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UK-Based Legal Experts: Magic Circle
Listed on Mercor as “UK-Based Legal Experts: Magic Circle”
What this actually is
You bring your specialist expertise to AI evaluation. The shape of the work varies but the pattern is the same: review outputs, rate quality, write prompts, flag errors. The platform title (UK-Based Legal Experts: Magic Circle) reflects the rate band and the expertise required, not the day-to-day work.
Can you do this on your visa?
F-2 / F-4 / F-5 / F-6: open. E-1 to E-7: needs concurrent-employment permit. D-2 / D-4 students: S-3 permit, 20 hr/week cap. D-10 / D-8: case by case.
Korean tax on USD income
First 5 years in Korea: foreign-source income only taxed if remitted into Korea. After year 5: worldwide income. Full tax guide.
Original posting from Mercor
Mercor is recruiting UK-based Legal Experts for a research project with a leading foundational model AI lab.
Ideal candidates have worked in 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.
You'll 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.
Here are more details about the role:
\- You will be contributing to high-quality training data for frontier AI systems
\- The work is fully remote and project-based
\- You are available to work 40 hours/week
\- Successful contributions increase the odds that you are selected on future projects with Mercor
The vetting process involves:
- Resume + work history screen
- Short assessment evaluating law expertise
Quoted from Mercor’s public listing on 2026-06-02. We don’t edit platform copy; honest framing is in the title and the “what this actually is” block above.
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