Legal Research Librarian (Federal Library) – Washington, DC
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Create comprehensive and highly detailed expert witness vetting reports of friendly and adverse witnesses for Justice Department litigation. Vettings include in-depth analysis of background reports, legal proceedings, expert witness depositions and trial testimonies, Daubert motions, author publications, professional licenses, news searches, and web and social media research.
- Research and identify potential expert witnesses for Justice Department litigation
- Track down hard-to-locate assets; routinely conduct searches on state databases, commercial resources, and social media to locate information on individuals
- Perform complex legal research and legislative analysis of both current and historical legal topics using complex resources and specialized finding aids for the following divisions: Civil Appellate, Criminal Division, National Security Division, United States Attorneys’ Offices, Environmental and Natural Resources Division, Civil Rights and many others.
- Locate information, often of a specialized or technical nature, from a wide variety of published and unpublished sources and electronic databases
- Collaborate with division attorneys, economists, paralegals, statisticians, research assistants, law interns, and field office staff
- Respond to inquiries made face-to-face, by telephone, or by virtual means
REQUIREMENTS:
- Solid understanding of federal and state court systems, how to read a docket sheet, how a case progresses through a court, what the different types of filings are, and legal terminology
- Expertise in finding legal resources and government documents from a wide variety of electronic resources, including Westlaw, Lexis, Bloomberg Law, and HeinOnline
- Knowledge of complex resources and special finding aids
- Extensive legal research experience a big plus
- Extreme attention to detail
- Proficient at finding both print (like West’s Key Number System) and electronic resources
- Ability to clearly communicate with attorneys, economists, library techs, paralegals, statisticians, law interns, field office staff, and research assistants
- Highly proficient at locating information from free government resources, like GPO FDsys, Congress.gov, and regulatory agency websites
- Familiarity with any of the following: Lexis, Westlaw, Factiva, Ebsco,, HeinOnline, , ProQuest Congressional, , Congress.gov, and regulatory agency websites, Google Scholar
- Experience working in a federal government agency highly desired
- Minimum of 2 years of experience fulfilling library reference and research requests
- Accredited Masters Degree in Library Science
- Juris Doctorate a plus
- Must be a US Citizen
Cadence Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.
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