Legal Research Analyst

Thomson Reuters; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A legal services provider in Toronto is seeking a Legal Research Analyst. In this role, you will analyze legal information in Westlaw Canada, identify key legal authority, and collaborate with stakeholders to enhance legal research capabilities. The ideal candidate will have a JLL.B or J.D. degree, strong legal research skills, and the ability to manage multiple projects effectively. This position offers a competitive pay range of $23.25-$27.25 CAD per hour, along with potential benefits including medical and retirement options.

Benefits

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Retirement benefits

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of legal experience preferred.
• Ability to interpret, analyze, organize, and express complex legal material quickly and accurately.

Responsibilities

• Analyze legal information in Westlaw Canada.
• Identify relationships among legal information sets.
• Conduct core legal research on specific issues.

Skills

Strong legal research skills

Oral and written communication skills

Ability to handle multiple projects

Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

French language skills (nice to have)

Education

JLL.B or J.D. degree

Admission to bar preferred

Tools

Westlaw

Job description

Description

Primary Objective(s)

The Legal Research Analyst position is primarily responsible for analysing 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 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, organise, and express complex legal material quickly and accurately
• Ability to effectively handle and prioritise 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)
• French language to knowledge/skills (nice to have)

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $23.25-27.25/h CAD.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Tundra Technical Solutions (the operator of this Talent Community) is a global leader of contingent talent services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.