Lead - Legal Research

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Role Description

This is a full-time on-site role for Legal Researcher for different practice areas, content creations, learning and development as well as knowledge management division. Role is suitable for law researchers associated with any judicial officers (law clerks/ law/ legal researchers), government offices (law researchers, young professionals), offices of Designated Senior Advocates, judiciary aspirants as well as legal professionals engaged in academics with law colleges or other academician . Profile is a full-time work from office role for law graduates and legal professionals who have completed their degree of law. There are multiple openings for this role for multiple practice areas as well as other non-core practices. The role is suitable only for law graduates/ advocates/ legal professionals with research/ academic bent of mind and interested in building/ growing their careers in research, public policy and academics.

Role Responsibilities
• Research on legal propositions and assist in devising legal strategies as well as drafting of pleadings and legal opinions
• Conduct extensive legal and market research on existing laws, legal industry and allied fields
• Tracking down cases on various legal databases, including case law databases and international and foreign law databases.
• Drafting and vetting of legal opinions
• Research and draft comprehensive legal reports for public policy matters, regulatory affairs, etc.
• Prepare and maintain a repository of judgments, circulars, notifications, etc. for internal use as well as marketing collaterals
• Assist team in research, drafting and preparation of academic content for trainings as well as students.
• Update the internal teams with latest judgments, circulars and notifications
• Participate in training, learning and development of internal teams
• Draft and prepare content for articles, blogs, research articles and research papers
• Coordinate with interns and other researchers for comprehensive research papers
• Coordinate with and support team of Areness Foundation for legal advisory and research assignments

Qualifications and Experience

· Graduate/ Postgraduate/ Doctorate Degree in Law from any recognised institution in India

· Professional proficiency in English, with in-depth knowledge of the rules of the English language, standards of style, punctuation, and grammar.

· Knowledge of research tools such as SCC, Manupatra, AIR, etc.

· Excellent legal research, writing and organizational skills

· Ability to identify statutes and regulations applicable to the given legal issue

· Ability to interpret and summarize statutes and regulations

· Excellent analytical and logical skills, along with attention to details

· Ability to understand instructions regarding legal research and follow the established methodology.

· Should have the ability to understand and analyse the issue of law.

· Should have the ability to present their findings succinctly on Excel or Word or any other format, as required. Read more