Juris Doctorate degree from an ABA-accredited law school and an active law license.
Minimum of eight years of professional legal experience with expertise in professional responsibility law.
Highly-developed legal research, writing, and analytical skills.
Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines.
Proven collaboration skills in a team environment.
Strong editing skills and professional interaction capabilities.
Proficiency in Word and Adobe products.
Responsibilities
Produce high-level written material for treatises on professional responsibility law.
Conduct in-depth legal research, writing, and analysis on professional responsibility and related issues.
Continuously review court and ethics opinions to stay updated on legal trends and incorporate findings into publications.
Maintain and update research files on professional responsibility and regulation.
Manage the system for researching and summarizing state and local ethics opinions for publication.
Analyze and produce digests of state and local ethics opinions.
Perform additional related duties as required.
Benefits
Opportunities for professional development and continuing education.
Collaborative and supportive team culture.
Access to a network of legal professionals and leaders in the field.
Flexible work environment with limited travel requirements.
Full Job Description
Job Summary/General Purpose of Job
Serves as legal counsel and provides expertise in the ABA Center for Professional Responsibility professional responsibility law and professional regulation.Develops high-level substantive legal resources for the ABA's premier scholarly treatises on lawyer ethics and regulation that are relied on and cited as authoritative by courts, regulators, scholars and practitioners.Responsible for producing a large volume of high-level, publishable material based on in-depth substantive legal research, writing, and analysis. Reviews court cases, ethics opinions, law review articles, news sources, etc., to keep abreast of changes in the law and identify emerging trends in the field of professional responsibility law. Maintains and updates the Center's research files on professional responsibility and regulation; manages the Center's system for researching and collecting state and local ethics opinions and prepares summaries of opinions for publication.
Essential Job Functions and Responsibilities
Responsible for producing a large volume of high-level professionally written material for the Center's treatises on professional responsibility law that are relied on by experts in the field.
Engages in in-depth, independent legal research, writing and analysis on professional responsibility and professional regulation, legal malpractice, and related issues.
Reviews, on an on-going basis, a significant volume of court and ethics opinions, law review articles, news sources, etc. to keep abreast of changes in the law and identify emerging trends in the field of professional responsibility law and incorporate new material into treatises and research files.
Management duties include: maintaining and updating the Center's research files on professional responsibility law and regulation; managing the Center's system for researching and collecting state and local ethics opinions and preparing summaries for publication within deadlines; providing critical analysis of the work of colleagues and outside lawyers.
Collects, analyses, and produces digests of state and local ethics opinions for publication.
Performs other related duties as required.
Required Education, Qualifications, Experience
Possession of a Juris Doctorate degree from an ABA-accredited law school and an active law license.
A minimum of eight years of significant professional legal experience with a demonstrated knowledge of professional responsibility law and a willingness to develop additional expertise in relevant subject-matter.
Highly-developed legal research, writing, analytical skills are essential.
Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and meet all deadlines.
Ability to work both independently and in a collaborative team environment.
Well-developed and demonstrated skills in working with professionals, editing on a peer basis, and interacting with leaders of the profession.
Proficiency in Word and Adobe products.
Member in good standing in possession of an active license to practice law in the State of Illinois, or eligible to obtain admission in Illinois via Illinois Supreme Court Rule 705 Admission on Motion.
Preferred Education, Qualifications, Experience
At least 10 years of significant professional legal experience and knowledge of professional responsibility law preferred.
Physical Requirements
Typical office work environment.
Extent of Travel Required in the Job
As a normal course of business, this job will typically require travel of less than 15% of the time.
