USA: Legal Research Librarian Suffolk University

With a great team, superb location, and a supportive and innovative law school dean, we’re excited about our future and looking forward to welcoming a new team member to the Moakley Law Library. The Legal Research Librarians play essential roles in planning and implementing the law school’s legal research curriculum. Legal Research Librarians support the law school’s faculty and students in their research endeavors, teach stand-alone research classes, partner with Legal Practice Skills (LPS) faculty to teach legal research in the 1L curriculum, and provide assistance to patrons at the research desk. The person in this position will have the opportunity to work remotely two days per week. There may be opportunities to teach legal research classes as an adjunct faculty member.

Responsibilities

Teach legal research to law students through stand-alone classes, the 1L LPS program, and presentations to upper-level electives by faculty invitation
Provide research assistance, training, and reference support to law school students, alumni, and members of the bar
Provide research support and training to law school faculty and serve as liaison to assigned faculty members
Assist students, faculty, and staff in using subscription databases; participate in trials of new subscription resources
Additional duties as assigned, such as maintaining and updating the library’s website, LibGuides and student writing portal; submitting articles to SSRN on behalf of faculty, providing Scholastica support, assisting with the institutional repository; putting together the semi-annual Faculty Newsletter; or working with Suffolk journals to do trainings, and collect and archive author publication agreements
Assist with collection development
Develop and implement new library services and programs

Position Requirements/Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree in Library & Information Science completed or in the process of being completed. JD degree is strongly preferred.
Demonstrated relevant work experience
Strong computer skills and web skills
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Strong attention to detail
Commitment to providing the highest level of customer service and responsiveness
Emotional and cultural intelligence with proven ability to work independently and as part of a diverse team
Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
Must be creative and proactive
Standard hours of this position are 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, M-F, but will include at least one evening per week until 6:00 pm and occasional weeknights and weekends for instruction and special events.

Benefits
Suffolk University offers a host of benefits, including a tuition remission program, a generous retirement plan and remote work policy, and medical and dental plans.