Legal Research Analyst

White Spot; Surrey; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent legal firm located in Surrey is seeking a Legal Research Analyst to analyze legal information using Westlaw Canada. The role involves conducting legal research, monitoring product performance, and collaborating with team members. Candidates should have a J.L.B. or J.D. degree, preferably with 1-3 years of legal experience and strong communication skills. This position offers a pay rate between $25-$40 CAD per hour, with optional benefits including medical and retirement plans.

Benefits

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Retirement benefits

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of legal experience preferred.
• Admission to bar preferred.
• Ability to interpret, analyse, organize, and express complex legal material quickly and accurately.

Responsibilities

• Identify relationships among legal information sets.
• Conduct significant core legal research to identify critical legal authority.
• Monitor performance of new products through testing and evaluations.

Skills

French Language

Strong legal research skills

Oral and written communication

Microsoft Office applications

Education

J.L.B. or J.D. degree

Tools

Westlaw

Job description

Description

Primary Objective(s):

The Legal Research Analyst position is primarily responsible for analyzing legal information in Westlaw Canada and working with Product Management to determine how to better leverage that information for legal researchers.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identifying relationships among legal information sets
• Conducting significant core legal research to identify critical legal authority on specific issues
• Making fine-grain, qualitative judgments of legal content
• Monitoring performance of new products and enhancements through testing and grading evaluations
• Collaborating with team members and internal stakeholders to better leverage key legal research information

Experience, Knowledge and Skills:

• French Language needed
• JLL.B or J.D. degree required
• Admission to bar preferred
• 1–3 years of legal experience preferred
• Strong legal research skills with experience using Westlaw and other legal research tools
• Ability to interpret, analyse, organize, and express complex legal material quickly and accurately
• Ability to effectively handle and prioritize multiple projects simultaneously in a quickly changing environment
• Ability to work independently, consistently meet deadlines, and achieve individual objectives within larger team projects
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Comfortable using Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)

The pay rate that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $25-$40hr CAD

Our optional benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.