Job Description:

• Provide high-quality reference services, research support, and instructional services to the Loyola University Chicago Law School community and to other Law Library users.
• Teach in the Law Library's Basic Legal Research program, a required first-year course which is a separate component of the first-year Legal Writing course.
• Support faculty members engaged in scholarly research as part of the Law Library's faculty liaison program.
• Create and maintain asynchronous learning tools, including research guides and online tutorials.
• Stay abreast of new developments in library reference, research, and instructional services.
• Serve on Law School, University Libraries, and other relevant committees.
• Possibility of teaching an Advanced Legal Research course as an Adjunct.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Strong customer service ethic, excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to work well with diverse patrons and colleagues.
• Effective oral and written communication skills, including presentation skills in both one-on-one and group settings.
• Legal research proficiency, including knowledge of key legal research sources and how best to use them in a variety of formats, or the demonstrated potential for rapid growth into such skills.
• A commitment to innovation, including comfort with technology and proficiency with a variety of library-related technologies and applications.
• Strong analytical/problem solving skills and the ability to exercise independent judgment.
• The ability to work both independently and collaboratively.
• Demonstrated enthusiasm for law librarianship and the librarian profession, including knowledge of professional librarianship concepts, principles, and practices and a commitment to staying abreast of new developments.
• Flexibility, resilience, and the ability to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.
• A commitment to an inclusive learning environment.

Minimum Education and/or Work Experience:

•  J.D. degree from an ABA-accredited law school. 
• MLS (or equivalent) from an ALA-accredited institution. Students who are making satisfactory progress in a qualified MLS degree program will be considered.

•  At least three years of prior experience working in research and reference services in a law library.
• Demonstrated successful experience teaching law students and partnering with law faculty on research projects.
• Experience with faculty scholarship platforms such as SSRN and BePress Digital Commons preferred.

Job Type: Full-Time

About Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago, a private university founded in 1870 as St. Ignatius College, is one of the nation's largest Jesuit, Catholic Universities and the only one located in Chicago. Loyola University Chicago is comprised of four campuses: Lake Shore (LSC), Water Tower (WTC), Health Sciences (HSC), and the John Felice Rome Center in Italy, and is home to ten schools and colleges: arts and sciences, business administration, communication, education, graduate studies, law, medicine, nursing, continuing and professional studies, and social work. Loyola also features course locations in Beijing, China; Saigon-Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Vernon Hills, Illinois (Cuneo Mansion and Gardens); and a Retreat and Ecology Campus in Woodstock, Illinois. Recognizing Loyola's excellence in education, U.S.News and World Report has ranked Loyola consistently among the "top national universities" in its annual publications. Loyola is among a select group of universities recognized for community service and engagement by prestigious national organizations like the Carnegie Foundation and the Corporation for National and Community Service.

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