Job Description
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Harbor is seeking Legal Research Librarians (Contract) to join their specialist teams. This role involves providing high quality legal, corporate, and other research services for clients on a project-by-project basis. Responsibilities include responding to research requests, synthesizing results, and delivering findings clearly and concisely. Responsibilities • Perform high quality in-depth legal, corporate and other research to support the client’s librarians, attorneys, paralegals and staff using a variety of resources • Monitor and respond to research requests and coordinate this effort with research team members across all locations • Prioritize and respond to requests, analyze and synthesize results, compile answers and communicate research findings in a clear and concise manner • Learn and adopt the specific policies and procedures of the client’s law library department • Provide excellent customer service Skills • 5 years+ experience in a law firm library in a reference/research position and expertise in legal and corporate research, required • Bachelor's degree is required • Knowledge of standard research resources including, but not limited to, Westlaw, LexisNexis, Bloomberg Law, etc • Knowledge of a wide variety of general electronic research databases, both fee-based and free, subject-specific databases, and legal analytics tools, required • Excellent communication skills, to effectively deliver and explain research findings to attorneys both verbally and through written summaries and analysis • Self-motivated with the ability to work well independently and to collaborate with client's team and other contract researchers to effectively prioritize and execute tasks • Reliable internet connection for virtual working • Master's degree in Librarianship or Information Science from an ALA-accredited institution or JD from an ABA-accredited institution is preferred Company Overview • Harbor is a provider of expert services across strategy, legal technology, operations, and intelligence. It was founded in undefined, and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is