Job Description
Description As a member of the Knowledge Management & Innovation department, the KM Research Analyst conducts sophisticated legal and non-legal research to respond to firm-wide reference and research requests from attorneys, administration and staff. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Monitors workflow; responds and completes department requests. Provides comprehensive legal and business research using a variety of on-line and print resources, including proper use of AI tools. Conducts complex substantive legal research, precedent document searching, expert witness research, legislative history research, judicial research, docket, and analytics searching. Creates targeted, custom alerts to monitor developments in the law, docket tracks, and litigation searches. Precisely, intelligently, and promptly communicates the results of research requests to the requestors. Provides general support for KM research tools and resources (i.e. Westlaw Precision, Practical Law, and other related platforms). ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS: Works on special projects (i.e., collection development) as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS (EXPERIENCE, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES): Education: Bachelor's degree in related field required. Masters in Library & Information Science or Juris Doctor a plus. Experience: Minimum of three years of legal and business research experience in a legal, corporate or professional services environment. Experience using AI tools a plus. Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: Thorough and advanced knowledge of legal research and general business research Knowledge of and ability to use on-li