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Job Description
The Knowledge Lawyer (the KL will manage and execute key knowledge initiatives for the Group working in collaboration with a range of knowledge and business support personnel throughout the US.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Core KnowledgeDuties
- Monitor legal developments legal trends and regulatory changes analyze key impacts and communicate this to the Group incorporate these changes into other knowledge work products in the Group and more widely (including the creation of market facing content and precedent/practice guidance amendments)
- Promote the contribution of knowhow and instigate processes to maximise contributions (including attendance at practice group meetings regular reminders end of matter debriefs etc) and managing the administration of contributions to the practice group knowhow collection
- Deal with ad hoc queries from feeearners
- Build greater cross practice area connections between other knowledge lawyers in the region/globally
- Work with the Head of Knowledge Management and Practice Group Leaders to raise the profile of the Groups by a more consistent application of best practices in contentled practice development and brandenhancement
- Strategically manage knowledge work products to maximise their use including ensuring appropriate use internally and externally and maintaining key knowledge projects to ensure they are up to date
MarketFacing Content Deliverables
- Support alignment between local regional and global business development and knowledge strategy
- Develop content for thought leadership reports legal publications client alerts or client training as required
- Monitor and track industry/sector developments relevant to the Practice Groups key clients and feed into market facing content and other knowledge work product and deliverables
- Create and deliver knowledge related content for clientfacing business development materials including pitch documents/RFPs/panel appointments
- Support the Firms key client programmes with legal/industry/sector specialist knowledge
- Promote the wider utilization of knowledge business development and innovation tools and processes within the region
Legal Delivery Deliverables
- Create and maintain of precedents templates standard advice and process maps needed by the region to promote efficient streamlined work production and support delegation
- Assess and develop best practice guidelines to support the different stages of the Practice Area matters in conjunction with the partners risk and other stakeholders
- Identify innovative approaches to the improvement of service delivery in both technology and process
- Liaise with the Firms legal technologists to develop knowledge work products to use in conjunction with legal technology such as contract assembly software for precedent/template use
- Contribute to and assist with the scoping and administration of pilots to test innovation within the Group and across the wider Firm
Training
- Support training in the US and where appropriate globally by providing input into the curriculum as well as developing training and presentation materials (including elearning modules) and delivering modules as required
- Support external client training by developing training and presentation materials and delivering modules as required in particular identifying opportunities to recycle internal training materials to offer clients added value services
- Liaise with the firms Learning and Development staff in connection with the ongoing training needs
Key Requirements
- Strong academic credentials
- Minimum 5 8 years post qualification experience as a practicing lawyer or knowledge lawyer with direct involvement in transactions and advisory work
- Excellent English language skills (verbal and written) and the confidence to communicate and present well in a multicultural multilevel matrix environment
- Excellent time management and organizing skills
- Innovative and clientfocused in the use of delivery media
- Understands and promotes connections between KM training and business development
- Strong word processing spreadsheet and presentation skills
- Strong legal research and excellent legal drafting skills
- Able to present information concisely and professionally
- Selfstarter who can demonstrate a proactive and positive attitude to their work
- Consistently produces quality work and pays close attention to detail
- Ability to work with remote supervision as part of a dispersed team
- Able to multitask and work on a variety of projects at the same time
- Keen to learn and develop demonstrating enthusiasm and dedication
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Employment Type
Full Time
