Research and Clinical Services Librarian

Yale Cancer Center; New Haven (CT); On-site; USD 68,000 - 145,250; Full time

Job summary

Yale Cancer Center is hiring a Research and Clinical Services Librarian to enhance research and instructional services for law faculty and students. The position requires a J.D. and a Master's degree in library science.

The role involves overseeing research services, coordinating with faculty, and teaching legal research. The salary ranges from $68,000 to $145,250, and the position is full-time and on-site in New Haven, Connecticut.

Qualifications

• Two years of professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience with legal research resources, techniques, and strategies.
• Strong service orientation and enthusiasm for working with law faculty and students.

Responsibilities

• Provide and oversee research services to faculty, students, and staff of YLS clinics.
• Coordinate librarian liaison assignments to clinics.
• Assist clinical faculty, students, and staff in utilizing law practice technologies.

Skills

Legal research resources

Interpersonal communication

Project management

Service orientation

Education

J.D. from an ABA-accredited institution

Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited library school

Tools

Knowledge management tools

Time and billing resources

Job description

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Overview

The Yale Law Library is seeking a 2026/recent graduateor early career professional to buildexpertisein research and instructional services with an emphasis in clinical support. The Research and Clinical Services Librarian will participate in the law library’s highly regarded faculty liaison program and provide reference and research services to scholars and researchers. This position will be assigned a librarian rank depending on professional experience and accomplishments. Information about librarian ranks can be found at http://bit.ly/YULRanksPromotions. Reporting to the Associate Director for Research and Scholarly Services, the Research and Clinical Services Librarian leads the law library’s dynamic and proactive research, instructional, and reference support to faculty, students, and staff in Yale Law School’s expansive clinical program. Students can begin taking clinic and appearing in court during the spring semester of their first year. For a complete list of clinics, see https://law.yale.edu/clinics/our-clinics.

As a member of the Research and Instructional Services team, the Research and Clinical Services Librarian participates in the faculty liaison program, staffs the reference desk, conducts research consultations, and contributes to the library’s instructional program. This position teaches in the ILaw/Small Groups program (first year legal research) and may also teach in upper-level credit-bearing research courses.

A cover letter is required for consideration.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Two years of professional experience.
• Demonstrated experience with legal research resources, techniques, and strategies.
• Strong service orientation and enthusiasm for working with law faculty and students.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a collegial environment/ Ability to manage multiple projects effectively and meet competing deadlines.

Preferred Skills and Abilities

• Professional experience in an academic law library.
• Experience with or interest in law practice technologies.
• Reading knowledge or fluency in one or more non-English languages.

Principal Responsibilities

• Provides and oversees delivery of research services to faculty, students, and staff of YLS clinics.
• Coordinates librarian liaison assignments to clinics.
• Meets proactively with clinic faculty to ascertain research and reference support needs, including scholarly, project, or client-oriented activities. Collaborates with liaison librarians to address and respond to those needs as required.
• Assists clinical faculty, students, and staff in utilizing law practice technologies including knowledge and case management tools, time and billing resources, and other applications.
• Participates in instructional and educational programming, including ILaw/Small Groups, guest lectures, workshops, and other presentations.
• Participates in the collection development process with particular emphasis on identifying practice-oriented resources that support clinical offerings.
• Maintains and updates research guides as assigned.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Education and Experience

J.D. from an ABA-accredited institution and a Master’s degree from an ALA-accredited library school.

Salary: $68,000.00 - $145,250.00

Benefits

Full time, On-site.

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