The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is looking for a qualified and motivated law librarian to join our Office.

 About the Office: The San Francisco City Attorney’s Office is an innovative, nationally-recognized municipal law office working to protect and advance the rights and interests of the City and County of San Francisco and its residents.  With just over 300 talented, dedicated, and diverse employees, the Office provides exceptional legal services to the City’s Mayor, Board of Supervisors, officials, and departments.  Our work empowers City leaders with effective, responsive and creative legal solutions and representation so they can deliver critical public services and our affirmative advocacy enhances the lives and wellbeing of San Francisco’s residents and visitors.

The Office recognizes that diversity in the backgrounds, ideas and lived experiences of our employees enriches our workplace and enhances our work.  We aspire to recruit, employ, retain and promote capable individuals representing the full spectrum of our community, and welcome all candidates, including candidates of any race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, and candidates with disabilities.  We have a clear vision: to be the place where a diverse mix of talented people want to come and stay, and where employees feel welcomed, engaged and valued for their work and contributions to the Office and the City.  To learn more about the Office’s efforts to provide a welcoming, diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace please click here. 

To learn more about the City Attorney’s Office please visit: https://www.sfcityattorney.org/

About the Library: The Office has two main libraries that the librarian is responsible for updating and maintaining.  The librarian also assists with managing the Office’s online subscriptions with Westlaw, Lexis Nexis, and Wolters Kluwer.  The librarian assists attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants across the Office in locating hard to find articles, gathering legislative histories, and other legal research projects.

Librarian Responsibilities: The Librarian reports to the Office’s Manager of Legal Support and Administrative Services, and takes assignments from attorneys, paralegals, and legal assistants across the Office.  The responsibilities listed below represent the range of duties that may be assigned and are not intended as an exhaustive list.

• Provide reference services, manage the law library’s collection development, use the public library interlibrary loan program, and catalogue library materials.
• Obtain and maintain passwords and access to Westlaw, Lexis, and Wolters Kluwer for users.
• Work with Deputy City Attorneys to update and renew all contracts.
• Evaluate and recommend new titles for acquisition, whether print titles or databases.
• Evaluate usage/cost statistics for all online products and print continuations.
• Forward daily legal news emails to different teams or individuals.
• Update and maintain all hard copy books.

Minimum Qualifications

• M.L.S., M.L.I.S. or equivalent degree from an ALA-accredited school and/or a J.D. from an ABA - accredited law school; OR
• Paralegal certificate from an ABA-approved program, or other significant work experience that satisfies statutory requirements (i.e., Cal. Bus. & Prof. Code § 6450 compliant).

Desired Qualifications

• One year of experience in a law firm setting.
• Two years of responsible computer-related experience in a law library, experience providing legal reference and/or teaching/training experience and experience in web interface designs.
• Knowledge of WESTLAW, LEXIS, Internet legal resources and/or other on-line databases and software applications.
• Excellent oral and written communication.
• Able to communicate effectively and tactfully with attorneys, office personnel, vendors, and representatives of other governmental departments/entities; and to accept and implement written and oral instructions. 
• Ability to work independently, as well as collaboratively with Office employees. 
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines, and prioritize and complete multiple assignments.
• Adept in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong interpersonal skills and a positive attitude.
• Commitment to valuing diversity and contributing to an inclusive working and learning environment.
• Desire and ability to work successfully as part of a team.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

Appointment Type: Permanent Exempt (PEX) – This position is excluded by the Charter from the competitive Civil Service examination process and shall serve at the discretion of the Appointing Officer

Salary and Benefits: The position has a five-step salary scale ranging from $86,112 - $104,624.  The successful candidate will be placed at a salary step based on years of experience and additional relevant degrees, certifications, credentials or skills.  The City offers robust health, retirement and other benefits.  For more information please visit: https://sfdhr.org/benefits-overview.  Legal Assistants are represented by the International Federation of Professional & Technical Engineers, Local 21, which has a Memorandum of Understanding with the City that can be found at MOU.

Additional Information Regarding Employment with the City and County of San Francisco:

• Information About The Hiring Process
• Conviction History
• Equal Employment Opportunity 
• Disaster Service Worker
• ADA Accommodation
• Veterans Preference
• Right to Work
• Copies of Application Documents
• Diversity Statement

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

All materials including your most recent resume in PDF format must be included by the deadline, or your application will be rejected as not submitted.

Filing Deadline: Interested Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible as this announcement will close on March 25, 2022.

Questions: If you have any questions regarding this job, please contact [email protected] or Lillian Chow at [email protected].

Application Opening: 03/10/2022

Application Deadline: 03/25/2022

Analyst Name: Marylou Remo

CONDITION OF EMPLOYMENT:  All City and County of San Francisco employees are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment.  For details on how it is applicable to your employment, please click here.

The City and County of San Francisco encourages women, minorities and persons with disabilities to apply. Applicants will be considered regardless of their sex, race, age, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition (associated with cancer, a history of cancer, or genetic characteristics), HIV/AIDS status, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, military and veteran status, or other protected category under the law.