Description

Emory Law, a top-tier law school and the home of the Hugh F. MacMillan Law Library, is seeking an enthusiastic, creative, and service-oriented professional to join our team as a Law Librarian for Research Services.  Emory Law is an intimate, collegial, and friendly school located in a residential part of the thriving city of Atlanta.  MacMillan Law Library is a welcoming and supportive place to work.  We invite candidates with at least four years of experience to apply.  This is a full-time, hybrid position and is available immediately.

Under the general supervision of the Associate Law Librarian for Research Services, Research Services librarians provide high-quality legal and non-legal research assistance to law library users, including students, faculty, members of the local bar, and the general public.  This includes providing classroom instruction in a variety of settings, ranging from for-credit instruction to one-off sessions; providing scholarship support for law faculty; interacting with a variety of patron groups while staffing the library’s Reference Desk; and supporting and participating in outreach programs targeting both students and faculty.

Additional Responsibilities include: 

• Staffing the MacMillan Law Library’s Reference Desk and assisting users with legal research methods and materials (a few evening and weekend hours may occasionally be required);
• Designing and teaching one to two upper-level, topic-specific Advanced Legal Research courses for inclusion in our robust teaching rotation which includes up to four one-credit courses per semester;
• Working with a variety of student groups – including faculty research assistants, journal students, international students, and law school graduate students – to assist with their library and legal research needs;
• Supporting Emory Law’s approximately 35 Tenure/Tenure-track faculty by participating in the Library’s Faculty Services Program which supports faculty scholarship as well as some classroom assistance for seminar courses;
• Creating and maintaining online research guides, bibliographies, and other materials that enhance access to legal information;
• Serving on law library and university library committees;
• Engaging in professional development activities, scholarship, and service; and
• Performing other associated duties as required.

Requirements

Required:

• A JD from an ABA-accredited law school (or equivalent) and an MLIS from an ALA-accredited institution or a BA in Law with an MA in LIS from an Accelerated Masters Program (AMP). Candidates who will complete their degrees prior to the start date will be considered;
• Minimum of four years library experience including experience providing library reference (or other types of customer service experience) and conducting legal and non-legal research;
• Strong communication skills; including a high comfort level interacting with colleagues and a wide range of library users;
• Demonstrated ability to work independently within a framework of assigned responsibilities, as well as the ability to collaborate effectively with others.
   

Preferred:

• Demonstrated success in teaching or public speaking; and
• Desire to participate in professional law librarianship activities at regional and national levels.