Senior Specialist, Research & KnowledgeUS-WI-Milwaukee | US-TX-Austin | US-IL-Chicago | US-TX-Dallas | US-MI-Detroit | US-TX-Houston | US-UT-Salt Lake City

　　ID 2023-3032  

　　Category Information Technology/Security  

　　Type Regular Full-Time  

　　FLSA Status Exempt  

　　Scheduled Hours 40+  

　　Workplace HybridOverview

　　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 toolsResponsible for successful and timely completion of legal, non-legal, and analytic research projects submitted by firm membersAnalyze the effective use of existing legal technology and/or new legal technology service solutions and make recommendationsConsult 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 knowledgeResponsible for orientation and training, with emphasis on best practices, of team membersExperience in litigation analytics research and in-depth reportsExperience in people, expert witnesses, judges, and arbitrators research and in-depth reports 

　　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 requiredMinimum of five (5) years of experience in a consultative role in a law firm with a solid understanding of the legal client/matter lifecycle requiredExperience as a practicing attorney or paralegal, or Knowledge Management experienceAdvanced computer/technical skills and experience with complex online research tools and platformsExperience with MS Office, Teams, and other applicationsFoley & Lardner LLP is a top ranked law firm with offices throughout the United States and abroad.  At Foley we strive to  remain true to our core values- our clients, integrity, our people, citizenship, diversity, trust & respect, stewardship & accountability and  professional satisfaction.  As a result, we offer the highest quality legal counsel to our clients, as well as outstanding  professional opportunities for our employees.

　　Foley employees enjoy a comfortable, yet professional work environment, exceptional benefit package, state-of-the-art  technology, work/life balance, great working relationships and much more.

　　We invite you to consider a career with Foley.

　　Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer/M/F/Vet/Disabled.