw 100 firm or Fortune 500 in-house regulatory / compliance team.
• Background in areas such as financial-services regulation, healthcare regulation, energy regulation, telecom/tech regulation, or environmental/consumer-product/food-and-drug regulation.
• Day-to-day use of Westlaw, LexisNexis, Refinitiv World-Check, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, and CUBE.
• Strong analytical thinking and writing skills.

Compensation & Legal

• Transition from an hourly rate to compensation based on throughput of quality work.

Application Process (Takes 20–30 mins to complete)

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

Resources & Support

• For details about the interview process and platform information, please check: https://talent.docs.mercor.com/welcome
• For any help or support, reach out to: support@mercor.com

PS: Our team reviews applications daily. Please complete your AI interview and application steps to be considered for this opportunity.