Tax Attorney
- Toronto, ON, Canada
Remote
$85 to $120 CAD / hour
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Job details
- Pay
- $85 to $120 CAD / hour
- Workplace
- Remote
- Experience
- 3+ years of professional experience in Real Estate, Tax, Bankruptcy, or Trusts & Estates.
- Working hours
- 20–40 hours/week
- Posting language
- English
Original job description
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: Legal Expert - Specialist (Real Estate, Tax, Bankruptcy, Estates)
Type: Contract
Compensation: $85–$120/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 20–40 hours/week
Role Responsibilities
- Design realistic specialty scenarios from your practice in Real Estate, Tax, Bankruptcy, and Trusts & Estates.
- Write "golden" reference responses at attorney-level quality.
- Grade AI-generated responses against structured rubrics.
- Provide written feedback to improve model behavior.
- Participate in onboarding office hours and specialty calibration sessions.
- Work independently and asynchronously to meet deadlines while improving AI model performance.
Qualifications
Must-Have
- 3+ years of professional experience in Real Estate, Tax, Bankruptcy, or Trusts & Estates.
- Hold a J.D. (U.S./Canada) or LL.B./LL.M. (U.K.) from an accredited law school.
- Licensed to practice law in the U.S., Canada, or U.K. (active or inactive).
- Excellent written communication skills with high attention to detail.
Preferred
- Cross-specialty experience.
- LL.M. in Tax or Estate Planning.
- In-house experience at a real estate developer, financial institution, or wealth management firm.
- Bankruptcy court experience or trustee work.
Start Date
- Immediately; applications reviewed on a rolling basis.
Compensation & Legal
- Hourly contractor
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.
More about this job
Responsibilities
The Legal Expert at Mercor will design realistic legal scenarios, write model answers, and grade AI responses against structured rubrics. They will also give written feedback to improve AI behaviour and work independently to meet deadlines.
Requirements
Mercor needs candidates with 3+ years of professional experience in Real Estate, Tax, Bankruptcy, or Trusts & Estates, a J.D., LL.B., or LL.M. from an accredited law school, and a law licence in the U.S., Canada, or U.K. Strong written communication and attention to detail are required.
Skills
- Legal writing
- Rubric-based grading
- Scenario design
- Tax law
- Real estate law
- Bankruptcy law
- Trusts and estates
- Estate planning
- Written feedback
- Legal research
- Attention to detail
- Asynchronous work
- Independent work
- Attorney-level analysis
Categories
- Legal
- Consulting
- Software
- Technology
- Finance & Accounting
Keywords
- tax attorney
- tax lawyer
- real estate lawyer
- bankruptcy lawyer
- trusts and estates
- estate planning
- tax law
- real estate law
- legal expert
- AI training
- AI data annotation
- rubric grading
- legal writing
- J.D.
- LL.M.
- remote contract
- freelance legal
- legal consultant
- AI evaluation
- LLM training
Seniority
Mid level
Languages
- English
Fields of study
- Law
- Tax
- Estate Planning