Legal Research

The Los Angeles office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP is looking for an Assistant Librarian to join the Library department and team. 

The Assistant Librarian will provide in-depth corporate and legal research and reference services to attorneys, legal assistants, secretaries, administrative and marketing staff.  Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to; presenting informal and formal presentations for training all Law Library patrons in the use of the Library's print collection and computer databases; providing current awareness services for regulatory, statutory, news, business, and research topics; developing and implementing written best practices for research staff; preparing instructional materials and other written materials to help facilitate the use of the Library and encourage the utilization of available resources; participating in the planning and teaching of research and database training; training and coordinating reference staff; and assisting the Head Librarian with administrative tasks and large projects. 

The successful candidate will have at least 4 years experience in library operations and a minimum of 5 years of experience performing business research and analysis in a professional services or law firm setting.  Requirements includes a Bachelor's degree, preferably in business or finance,  Masters in Library Science, working knowledge of Library principles, organization, operations and procedures and experience with standard secondary research sources, financial data services, corporate documents and SEC precedent searching. Technical requirements include an in-depth understanding of Lexis, Westlaw, CourtLink, CCH, RIA, Checkpoint, Dialog, Mergent Online, Thomson Research, 10-K Wizard and other comparable legal and business research databases along with intermediate knowledge of Microsoft Office. Candidates should have strong written and oral communication skills and the ability to work on a team.  Interested candidate should send their resume to larecruiting@skadden.com.  SASMF is an EOE.