Practice Innovation Attorney
Job Location:
Roseland, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Who We Are:
Lowenstein Sandler is a one of the most sophisticated law firms in the United States with over 400 lawyers and 300 business services professionals serving clients from offices in New York Palo Alto Roseland Salt Lake City San Francisco Washington D.C. and Wilmington. We recruit candidates who seek a collaborative entrepreneurial culture that prioritizes our clients our colleagues and the communities where we work and live. Committed to career development and to a diverse and inclusive workplace the firm offers many programs and opportunities for personal and professional growth. We seek professionals for our business services group who share these values.
What You Will Do:
Lowenstein Sandler is seeking a Practice Innovation Attorney whose primary focus is equipping attorneys with the skills tools and workflows to excel in an AI-enabled legal environment. This is a hands-on attorney-facing role centered on building and delivering training programs designing AI-augmented workflows and embedding generative AI tools into the day-to-day practice of law.
The Practice Innovation Attorney serves as the firms primary internal resource for attorney AI literacy and adoptiona credible peer who can translate cutting-edge technology into practical practice-specific guidance. This role is a cornerstone of the firms Vision 2030 AI and data transformation initiative.
- Design build and deliver comprehensive AI training programs tailored to specific practice groupsincluding corporate transactional bankruptcy and litigationcovering tools prompting strategies and AI-assisted workflows.
- Develop and maintain an evolving curriculum of hands-on workshops one-on-one coaching sessions and self-guided learning materials (video tutorials quick-reference guides prompt libraries) that meet attorneys at every level of AI fluency.
- Serve as the firms go-to resource for attorneys learning to work with generative AI tools including Harvey AI Microsoft Copilot and Claudetranslating capabilities into practical practice-specific applications.
- Create onboarding AI training tracks for associates lateral hires and summer associates; ensure training materials stay current as tools and firm policies evolve.
- Develop CLE-eligible training content and coordinate accreditation for qualifying programs.
- Track adoption metrics identify barriers and continuously iterate on training content and delivery based on attorney feedback and usage data.
- Partner with practice group leaders and attorneys to map existing workflows and identify high-impact opportunities to embed AI tools document automation and data analytics.
- Design test and refine AI prompts and multi-step workflows tailored to specific legal taskscontract review due diligence legal research drafting and matter intake.
- Lead proof-of-concept pilots from scoping through rollout translating attorney needs into scalable sustainable workflow changes.
- Build and maintain a firm-wide prompt library and workflow playbook codifying best practices for AI-assisted legal work across practice areas.
- Define success metrics adoption benchmarks and feedback loops to evaluate AI implementations and drive continuous improvement.
- Collaborate with IT and Knowledge Management to integrate AI tools with existing firm systems (iManage Aderant Harvey and others) reducing friction and supporting seamless adoption.
- Develop and curate practice-specific knowledge assetsclause banks template libraries matter playbooks and decision treesthat standardize work product and surface institutional knowledge.
- Collaborate with Knowledge Management and data teams to activate the firms data lake and structured matter data in support of AI-assisted research and drafting.
- Identify and champion opportunities to use AI to surface relevant precedent automate routine tasks and elevate the quality and consistency of attorney work product.
- Support the development and communication of AI usage guidelines acceptable use policies and quality assurance processes aligned with ABA professional responsibility standards.
- Serve as a resource for attorneys navigating questions about AI accuracy supervision obligations (ABA Rules 5.1/5.3) and candor to courts in AI-assisted work.
- Monitor developments in legal AI ethics guidance and regulatory frameworksproviding timely well-grounded guidance to firm leadership and practice groups
- Maintain relationships with AI and legal technology vendorsincluding Harvey Microsoft and othersto maximize tool value inform roadmap feedback and stay ahead of product developments.
- Evaluate emerging legal AI tools participate in vendor pilots and make recommendations on strategic adoption opportunities.
Skills Knowledge and Abilities:
- J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar admission (any U.S. jurisdiction).
- 35 years of substantive legal practice experience with exposure to transactional and/or litigation matters.
- Demonstrated experience designing and delivering training programs whether for AI tools legal technology or complex legal conceptsin a law firm or legal operations context.
- Hands-on experience with generative AI tools (Harvey Copilot ChatGPT Claude or similar) including practical application to legal tasks.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to advance multiple workstreams simultaneously and drive initiatives from concept through adoption.
- Exceptional communication and teaching skillsable to translate complex AI concepts into clear accessible guidance for attorney audiences at all experience levels.
- Deep understanding of legal workflows and the practical realities of law firm practice.
- AI Expertise: Prompt engineering experience. Including designing testing and refining prompts and multi-step AI workflows for specific legal use cases.
- Instructional Design: Background in legal knowledge management curriculum design or adult learning methodology.
- Legal Tech Fluency: Familiarity with legal technology platforms including iManage Aderant contract review/automation tools and data analytics platforms.
- Collaborative Style: Ability to build trusted collegial relationships across practice groups and business servicesinfluencing through credibility and responsiveness not mandate.
- Growth Mindset: Genuine curiosity about the future of legal practice with a habit of staying current on emerging AI and legal technology developments.
This is not a traditional legal technology or knowledge management role. The Practice Innovation Attorney at Lowenstein Sandler is primarily an educator a workflow designer and an AI adoption champion - one whose effectiveness is measured by how confidently and effectively attorneys use AI tools in their practice. The ideal candidate brings the credibility of a practicing attorney the clarity of a skilled teacher and the curiosity of an early adopter.
You will have direct access to firm leadership practice group chairs and a dedicated innovation and IT team - working as a trusted peer across all levels of the firm to shape how legal work gets done at Lowenstein Sandler for the next decade.
Schedule: Full time Hybrid Monday through Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm ET
Amount of Travel Required: Ability to travel to other locations as necessary including New York Palo Alto Salt Lake City San Francisco Washington D.C. and Wilmington.
The expected salary range for candidates meeting the requirements of this position is $200000 to $250000. The range provided is the salary that Lowenstein Sandler in good faith believes at the time of this posting that it is willing to pay for the advertised position. Exact compensation will be determined based on individual candidate qualifications and location. Our benefits package includes coverage options for medical dental vision prescription drug life insurance disability FSAs 401K and paid time off.
Disclaimers:
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of all activities duties or responsibilities required by employee.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP is not accepting resumes from search firms for this position. Regardless of past practice all resumes submitted by search firms are to be deemed the sole property of Lowenstein Sandler LLP and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Lowenstein Sandler LLP as a result of the referral.
Lowenstein Sandler LLP is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race color gender sex age religion creed national origin ancestry citizenship marital status sexual orientation physical or mental disability medical condition veteran status gender identity genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal state or local law.
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About Company
Lowenstein Sandler is a national law firm with more than 300 lawyers working from five offices in New York, New Jersey, California, Washington, D.C., and Utah.
