Director, Legal Industry Programs

About the role

Thomson Reuters is the most trusted name in legal intelligence. CoCounsel — our AI platform for legal professionals — is built on that foundation: verified legal content, responsible AI design, and a 150-year track record with the legal profession. As AI adoption accelerates across law firms and legal departments, the legal profession is actively working out what responsible, competent AI practice looks like. State bars are issuing ethics opinions and mandating CLE credits. Bar foundations are building AI programming. Pro bono and access to justice organizations are exploring what AI means for legal aid delivery. The legal innovation community is growing rapidly and shaping how firms buy and adopt technology.

Responsibilities

• Build TR's presence as a substantive partner to state, local, and specialty bar associations — developing co-branded CLE programs on AI competency and ethics, supporting bar AI task forces and ethics committees with content and expertise, and establishing CoCounsel as the named platform in bar-endorsed AI training.
• Develop CoCounsel's role in the access to justice ecosystem — partnering with legal aid organizations, pro bono programs, and public interest law groups to extend AI-assisted legal services to underserved communities. Build the programs and proof points that establish TR as the company using AI to expand access to legal help.
• Build relationships and programming with specialty and affinity bar associations — including those representing diverse attorney populations — as well as practice-area focused legal organizations where AI adoption decisions are being made at the community level.
• Cultivate TR's presence in the growing legal innovation practitioner community — chief innovation officers, legal tech leads at major firms, and the legal AI influencer ecosystem that shapes how the profession thinks about adoption. Develop programming, forums, and content partnerships that position CoCounsel as the platform legal innovators recommend to their peers.
• Build the mechanism that routes program outputs — bar association endorsements, co-authored ethics frameworks, pro bono case studies, community program outcomes — into TR's marketing, communications, and sales teams so that institutional credibility shows up in every customer conversation.

Requirements

8+ years in legal industry programs, bar association work, legal aid, access to justice, professional services, or a closely adjacent field — with direct experience building programs and institutional partnerships, not just managing events. Genuine existing relationships — or a specific, fast path to building them — within bar associations, legal aid organizations, specialty legal communities, or the legal innovation ecosystem. Understanding of the bar association landscape: how state bars operate, how CLE accreditation works, how ethics committees and task forces function, and how organizations at this level make partnership decisions. Comfort at the intersection of institutional relationship-building and commercial accountability — you understand that the goal of every program is ultimately credibility that drives pipeline. Strong written communication: you can write a CLE co-sponsorship proposal and a community program pitch in the same week. Genuine commitment to access to justice as a program priority, not just a narrative vehicle. JD or deep legal industry fluency strongly preferred.

Qualifications

JD or deep legal industry fluency strongly preferred.

Skills

Strong written communication: you can write a CLE co-sponsorship proposal and a community program pitch in the same week. Genuine commitment to access to justice as a program priority, not just a narrative vehicle. Understanding of the bar association landscape: how state bars operate, how CLE accreditation works, how ethics committees and task forces function, and how organizations at this level make partnership decisions. Comfort at the intersection of institutional relationship-building and commercial accountability — you understand that the goal of every program is ultimately credibility that drives pipeline.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

Pay

The base compensation range varies across locations. For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $137,200 USD - $254,800 USD. For Ontario, Canada, the base compensation range for this role is $155,000 CAD - $205,000 CAD.

Schedule

Flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.