KM Research Analyst

Fox Rothschild • Whitpain Township, PA

61d • Onsite

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in related field required.
• Minimum of three years of legal and business research experience in a legal, corporate or professional services environment.
• Thorough and advanced knowledge of legal research and general business research
• Knowledge of and ability to use on-line resources including AI functionality within tools. Resources include: Westlaw Precision/Practical Law with AI modules, Bloomberg Law, PACER, and other types of web-based services, including IP, corporate and securities research tools as well as the Microsoft suite of products.
• Ability to synthesize relevant information needed for high-level decision making.
• Excellent communication skills with particular emphasis on written communication
• Ability to multitask, manage time, establish priorities, respond to emergencies and deal with individuals with patience and diplomacy.
• Ability to maintain a service-oriented attitude, remaining poised under pressure.
• Self-motivated, detail oriented and organized with the ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Masters in Library & Information Science or Juris Doctor a plus.
• Experience using AI tools a plus.

Responsibilities

• 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).
• Works on special projects (i.e., collection development) as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees