Current Employment Opportunities

Law Library Positions  

(Archived Job Descriptions Pre 2000)

• Director, State Law Library

• Assistant State Law Librarian

• Law Librarian

• Library Assistant

Director, State Law Library

DIRECTOR, LAW LIBRARY: Arizona Superior Court, Pima County, Arizona.  Summary: Under the general direction of the presiding judge, the incumbent will perform work of considerable difficulty in daily and long-range planning and directing of the operations of the Superior Court Law Library.  Duties:  include developing library goals and recommending and implementing policies and procedures for the daily operations of the library; preparing, submitting and administering library operational budget; monitoring and controlling law library book fund, income and expenditures in compliance with Arizona Revised Statutes; directing and participating in the selection, evaluation, and discipline of library staff.  Qualifications: A master's degree in library science plus three years of administrative experience in a law library is preferred.  A master's degree from an institution accredited by the American Library Association and graduation from an ABA-accredited law school, or two years of experience as librarian with a major law library, or six years of increasingly responsible work as a professional librarian performing relevant duties in a large law library, including at least two years of library management and staff supervisory responsibilities, may be substituted.  Salary range for this position is $40,000-65,000. (1993)

LAW LIBRARIAN: Oregon Supreme Court Library, Salem, Oregon.  Qualifications: J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school; one year of postacademic experience in legal research; two years of experience in law library administration; knowledge of research databases and library automation systems; experience in program development.  Must be team oriented, with strong interpersonal and organizational skills.  (desired):  master of library science degree, cataloging experience, and experience in appellate legal research or in a judicial setting.  Salary: $3,203 - $4,088 (monthly).  (1993)

SUPREME COURT LAW LIBRARIAN: Bismarck, North Dakota. Summary: Under the general direction of the chief justice, the incumbent oversees the operation of the supreme court law library, which provides legal reference services to state and local courts, attorneys, and other library patrons.  Qualifications: include graduation from an accredited law school and a bachelor's degree in library science.  A master's degree in library science is preferred.  Starting salary is $31,200 annually, with a 5 percent increase after six months of satisfactory performance.  (1992)

LAW LIBRARIAN: Supreme Court, Concord, New Hampshire.  Qualifications: include a master's degree in library or information science and four years of law library experience.  A law degree or other relative education is desirable.  Salary is $29,337-37,443 annually.  (1992)

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Assistant State Law Librarian

ASSISTANT LAW LIBRARIAN: New Hampshire Law Library, Concord.  Summary: The assistant works with the law librarian in developing and implementing law library goals, objectives, policies, and procedures; catalogs, classifies, and organizes library materials; automates materials check-in and cataloging procedures; responds to needs of patrons; searches and explains on-line databases, CD-ROM products, and other technologies; contributes to library publications; participates in acquisitions and collection development; collects, maintains, and reports library statistics.  Qualifications: a master's degree in library and information science from an American Library Association-accredited library school; two to five years of law library experience; at least one year of professional experience in law cataloging or technical services.  A law degree may be substituted for one year of law library experience.  Salary:  $26,183 - $33,417, with benefits.  (1994)

ASSISTANT LIBRARIAN: Supreme Court of California, San Francisco, California.  The Supreme Court of California is accepting applications for an assistant librarian to provide professional support in the Supreme Court Library.  Duties: Under the supervision of the law librarian, the assistant librarian will provide specialized legal and general reference service to justices and court staff; catalog and classify library materials; maintain public catalog; oversee all technical processing and library maintenance functions including acquisitions, collection control and conservation, and interlibrary loan; keep current library procedures manuals; maintain library statistics; and perform other related tasks as needed.  Qualifications: include graduation from a four-year college or university and possession of an M.L.S. or equivalent degree from an ALA-accredited library school and one year of professional law library experience, as well as knowledge of professional law library practices, terminology, and methods including CALR.  Supervisory experience, strong public service orientation, effective organizational and interpersonal skills, and excellent verbal and written communication skills, and proficiency in manual and electronic legal and non-legal research tools including LEXIS/NEXIS, WESTLAW, DIALOG, RLIN and the Internet is helpful.  Salary range for this position is $2,718-3,304 per month.  (1993)

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