Legal Research Support Specialist

Legal Research Support Specialist

Posted 7 days ago by 1756278541

Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA

Summary: The Legal Research Support Specialist role involves providing comprehensive legal research and support services for the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. The position requires expertise in legal research tools and library operations, along with the ability to assist in managing legal information resources. This is a remote position with a focus on creating legal content and supporting user training on research tools. The role also includes answering complex legal research questions and maintaining library systems.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Provide legal research using databases like Westlaw and LexisNexis.
  • Perform cite-checking, ensuring citations are correct, and review legal documents for accuracy.
  • Assist in managing both physical and digital legal information resources.
  • Support the creation of legal content, guides, and resources.
  • Offer ongoing user training on legal research tools and library services.
  • Maintain library systems, including SharePoint and other Office 365 platforms.
  • Answer complex legal and business research questions.
  • Support the creation of research materials for special projects, such as presentations and reports.

Key Skills:

  • Expertise in legal research tools (Westlaw, LexisNexis).
  • Strong knowledge of library operations and collection management.
  • Proficiency in Office 365 applications, particularly SharePoint.
  • Ability to perform detailed legal research and cite-checking tasks.
  • Experience working with government or corporate legal research teams is a plus.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other

Detailed Description From Employer:
Title: Legal Research Support Specialist
Duration: 5 years
Client: Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
Note: Remote role
Job Description:
  • Provide legal research using databases like Westlaw and LexisNexis.
  • Perform cite-checking, ensuring citations are correct, and review legal documents for accuracy.
  • Assist in managing both physical and digital legal information resources.
  • Support the creation of legal content, guides, and resources.
  • Offer ongoing user training on legal research tools and library services.
  • Maintain library systems, including SharePoint and other Office 365 platforms.
  • Answer complex legal and business research questions.
  • Support the creation of research materials for special projects, such as presentations and reports.
Qualifications:
  • Expertise in legal research tools (Westlaw, LexisNexis).
  • Strong knowledge of library operations and collection management.
  • Proficiency in Office 365 applications, particularly SharePoint.
  • Ability to perform detailed legal research and cite-checking tasks.
  • Experience working with government or corporate legal research teams is a plus.