Law Firm Library and Research Roles, Long Endangered, Are Making a Comeback

What You Need to Know

• The 'greatest shake-up' in law firm staffing over the last year has been in 'library and research' roles, which saw the largest surge in pay and number of heads relative to other law firm staff roles, according to a recent report.
• 'What may be happening is that the growth in knowledge management and library & research management roles is in preparation for increased use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools,' the report, from Thomson Reuters, stated.
• Some analysts were skeptical of firms' ability to hire top talent in this area. But it's possible they could be getting a boost in talent from the tech and finance industries, which have faced layoffs.