Legal Analyst - #101199

• Job Discipline Description Collects, analyzes and reports management data to support decisions on day-to-day operations, strategic planning and specific business performance issues | Collates, models, interprets and analyzes data; explains variances and trends | Identifies and documents enhancements to modeling techniques General Profile: Performs routine assignments in the entry level to a professional job progression Requires a college or university degree or the equivalent work experience that provides exposure to fundamental theories, principles and concepts Receives instruction, guidance and direction from others Recommended Skills: Functional Knowledge: Requires conceptual knowledge of theories, practices and procedures within a job discipline Business Expertise: Applies general knowledge of business developed through education or past experience Leadership: No supervisory responsibilities; accountable for own contribution Problem Solving: Solves routine problems using existing procedures and standard practices Impact: Works within standardized procedures and practices to achieve objectives and meet deadlines Interpersonal Skills: Exchanges straightforward information, asks questions and checks for understanding

• Job Description
  The Legal Analyst mines litigation data, revealing insights never before available about judges, lawyers, parties, and the
  subjects of the cases themselves, culled from millions of pages of litigation information. They call these insights
  Legal Analytics, because analytics involves the discovery and communication of meaningful patterns in data.

  • This position exists to analyze, edit, code and annotate court documents for manual data enrichment necessary to be captured by Lex Machina legal analytics product.

  • The analyst is responsible for identifying, analyzing, coding and annotating properties, findings, outcomes (including damages), identifying expert witnesses, and building a detailed timeline linking all the briefs, motions orders, opinions and other filings for every case.

  • The analyst shall possess and intermediate knowledge of US laws and courts system, and/or a strong desire and commitment to gain knowledge of US laws and courts system.

  • The analyst must possess a passion for data rigor and interest in uncovering high value data.

  • The analyst must be highly motivated, possess excellent communication skills via email, video call and chat.

  • He/she must be highly productive, a self-starter but also a consistent team-player with strong collaboration skills and willingness to balance personal achievement with team goals.

  • The analyst is also expected to assist fellow team members with editorial issues and make decisions on complex legal editorial / analysis issues.

  • The analyst is expected to have a customer-centric mindset and ensure quality of online products by reporting errors and assisting in the resolution of such errors.

Qualifications:

• Law Graduate (no remaining units in law school)
• Candidate must have excellent analysis and research skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Team player
• Detail-oriented

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