Innovation Attorney

About the role

The Innovation Attorney is an integral part of Latham & Watkins' Technology & Information Services team. This role serves 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 AI and other technologies, providing updates and analysis to firm management and practice group leadership, and fostering strategic relationships with industry organizations.

Responsibilities

• Stay 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.
• Provide updates and analysis of these new technologies and industry trends to firm management and practice group leadership.
• Look for opportunities to leverage existing and emerging technologies into specific practices, as applicable, and assist with pilot and proof of concept programs.
• Work 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.
• Foster strategic relationships with industry organizations, innovation thought leaders, and third-party vendors.
• Communicate 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 working with practice leadership to understand how emerging technologies can support the provision of legal services to clients.
• Protect and maintain 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.
• Show knowledge of LegalTech product categories.

Benefits & Additional Information

Successful candidates will be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and a welcoming environment, along with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional development programs
• Employee discounts
• Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff

Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era), gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute. It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. An employer that violates this law may be subject to fines and/or a private right of action for $500 in statutory damages “for each such violation,” among other things.