DLA Piper - Seattle, WA
posted 4 months ago
As a Business Legal Research Analyst at DLA Piper, you will play a crucial role in providing research support to lawyers, paralegals, and all firm staff. Your primary responsibility will be to evaluate various research inquiries swiftly, determining the most effective methods and resources necessary to fulfill each request. This involves prioritizing requests, analyzing results, compiling answers, and communicating your findings in a clear and concise manner. Additionally, you will coordinate vendor resource training, scheduling, and communication to ensure that all staff are well-equipped to utilize the available resources effectively. In this position, you will conduct research and fact-checking across a wide range of topical areas, including legal, business/corporate, intellectual property, public records, and legislative history, among others. You will be expected to showcase strong research skills, demonstrating an ability to think critically about research tools and conduct cost-effective and efficient research. Regular use and learning of multiple research platforms such as Lexis+, Westlaw Edge, Bloomberg Law, and others will be essential to your success. You will also assist in training attorneys and staff on the effective use of these legal and business research resources, organizing internal training programs, including new hire orientations and vendor resource communication. Your role will also involve participating in the regular review and evaluation of new and existing electronic resources, aiming for improved service and research efficiencies. A commitment to continuing education is vital, as you will be expected to attend workshops and webinars for professional development and regularly review professional literature. You will align with specific practice groups to support their resource needs and may need to work outside of normal business hours and on weekends as required, participating in a rotating weekend on-call schedule approximately once a quarter. Other duties may be assigned as necessary.