Job Description
Conducts legal, business, and other research and reference work, including sophisticated, in-depth research and analysis utilizing legal and non-legal information resources. Conducts effective reference interviews and distills research results into clear and concise reports of findings. Evaluates diverse information sources for currency, reliability, relevance, and cost-effectiveness and selects the optimal resources for research requests. Assists in the instruction of attorneys, legal assistants, and others in the use of legal research tools and services. Maintains research proficiency across a wide spectrum of business, legal, legislative, analytics and docket resources including Lexis, Westlaw, Bloomberg Law, Pacer, WK VitalLaw, and Lex Machina among others. Effectively supports a range of IP-related research, including retrieval of patents (US, international) and patent file histories, case research related to IP concepts, USPTO cases and decisions, patent portfolio compilation, review of patent landscape, and similar requests. Effectively utilizes request tracking software to track and process research requests. Continues professional development through library association membership and activities.
About Harbor
Harbor is the preeminent provider of expert services across strategy, legal technology, operations, and intelligence.