The Legal Specialist holds a key role in initiating and producing complex work with a high level of competence in one or more areas of law, offering crucial support to attorneys and clients. The nature of the work is self-directed and requires significant independent judgmentand discretion. Advanced knowledge and understanding of practice areas, processes, procedures, rules and regulations is required. The Legal Specialist provides leadership and serves as an expert in one or more areas of law, performs legal research, educates, and updates clients/departments on specific legal topics, and takes the lead on significant cases, matters and projects. Specific duties of the Legal Specialist may vary based on department needs, covering subject matter areas such as health law, management of a