Legal Tech & Student Engagement Librarian

NACBA; Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of South Carolina’s Joseph F. Rice School of Law Library seeks a highly motivated librarian focused on legal technology or student engagement to support an academic research library serving 60 faculty and 640 students.

The librarian will teach a required first-year legal research course and may offer upper-level courses, while providing reference and research services to the law school, university, and broader community.

Qualifications

• J.D. from ABA-accredited law school and M.L.S or its equivalent from an ALA accredited library school, or enrollment in an ALA accredited M.L.S. program.
• Demonstrated interest in technology, emerging legal technology, and law and technology.

Responsibilities

• Teach a required first-year legal research, analysis, and writing course.
• May teach upper-level legal research or technology courses.
• Provide reference and research services to the law school, university communities, the South Carolina bench and bar, and the public.
• Support public services and library duties.
• Contribute to legal technology or student engagement and outreach initiatives.

Skills

Teaching experience in legal research/

Legal reference services

Education

J.D. from ABA-accredited law school

MLS or equivalent from ALA-accredited library school / enrollment in MLS

Job description

The University of South Carolina’s Joseph F. Rice School of Law Library seeks a highly motivated librarian focused on legal technology or student engagement to support an academic research library serving 60 faculty and 640 students.

The librarian will teach a required first-year legal research course and may offer upper-level courses, while providing reference and research services to the law school, university, and broader community.