Legal Research Analyst

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Job Details

Full Time

Location

Canada

Salary

dollar sign 30 to 40 per hour

Job Description

Description

Primary Objective(s):

The Legal Research Analyst position is primarily responsible for analyzing legal information in Westlaw Canada and working with Product Management to determine how to better leverage that information for legal researchers.

Key Responsibilities:

Identifying relationships among legal information sets
Conducting significant core legal research to identify critical legal authority on specific issues
Making fine-grain, qualitative judgments of legal content
Monitoring performance of new products and enhancements through testing and grading evaluations
Collaborating with team members and internal stakeholders to better leverage key legal research information

Experience, Knowledge and Skills:

French Language needed
JLL.B or J.D. degree required
Admission to bar preferred
1–3 years of legal experience preferred
Strong legal research skills with experience using Westlaw and other legal research tools
Ability to interpret, analyse, organize, and express complex legal material quickly and accurately
Ability to effectively handle and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously in a quickly changing environment
Ability to work independently, consistently meet deadlines, and achieve individual objectives within larger team projects
Strong oral and written communication skills
Comfortable using Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)