Legal Data Expert – Civil Rights/Environmental

Do you see yourself as an avid Legal Data Expert interested in the integrity of high value datasets?
 

About our Team
 

Lex Machina emerged from the Stanford Law School and Computer Science department. The company is part of LexisNexis, a leading information provider and a pioneer in delivering trusted legal content and insights through innovative research and productivity solutions, supporting the needs of legal professionals at every step of their workflow. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 11,800 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers. Our company has been a long-time leader in deploying AI and advanced technologies to the legal market to improve productivity and transform the overall business and practice of law, deploying ethical and powerful generative AI solutions with a flexible, multi-model approach that prioritizes using the best model from today’s top model creators for each individual legal use case.

About the Role

As a Legal Data Expert, you will have the opportunity to contribute domain expertise for Civil Rights and Environmental Law at a cutting-edge legal technology company. You will lead a team of attorneys to keep datasets current, contribute to public-facing communications, keep abreast of customer needs in the marketplace, and provide thought leadership. Lex Machina created the field of “Legal Analytics” and is the fast-growing market leader for law firms and Fortune 500 companies who want to use data to guide their legal decision making.

Responsibilities

• Analyze rulings in federal district court
• Lead a team of attorneys to maintain the dataset, including reviewing new events in litigation as they occur
• Work on an integrated product development team with engineers and other legal experts
• Become an authority on Lex Machina’s Civil Rights and Environmental Law data
• Adopt responsibilities for data integrity and innovation of new feature
• Contribute to bringing Legal Analytics to new areas of Civil Rights and Environmental Law
• Act as a liaison for our customer success team when sophisticated user questions arise around data and Legal Analytics
• Identify trends using Lex Machina data
• Provide prioritized feedback to the product team about new features and improvements given customer feedback and shifts in the practice of Civil Rights and Environmental Law​
• Identify strategic opportunities to showcase Lex Machina’s unique Civil Rights and Environmental Law datasets
• Coordinate with the Lex Machina marketing team to create focused content, webinars, and blog posts
• Champion Lex Machina’s Legal Analytics by presenting at conferences and publishing articles

Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree (JD)

• Familiarity of US Civil Rights law, both the substantive law and litigation procedures in US federal district courts 

• 3+ years in a law firm, a corporate legal office, or providing legal services for a non-profit where Civil Rights or Environmental Law issues arose

• Motivated self-starter with a strong interest in data analysis

• Highly organized and can work independently to drive projects to completion

• Tech savvy with the ability to quickly learn new skills

• Interest in writing database queries (e.g., SQL queries) to develop a deep understanding of Lex Machina’s data

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Admitted to practice law in the United States preferred

• Ability to take virtual meetings in the late afternoon, Pacific time

• Experience with working on a remote/virtual team is a plus

Work in a way that works for you
 

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term g