Law Librarian

Piper Alderman Careers; Sydney; On-site; AUD 28,000 - 42,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Thrive@PiperAlderman Wellbeing Program

Learning and development opportunities

Parental Leave up to 26 weeks

Salary Continuance insurance

Purchased annual leave options

Office social events

Corporate discounts

Diversity & Inclusion and Reconcilli?5

Job summary

Piper Alderman in Sydney invites applications for an experienced Law Librarian to join our Library Services team on a part-time basis, two days per week. You will deliver reference and research services, conduct legal updates, and train staff in research resources.

The role requires five years in a law library, strong research skills, and excellent communication. Join a premier national law firm with opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Tertiary qualifications in librarianship (or equivalent).
• Minimum of five years' experience in a law library.
• Experience presenting legal research training programs.
• An understanding of the legislative process and legal concepts.
• Thorough understanding of legal research methodologies.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Provide both simple and complex reference and research services across print and electronic resources.
• Conduct daily media and legislative searches and distribute updates to relevant practice teams.
• Deliver regular training in using the library's online resources to new law clerks, law graduates and lawyers through induction or refresher training.
• Ensure lawyers are kept up to date with all legal developments relevant to their practice groups.
• Assist in the preparation and distribution of practice reports.

Skills

Research skills

Presentation skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Deadline-oriented

Education

Librarianship degree or equivalent

Tools

Library databases

Job description

About the Firm

A premier commercial law firm, Piper Alderman, has offices in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. We work with clients across Australia and internationally to achieve optimum legal and commercial solutions. Our legal expertise has been built on nearly two centuries of industry experience and we continue to advance in our knowledge, skills and commitment to excellence and client outcomes.

Piper Alderman prides itself on being a collaborative law firm where high achieving ambitious team members can succeed in achieving their career goals whilst performing challenging and rewarding tasks. We recognise and support individuals and invest in their continued professional development.

About Your Role

An exciting opportunity exists for an experienced Law Librarian to join our Library Services team in Sydney.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Provide both simple and complex reference and research services across a range of print and electronic resources
• Have the ability to conduct daily media and legislative searches and to distribute the latest updates to relevant practice teams
• Deliver regular training in using the library's online resources to new law clerks, law graduates and lawyers through induction, or ongoing refresher training.
• Ensure the lawyers are kept up to date with all legal developments relevant to their practice groups
• Assists in the preparation and distribution of practice reports

Skills & Experience:

• Tertiary qualifications in librarianship (or equivalent)
• Minimum of five years' experience in a law library
• Experience presenting legal research training programs
• An understanding of the legislative process and legal concepts
• Thorough understanding of legal research methodologies
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to work under pressure and to meet deadlines

This role is being offered on a part time basis, 2 days per week

Our perks

We have a variety of employee benefits aimed at supporting our people including, but not limited to:

• A variety of health and wellbeing initiatives including our Thrive@PiperAlderman Wellbeing Program.
• Learning and development opportunities to support career growth including generous study support options.
• An attractive Parental Leave policy offering up to 26 weeks paid leave.
• Automatic acceptance into the group Salary Continuance insurance plan
• Purchased annual leave options.
• A range of fun office and team events all year round so we make sure we are connecting socially as often as possible!
• A range of corporate discounts.
• Employee-led Diversity & Inclusion and Reconciliation Committees and the opportunity to participate in pro-bono work.