Description
The full position description and online application are available at: https://uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/203554.
The University of South Carolina’s Joseph F. Rice School of Law Library seeks a highly-motivated, service-oriented, and technology-focused librarian to join an academic research library with the primary goal of supporting the work of the 60 faculty and over 640 students of the School of Law, but which also actively serves the University community, state government, the Bench and Bar, and the citizens of South Carolina.
The Legal Technology Librarian supports legal technology programs for the library and the Joseph F. Rice School of Law, including (1) the new AI Ethics & Law Initiative (and its AI Law Lab) and (2) the Technology, Innovation, and Law Collaborative. This position will serve as a key resource on emerging legal technology, law firm technology, and legal technology initiatives. The Legal Technology Librarian will be expected to develop and maintain an extensive working knowledge of current and emerging legal technologies, legal technology processes, artificial intelligence, and other related topics.
The Legal Technology Librarian will be available to teach a required first-year legal research, analysis, and writing course and may teach upper-level legal research or technology courses. The librarian will also provide reference and research services to the law school and university communities, the South Carolina bench and bar, and the public, and will support other public services and library duties.
The position presents wide-ranging opportunities for a candidate interested in law libraries and legal technology and innovation. The candidate will contribute significantly to legal technology and AI initiatives at the law library and the law school.
The Legal Technology Librarian reports to the Associate Director of the Law Library and works closely with the other library faculty and staff.
This is a 12-month tenure track position in the law library faculty. Start date is flexible. Salary commensurate with experience.
If you have any questions about this position, please feel free to contact Kris Niedringhaus, search committee chair, at krisn@sc.edu, or search committee members Aaron Glenn, at glennaj2@law.sc.edu, Chris Collins, at cscollins@sc.edu, or Rebekah Maxwell, at rkmaxwel@law.sc.edu.
The University of South Carolina does not discriminate in educational or employment opportunities or decisions for qualified persons on the basis of age, ancestry, citizenship status, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender (including transgender), gender identity or expression, genetic information, HIV/AIDs status, military status, national origin, pregnancy (false pregnancy, termination of pregnancy, childbirth, recovery therefrom or related medical conditions, breastfeeding), race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other bases under federal, state, local law, or regulations.
Requirements
Required Education and Experience
J.D. from an ABA accredited law school and M.L.S or its equivalent from an ALA accredited library school, or enrollment in an ALA accredited M.L.S. or equivalent degree granting program.
Demonstrated interest in technology, emerging legal technology, and law and technology.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in the use of technology to further the practice of law, including emerging technologies such as AI and data analytics.
Teaching experience, particularly in legal research or legal technology.
Experience providing legal reference services.
