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Responsibilities Duties:
We have an opening for a Practice Innovation & Knowledge Attorney.
The Practice Innovation & Knowledge Attorney manages development of and access to core practice content, process improvement and promotion of practice tools for practitioners in the Firm’s Investigations and White Collar Defense practice area and potentially other assigned practice areas (the “assigned practice area”).
In this capacity, the Practice Innovation & Knowledge Attorney will:
Assess the practice area’s knowledge needs, define and implement a plan to meet those needs; Identify practice pain-points and use cases for legal technology tools, and recommend solutions; Develop and facilitate administration of pilot plans or proofs of concept, communicate and drive adoption around launch of new solutions;
In coordination with practice area lawyers, draft, update and manage standard forms, internal memoranda on practice legal issues, and practice process checklists;
Collect and contribute content to internal knowledge systems, and curate knowledge collections for practices, including work product precedent and matter metadata;
Monitor and share with practitioners recent, relevant legal developments and current market practice developments and trends;
Provide direct support to individual practitioners to assist them with locating practice-related internal and external knowledge resources;
Initiate and coordinate legal knowledge projects, technologies and systems in the assigned practice areas;
Identify practice-related training needs and coordinate with attorneys, Talent Development and Business Development to organize, design and deliver relevant training; Provide regular training on knowledge resources and innovative technology solutions to practice area lawyers and paralegals;
Coordinate with peers in other practice areas to exchange best practices in knowledge resources developed by each area;
Collaborate with colleagues across Practice Innovation Department to promote and support Department-wide initiatives, which include legal project management, deployment of alternative timekeepers, and legal research capabilities;
Work beyond scheduled hours as necessary and travel as required;
Be a source of legal, market and practical expertise, including in the area of legal innovation; and
Handle additional related projects as necessary.
The Practice Innovation & Knowledge Attorney will not perform client legal work.
Key Skills:
Experience practicing law in the investigations and/or white collar defense space (preferred);
Experience with knowledge management and / or legal innovation practices (preferred);
Expert legal knowledge and practice skills in the assigned practice areas;
Expert knowledge of the workflows and the core needs of lawyers in the assigned practice areas;
Expert proficiency in the English language, including punctuation, spelling, grammar and writing skills;
Familiarity with legal innovation and legal technology ecosystem;
Proficiency in training skills and best practices;
Advanced proficiency in researching and drafting legal documents and content, such as transactional documents, legal memoranda, pleadings, and/or motions;
Advanced proficiency in legal research techniques, online research and legal research databases;
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite applications;
Advanced knowledge of Inter/Intra/Extranet technologies, particularly for legal-specific uses (portals);
Advanced proficiency in document management search functionality and systems;
Advanced knowledge of database structure and theory;
Familiarity with change management theory preferred;
Advanced knowledge of business practices and philosophies; and
Proficiency with learning and adapting to new technologies.
Experiance Qualifications:
Law degree and current bar admission or equivalent in the jurisdiction of the Firm office (required);
At least 5 years of law firm practitioner experience in the assigned area of law (preferred); and
Experience with knowledge management and / or legal innovation practices preferred.