Innovation Attorney

About the role

The Innovation Attorney is an integral part of Latham & Watkins' Technology & Information Services team. This role will serve as a connection point and conduit between the firm's lawyers, clients, and the Technology & Information Services Department to ensure the firm's technology systems, tools, and services meet the needs of Latham's practicing attorneys and clients. Responsibilities include staying abreast of advancements in generative artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies, providing updates and analysis to firm management and practice group leadership, and fostering strategic relationships with industry organizations.

Responsibilities

• Staying abreast of advancements in generative artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies and innovative new offerings, both legal and non-legal, to ensure a state-of-the-art technology platform is available to and fully exploited by the firm’s lawyers
• Providing updates and analysis of these new technologies and industry trends to firm management and practice group leadership
• Looking for opportunities to leverage existing and emerging technologies into specific practices, as applicable, and assisting with pilot and proof of concept programs
• Working with the Technology & Information Services Department management and firm leadership to make recommendations for strategic deployment of efficient processes, technology-related policies, software tools, and other technology-assisted solutions for Latham attorneys and clients
• Fostering strategic relationships with industry organizations, innovation thought leaders and third-party vendors
• Communicating with the attorney population by preparing and delivering technology presentations and technology training related to strategic technology deployments and projects, collaborating with key attorneys on service initiatives, and by working with practice leadership to understand how emerging technologies can support the provision of legal services to clients
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Qualifications

• Possess the understanding of product development and management, including user personas, user stories, scoping, requirements documentation, roadmap planning, UI/UX concepts, and user testing
• Display proficiency in enterprise PC applications, including MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Visio
• Have a minimum of four (4) years of experience as a practicing lawyer in a law firm or in a legal operations role
• Experience in a technology role, preferably