Law Librarian for Research Services

Emory University•Atlanta, GA

12h•Hybrid

About The Position

Emory Law, a top-tier law school and the home of the Hugh F. MacMillan Law Library, is seeking an enthusiastic, creative, and service-oriented professional to join our team as a Law Librarian for Research Services. Emory Law is an intimate, collegial, and friendly school located in a residential part of the thriving city of Atlanta. MacMillan Law Library is a welcoming and supportive place to work. We invite candidates with at least four years of experience to apply. This is a full-time, hybrid position and is available immediately. Under the general supervision of the Associate Law Librarian for Research Services, Research Services librarians provide high-quality legal and non-legal research assistance to law library users, including students, faculty, members of the local bar, and the general public. This includes providing classroom instruction in a variety of settings, ranging from for-credit instruction to one-off sessions; providing scholarship support for law faculty; interacting with a variety of patron groups while staffing the library’s Reference Desk; and supporting and participating in outreach programs targeting both students and faculty.

Requirements

A JD from an ABA-accredited law school (or equivalent) and an MLIS from an ALA-accredited institution or a BA in Law with an MA in LIS from an Accelerated Masters Program (AMP). Candidates who will complete their degrees prior to the start date will be considered;
Minimum of four years library experience including experience providing library reference (or other types of customer service experience) and conducting legal and non-legal research;
Strong communication skills; including a high comfort level interacting with colleagues and a wide range of library users;
Demonstrated ability to work independently within a framework of assigned responsibilities, as well as the ability to collaborate effectively with others.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated success in teaching or public speaking; and
Desire to participate in professional law librarianship activities at regional and national levels.

Responsibilities

Staffing the MacMillan Law Library’s Reference Desk and assisting users with legal research methods and materials (a few evening and weekend hours may occasionally be required);
Designing and teaching one to two upper-level, topic-specific Advanced Legal Research courses for inclusion in our robust teaching rotation which includes up to four one-credit courses per semester;
Working with a variety of student groups – including faculty research assistants, journal students, international students, and law school graduate students – to assist with their library and legal research needs;
Supporting Emory Law’s approximately 35 Tenure/Tenure-track faculty by participating in the Library’s Faculty Services Program which supports faculty scholarship as well as some classroom assistance for seminar courses;
Creating and maintaining online research guides, bibliographies, and other materials that enhance access to legal information;
Serving on law library and university library committees;
Engaging in professional development activities, scholarship, and service; and
Performing other associated duties as required.