Legal Research Instruction & Curriculum

About This Role

Lead the design, delivery, and evolution of legal research instruction and curriculum for Brooklyn Law School, ensuring high-quality research and information services for faculty, staff, and students. Oversee and coordinate the library's instructional activities, monitor developments in legal research, and provide expert reference services.

Responsibilities

• Provide vision and leadership for the design, delivery, and evolution of the Law School’s legal research curriculum
• Monitor and respond to developments in legal research platforms and technologies, and industry-wide shifts in legal education
• Coordinate the design, delivery, and integration of legal research instruction across the law school curriculum
• Manage the curriculum for legal research courses and train reference librarians involved in teaching
• Develop and assess teaching skills for all librarians, providing feedback and training
• Provide general reference services both in-person and virtually, including office hours and one-on-one research consultations
• Perform extensive, in-depth research across legal, non-legal, and bibliographic domains
• Participate in the library’s liaison program, involving consultations with faculty, law journals, and administrative departments
• Participate in formal and informal legal research and library instruction programming
• Develop library and research instructional materials, such as course videos, classroom exercises, and research guides

Requirements

• M.L.S. or equivalent from an ALA accredited library school
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience providing legal research instruction
• Classroom teaching experience (developing lesson plans, assessments, assigning grades)
• Research and reference experience in an academic law library
• Comprehensive knowledge of library theory, principles, and developments in library services and techniques
• In-depth knowledge of print and online legal research tools including LEXIS, Westlaw, Bloomberg Law, and other online legal resources
• Demonstrated expertise and aptitude for technologies related to job duties including instructional technology and internet resources
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills
• Demonstrated strong service orientation and leadership skills
• Ability to work effectively and creatively both independently and in a collaborative environment
• Exhibits professionalism by being reliable, timely, flexible, and collegial

Qualifications

• M.L.S. or equivalent from an ALA accredited library school; ABA accredited JD or equivalent foreign degree (highly preferred)
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience providing legal research instruction; 6 years legal research instruction experience if without ABA accredited JD

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits