POSITION: Legal Research Instruction & Curriculum

REPORTS TO: Associate Librarian for Public Services

STATUS: Full-time, Exempt, Hybrid Work Environment

RANGE: $100,000 - $130,000

Founded in 1901, Brooklyn Law School is a distinguished, independent law school located in Downtown Brooklyn, New York. The Law School is searching for an Assistant/Associate Librarian of Legal Research Instruction & Curriculum to join our team. The Law School’s size, vibrant employee and student population, and commitment to training the next generation of lawyers and promoting social justice, will offer a candidate the opportunity to develop and diversify practical skills and participate firsthand in operating a successful educational institution.

The Assistant/Associate Librarian of Legal Research Instruction & Curriculum reports to the Associate Librarian for Public Services and leads and manages the Library in all aspects of the Brooklyn Law School instructional activities to ensure that the library provides high-quality professional research and information services to the Brooklyn Law School faculty, staff, and students. Works with librarians to advance the library's educational programming, including the library's legal research instruction courses and programs for faculty and students; provides reference assistance to library patrons; participates in weekend reference coverage; assists in developing and promoting instructional and user support materials including multimedia and web-based materials; participates in the faculty liaison program; assists with other information services activities; works on team-based projects; and participates in collection development. The title of Assistant or Associate Librarian of Legal Research Instruction & Curriculum will be determined based on qualifications and experience.

Please include a cover letter with your application materials.

Responsibilities include:

Assistant/Associate Librarian of Research Instruction & Curriculum

• Leadership in Legal Research Instruction: Provide vision and leadership for the design, delivery, and evolution of the Law School’s legal research curriculum. Monitor and respond to developments in legal research platforms and technologies as well as industry-wide shifts in legal education and professional competencies. Evaluate and adjust instruction to meet changing expectations of law students, faculty, and the profession.
• Coordinate Legal Research Instruction: Coordinate the design, delivery, and integration of legal research instruction across the law school curriculum. Oversee the library and legal research instruction provided by reference librarians, and ensure alignment with evolving curricular needs. Manage the curriculum for legal research courses. Train and support reference librarians involved in teaching, promoting consistent pedagogy and instructional quality. Collaborate with library colleagues to develop and revise research-focused courses, modules, and instructional materials, and draft proposals for review by the Law School’s Curriculum Committee. Lead the library’s participation in curriculum mapping and outcomes assessment initiatives, including contributions to accreditation reporting. Adapt instruction and course offerings in response to institutional priorities, student needs, and broader trends in legal education.
• Instruction Evaluation: Develop and assess teaching skills for all librarians. Provide feedback and training opportunities to continue the development of legal research instruction quality.

Reference Librarian

• Reference Services: Provide general reference services both in-person and virtually, including office hours and one-on-one research consultations. Assist patrons with a wide range of inquiries from basic bibliographic questions to complex legal research.
• Research: Perform extensive, in-depth research across legal, non-legal, and bibliographic domains. Utilize a variety of resources and databases to deliver accurate and comprehensive information.
• Liaison Program: Participate in the library’s liaison program, which involves consultations with faculty, law journals, and administrative departments to determine their needs. Design and implement research projects to meet these needs efficiently.
• Instruction & Programming: Participate in formal and informal legal research and library instruction programming including guest lectures, research workshops, and the equivalent of 2 credit hours of formal legal research instruction.
• Instructional Materials: Develop library and research instructional materials, such as course videos, classroom exercises, and research guides.
• Collection Development: Participate in collection development, including source selection and updating research guides.
• Committee Participation: Serve on Library and Law School committees as requested.
• Professional Development: Actively continue ongoing professional development.

Required:

• M.L.S. or equivalent from an ALA accredited library school
• ABA accredited JD or equivalent foreign degree (highly preferred), or 6 years legal research instruction experience
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience providing legal research instruction.
• Classroom teaching experience (with responsibility for developing lesson plans and assessments; and assigning a course grade).
• Research and reference experience in an academic law library.
• Comprehensive knowledge of library theory, principles, generally accepted practices and current developments in library services and techniques. This includes in-depth knowledge of print and online legal research tools including LEXIS, Westlaw, Bloomberg Law, and other online legal resources.
• Demonstrated expertise and aptitude for technologies related to job duties including instructional technology and internet resources.
• Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Demonstrated strong service orientation and leadership skills.
• Ability to work effectively and creatively both independently and in a collaborative environment.
• Exhibits professionalism by being reliable, timely, flexible, and collegial.

Remote capabilities:

• This position is eligible for a hybrid schedule.

Travel:

• Some travel may be required

Brooklyn Law School has an excellent benefits package that includes sick, personal and vacation paid time off, a generous retirement plan, dependent tuition scholarship Pre K- undergraduate college and additional summer Friday PTO.

Affirmative Action/EEO statement

It is the policy of Brooklyn Law School to be impartial in the treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to race, creed, religion, color, natural origin, citizenship status, gender, age, veteran status, disability, marital status, union affiliation, political affiliation, sexual orientation or preferences or any other legal protected status.