Domain Expert – Legal (Lexis+ Research)

DESCRIPTION

All application steps are reused whenever another role requires the same step, so you never have to upload your resume or take the same interview twice To qualify you must use Lexis+ regularly - weekly or more - as a working part of your job, with 2+ years of professional legal experience. Shepard's Citations Service: Shepard's Signal indicators (red stop sign, orange "Q" questioned, yellow caution, green positive treatment, blue "I" citing references), Depth of Discussion indicators, citing references, overruling risk (Westlaw: KeyCite) Distinguishing overruled, superseded, depublished, and distinguished-on-facts authority Terms-and-connectors (Boolean) vs. natural-language search; segment searching Lexis Headnotes, Case Summaries, and Case Notes (annotated statute equivalent to Notes of Decisions) Lexis+ with Protégé - litigation issue filters, Shepard's Graphical (visual case history) Protégé natural-language / AI-assisted search Treatises (Matthew Bender), ALR, Am. Jur., practice guides, Practical Guidance (Lexis Practice Advisor), 50-state surveys Annotated statutes/regs; version comparison; historical and effective-date versions; currentness The version of the law in force on a given operative date Litigation Analytics (Lex Machina); Brief Analysis; dockets / CourtLink / PACER What you'll do Confirm every case, statute, and regulation is still good law for the point cited; catch negative Shepard's treatment Catch non-existent or misdescribed cases; verify quotes, holdings, and pin cites Judge completeness: is controlling authority found; are on-point cases missed; are 50-state / multi-jurisdiction splits kept distinct Verify currency: the version of the law in force on the operative date Distinguish binding vs. persuasive authority; require verify-before-finalize

REQUIREMENTS

• ▸Frequent Lexis+ use - weekly or more - for substantive legal research in your current or recent role
• ▸2+ years of professional legal-research experience
• ▸Reflexive Shepard's / KeyCite use; can spot a bad cite, misstated holding, or superseded statute on sight
• ▸J.D. and bar admission, MLIS / law librarian, or equivalent research-heavy experience
• ▸We consider all qualified applicants without regard to legally protected characteristics and provide reasonable accommodations upon request.
• ▸Contract and Payment Terms
• ▸You will be engaged as an independent contractor.
• ▸This is a fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule.

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