Description

Foley & Lardner LLP is a great place to work because of what we do and how we do it. Here, your unique perspectives, experiences, and abilities will be embraced and developed, so you can excel. Being a part of Foley means having the opportunities and resources necessary to gain experience, advance professional goals, and forge meaningful connections. It’s a place where you can build your career and enjoy professionally satisfying work. We have over 2,300 people who are #HappyatFoley, and we think you will be too.

Foley & Lardner LLP is currently seeking a Research & Knowledge Senior Specialist to join their Research Services team. The right candidate will lead projects with team members and groups across the firm on knowledge awareness and implementation of solutions.  The Senior Specialist helps drive outreach and user needs assessment of the firm’s resources and services. The Senior Specialist provides high-quality legal and non-legal research and analysis to support the knowledge, business and practices of the firm. As a senior member of the team, they are responsible for training and mentoring other members of the team in best practices, work product, and managing workflow across time zones. This individual is also responsible for monitoring requests and communications to help manage departmental workflow across time zones.

Responsibilities
Experience or aptitude to learn, understand and utilize emerging and rapidly evolving technologies such as prompt engineering for both extractive and generative AI tools
Responsible for successful and timely completion of legal, non-legal, and analytic research projects submitted by firm members
Analyze the effective use of existing legal technology and/or new legal technology service solutions and make recommendations
Consult with internal clients to develop research requirements based on firm priorities, and work with team to identify research needs to develop delivery of information and knowledge
Responsible for orientation and training, with emphasis on best practices, of team members
Specialty research in areas that include deep-dive analysis and deliverables
Knowledge in expert witnesses, judges, and arbitrators research and creation of in-depth reports
Provide statutory, legislative and regulatory history research and analysis and consult regarding the use of the latest AI tools for this purpose
Educate firm members on the legal technologies available, integration of these tools within the workflow, and knowledge management best practices
Facilitate the continual process improvement in the delivery of legal service by identifying the best practices and sources of knowledge in legal research technologies and knowledge management trends

Requirements

Qualifications
Master's in Library & Information Science or related graduate degree (MBA, MIS, JD, etc.) or Bachelor's Degree with three (3) years of applicable experience required
Minimum of five (5) years of experience in a consultative role in a law firm with a solid understanding of the legal client/matter lifecycle required
Experience as a practicing attorney or paralegal preferred
Knowledge Management research experience strongly desired
Experience with legal research AI platforms including Harvey, CoCounsel, or Lexis+ AI as well as MS Office and Teams strongly desired
Aptitude for continuous improvement and willingness to learn and utilize emerging and rapidly evolving technologies
Advanced technical skills and experience with complex online research tools and platforms