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Legal Research Analyst

Bloomberg L.P. Mar 09,2016 Sep 17,2014 Location Princeton NJ
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In-House

Attorney

Litigation - Whistleblower - CFTC

Other

Max 3 yrs required

Profile

The Role:

Bloomberg L.P., a leading worldwide provider of electronic information, is looking for qualified people to join the Legal Content Operations group of the Global Data division. Legal Content Operations is a dynamic group that produces and maintains various legal data collections and products that form the backbone of bloomberglaw and legal content on the Bloomberg Professional.

The Citator team acquires, maintains, updates, and analyzes primary and secondary source materials, as well as manages the case law, legislative and regulatory databases where all of the legal opinions, statutes, and rules are stored. Content Operations also supports the industry-leading Bloomberg News, financial data and company and market information by providing value-added legal analysis. Our main clients include attorneys, law firms, government, law librarians, paralegals, judges and law students. This team which is responsible for building and managing our data products consists of attorneys, both seasoned and recent graduates, as well as data analysts who have a background in the legal industry or relevant data experience. Creative and energetic individuals who are able to solve problems on a large scale while still maintaining attention to detail thrive on our team.

Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will contribute to developing, maintaining and marketing BLAW, working within the group responsible for building and maintaining Citator, the legal research tool associated with the Bloomberg Law Product. Citator allows for review of composite analysis and to see how the case is discussed in court opinions and other legal documents that reference cases by citation. The role involves focused research, requiring analysis of court cases, statutes and rules.

Qualifications:

  • Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
  • Bar Admission required.
  • 0-3 years of experience working in the legal field.
  • Journal, clerkship, and project management experience a plus.
  • Working knowledge of state and federal court structure, citation formats, and strong analytical skills.
  • Willingness to commit to lengthy research queries as a part of daily responsibilities.
  • Excellent legal research and analytical skills.
  • Familiarity with online legal research tools.
  • "Outside the box" thinker, comfortable sharing new ideas.
  • Ability to work in a fast paced, detail-oriented environment.
  • Organized and flexible approach.
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills.
  • Willingness to travel.

 

Company info

Company Profile

About Bloomberg: Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength - delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately - is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 315,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government, Bloomberg New Energy Finance and Bloomberg BNA, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through the Bloomberg Professional service, television, radio, mobile, the Internet and three magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets and Bloomberg Pursuits, covers the world with more than 2,400 news and multimedia professionals at more than 150 bureaus in 73 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 15,000 people in 192 locations around the world.