Research Analyst

Job Description

At K&L Gates, we are looking for smart, imaginative and hard-working people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and ideas to join us. Perhaps our search for talented visionaries and your search for important and impactful work lead to the same place.

We are seeking a Research Analyst to join the firm. The Research Analyst will provide legal and non-legal research services, analysis and training instruction to all K&L Gates’ lawyers and allied professionals.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

This position is part of the Library & Research Services team, situated in multiple offices, and works collaboratively to serve lawyers and allied professionals across K&L Gates’ global platform. This position reports directly to the Manager, Research Services (02655), with additional oversight and advisement provided by the Team Lead, Senior Research Analyst (03109).

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

• Provide high-quality research and consultative services via a centralized workflow tool to lawyers and allied professionals across multiple time zones.
• Appropriately scope, research, and respond to complex legal, corporate, industry, and client-related research requests.
• Exercise judgment and accountability in prioritizing billable workflow and either meeting or communicating effectively around deadlines
• Provide and implement current awareness and litigation alerting, particularly as part of firm’s industry sector and business development initiatives
• Develop and maintain a keen understanding of the information needs, workflow, and preferences of users and stakeholders in order to support and improve ease of access to information
• Prepare and deliver instruction on research methods and resources to lawyers and staff on-demand, virtually, and in scheduled live sessions.
• Actively liaise and communicate with selected practice and industry groups to develop subject expertise and facilitate better and more proactive service delivery.
• Evaluate diverse information sources for currency, reliability, relevance and cost-effectiveness, and select the optimal resources for particular research requests.
• Participate in available professional development opportunities and remain current on technological, professional and industry developments in librarianship.
• Present clear, readily digestible results, responsive to the question(s) asked, and in a timely manner.
• Develop curricula for group training and providing point-of-need instruction on designated practice tools to legal and allied professionals.
• Complete required knowledge management and record keeping, including time entry for all billable and lawyer-facing research
• Participate in trials, demos, purchasing decisions, and testing new applications and upgrades to existing products.
• Assist team members in developing both the paper and electronic resources collections, and in the evaluation of new and existing research tools and makes recommendations for purchase or renewal or resources.
• Act as steward of the firm's information resources; complying with all information security, privacy, confidentiality and licensing requirements while educating all users on the same

ADDITIONAL DUTIES

EXPERIENCE SKILLS REQUIRED

ADDITIONAL ABILITIES REQUIRED

Compensation Salary $72,000 - $136,000

The compensation salary for this position will be determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to prior experience, relevant expertise, current business needs, and market factors.

ABOUT THE FIRM

K&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm with lawyers located across five continents in more than 40 offices. We have experienced dramatic growth in the past decade and now rank among the largest U.S. based law firms in the world. We take pride in constantly striving for innovation, imagination and an entrepreneurial spirit. We come up with big ideas and then roll up our sleeves to get the job done, guiding our clients through their most complex issues in a variety of industry sectors and across multiple regions of the world.

The industry recognition the firm has garnered emanates from the foundation of a global community aligned on behalf of our clients. The people at K&L Gates are committed to working together to create a legacy for each other, the firm, our clients, and the communities in which we serve. We thrive in an inclusive and socially conscious environment that embraces diversity and takes a holistic approach to the career evolution of all our professionals.