Senior Public Interest Attorney Civil Rights & AI Policy

Posted 18 days ago

mercorNew York (NY)

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About the role

Mercor is seeking senior public interest law professionals to design evaluation tasks for AI systems used in civil rights, environmental, and public advocacy contexts in the United States. The role spans federal civil rights statutes, NEPA, and Clean Air/Water Act tracks, with international human rights law as an optional emphasis. Contributors craft reference outputs and rubrics that reflect how senior public interest attorneys think, and they draft advocacy memoranda to support policy reform

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