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Legal Research Assistant

Provide high-quality substantive research and reference assistance to attorneys using a range of legal, business and news online and print resources.

Deliver research skills, orientation and database training as required to lawyers and business teams.

Experience with patent and trademark research. The ideal candidate will bring demonstrated experience in IP research and familiarity with a range of specialized tools such as Derwent Innovation, USPTO databases, and other IP resources. Knowledge of global IP filings, prosecution histories, and litigation analytics is highly desirable.

Ability to conduct legislative and regulatory research tasks across multiple practice areas.

Act as a practice research liaison for one or more practice groups. Provide orientations and training, promote and raise awareness of research tools and services.

Develop and maintain knowledge of the available resources online and in print. Stay aware of new products in the research space, working to advance the firm's innovation in the use of AI legal research tools.

Maintain research guides across subject areas to support attorneys and publicize research tools.

Share knowledge and learning with colleagues in the US and global team and within internal knowledge solutions such as team wikis and knowledge databases.

Participate and promote current awareness provision for attorneys and business team as required; utilize team resources to identify and deliver alerting solutions.

Participate in the identification and review, trial/pilot, training and marketing of research products to lawyers.

Develop and maintain relationships with lawyers and business team members at all levels of the business to promote the Research Services team.

All members of the firm are expected to participate in our Global Responsible Business program.

Submit daily timekeeping reports with reference to client, business development and other administrative matters.

Meet or exceed billable hour requirements as established annually.

Other duties as assigned.