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Professional Development Manager – Attorney Training (Litigation & Trial)

Latham & Watkins · Los Angeles, CA · 1 mo ago
HybridHuman Resources$170k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info. Remove boilerplate like EEO, etc. Also remove application instructions. We need to parse the posting. Let's extract content: - About Latham & Watkins: description of firm. This is not a section heading but could be part of "About the role"? Actually there is a heading "About Latham & Watkins" then "About The Role". The instruction: use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). So we should have sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We need to include only those with real content. We have content for About the role: paragraph after "About The Role". So we can put that under

About the role

with

. Responsibilities: there is a "Responsibilities & Qualifications" heading then bullet list after "Other key responsibilities include:" and then list items. Also there is a list of responsibilities after that. Also there is a list of qualifications after "We’d love to hear from you if you:" and "And have:". So we need to separate responsibilities and qualifications. We have responsibilities list: bullet points after "Other key responsibilities include:" (starting with Driving the design...). Then after that there is "Acting as a strategic project..." etc. Actually the list continues. Let's capture all responsibilities bullet points: - Driving the design, development, and implementation of training curricula in collaboration with the Training and Career Enhancement (TACE) Committee, ensuring consistency, quality, and integration across practice groups and platforms - Furthering the progress of the TACE Committee, including preparing meeting agendas and retreats, tracking and implementing action items and new initiatives; drafting a wide variety of training related communications for both internal and external audiences, including a variety of Latham news articles - Conducting research and staying abreast of the latest developments in training, ensuring continuing enhancements through benchmarking with law firm peers and evaluating ways in which existing programs can be improved; overseeing the firm’s relevant accreditation and compliance processes for the training programs of the relevant lawyer departments or practice groups - Acting as a strategic project and program manager for major training initiatives and special projects, working closely with other key stakeholders and colleagues across the firm to ensure training effectiveness; developing relationships with external subject matter experts, consultants, and speakers - Contributing to performance evaluations, working with Human Capital & Talent to recruit, hire, train, coach, and manage the performance of employees - Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains That seems to be responsibilities. Qualifications: after "We’d love to hear from you if you:" there is list of desired attributes: - Demonstrate exceptional and professional interpersonal skills (e.g., active listening), including superior written and verbal communication skills and the ability to interact with people at all organizational levels - Exhibit the ability to take initiative and work both independently and in a team environment with a customer-service focus - Possess the ability to undertake large, long-term projects, develop alternative methods to complete them, and implement solutions Then "And have:" list: - A bachelor’s degree or equivalent - A J.D. from an accredited law school - Experience as an associate in a relevant department in a large law firm, preferably - A minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience in a legal or professional services environment - A minimum of seven (7) years of cumulative experience These could be considered qualifications. Also maybe "Skills" could be derived from interpersonal skills etc. But we can put those under Qualifications. The instruction says we can have separate Skills section if there is specific content. We have interpersonal skills etc. Could treat as Skills. But we already have qualifications covering education/experience. Might be better to split: Qualifications (education, experience) and Skills (interpersonal, initiative, project management). Let's see. We have also location info: "This role will be located in either our New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, or Global Services Office in downtown Los Angeles. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence." That's schedule info (hybrid). So we can put Schedule section with that. Benefits: there is a "Benefits & Additional Information" paragraph describing benefits: generous total compensation package, bonuses, comprehensive benefit program includes healthcare, life and disability insurance, generous 401k plan, at least 11 paid holidays per year, PTO program accrues 23 days first year, well-being programs, professional development programs, employee discounts, affinity groups, networks, coalitions. Also maybe "Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance." That's benefits. Pay: "Pay Range USD $170,000.00 - USD $200,000.00 /Yr." So we have Pay section. Now we need to output HTML with

headings and
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    for prose. We must not include boilerplate like EEO, equal opportunity, etc. Also remove "Please click here to view the full job description", etc. Also remove "Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer..." etc. Also remove "Please click the link below to review the Ordinance." etc. Also remove "Please click here to review your rights under U.S. employment laws." Also remove "About Latham & Watkins" heading? Not required as a section; but we could incorporate that description into About the role? Actually About the role section should contain the description of the role, not the firm overview. The firm overview could be omitted? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. The firm overview is substantive but not part of the role. However we have no section for firm overview; we could include it as a paragraph under About the role? But that would mix. Perhaps we can include a brief paragraph about the firm as part of About the role? The instruction says use

    for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities...). It doesn't forbid other headings, but we should follow those headings. The firm overview could be placed under About the role as introductory paragraph. That seems acceptable. Thus About the role section will contain two paragraphs: first about Latham & Watkins (firm overview), second about the role description. Now Responsibilities section:
    • each bullet. Qualifications section: maybe split into Education/Experience and Skills. But we have both. Let's decide: Qualifications: education, experience, years. Skills: interpersonal, initiative, project management. We'll create two sections: Qualifications and Skills. But we need to ensure we don't create thin sections. Qualifications has several items; Skills has three items. That's fine. Now Benefits section: list of benefits. Pay section: just a paragraph with pay range. Schedule section: paragraph about location and flexible hybrid schedule. Now we must not include any empty sections. Let's craft HTML. We'll start with

      About the role

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      firm overview

      role description

      . Role description: from "About The Role" paragraph: "The Professional Development Manager – Attorney Training is an integral part of Latham’s Human Capital & Talent team. This role will be responsible for developing and executing comprehensive lawyer training programs across the firm, collaborating with senior leaders, committees, and other firm stakeholders to enhance curricula and support training initiatives, while serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, including Global Department Chairs (GDCs), Practice Group Chairs (PGCs), and Practice Group Management Teams (PGMTs), providing strategic subject matter expertise on lawyer training priorities, resource allocation, and alignment with firm and practice group goals. This role will support the TACE Committee and Litigation & Trial Department GDCs and PGCs in developing and executing Litigation & Trial-related training for lawyers. This may include Litigation & Trial boot camp, practice group retreats, and the firm's controversy skills programs such as persuasive writing, e-Discovery, deposition training, and trial advocacy programs. This role will be located in either our New York, Washington D.C., Chicago, or Global Services Office in downtown Los Angeles. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence." But we already extracted location and schedule for separate sections. To avoid duplication, we could keep location/schedule in About the role? But we have separate Schedule section. The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; we can keep it in both places? That would duplicate. Better to keep location/schedule in Schedule section, and not repeat in About the role. So we should remove those sentences from About the role paragraph. Let's adjust. Thus About the role paragraph will be: "The Professional Development Manager – Attorney Training is an integral part of Latham’s Human Capital & Talent team. This role will be responsible for developing and executing comprehensive lawyer training programs across the firm, collaborating with senior leaders, committees, and other firm stakeholders to enhance curricula and support training initiatives, while serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, including Global Department Chairs (GDCs), Practice Group Chairs (PGCs), and Practice Group Management Teams (PGMTs), providing strategic subject matter expertise on lawyer training priorities, resource allocation, and alignment with firm and practice group goals. This role will support the TACE Committee and Litigation & Trial Department GDCs and PGCs in developing and executing Litigation & Trial-related training for lawyers. This may include Litigation & Trial boot camp, practice group retreats, and the firm's controversy skills programs such as persuasive writing, e-Discovery, deposition training, and trial advocacy programs." Now Schedule section will contain location and flexible schedule. Now Responsibilities section: list as above. Qualifications section: list education/experience items. Skills section: list interpersonal/initiative/project management items. Benefits section: list benefits. Pay section: paragraph with pay range. Now ensure we don't include any boilerplate. Let's write HTML. We need to output only HTML fragment, no /, no markdown. Let's craft:

      About the role

      The Professional Development Manager – Attorney Training is an integral part of Latham’s Human Capital & Talent team. This role will be responsible for developing and executing comprehensive lawyer training programs across the firm, collaborating with senior leaders, committees, and other firm stakeholders to enhance curricula and support training initiatives, while serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, including Global Department Chairs (GDCs), Practice Group Chairs (PGCs), and Practice Group Management Teams (PGMTs), providing strategic subject matter expertise on lawyer training priorities, resource allocation, and alignment with firm and practice group goals. This role will support the TACE Committee and Litigation & Trial Department GDCs and PGCs in developing and executing Litigation & Trial-related training for lawyers. This may include Litigation & Trial boot camp, practice group retreats, and the firm's controversy skills programs such as persuasive writing, e-Discovery, deposition training, and trial advocacy programs.

      Responsibilities

      • Driving the design, development, and implementation of training curricula in collaboration with the Training and Career Enhancement (TACE) Committee, ensuring consistency, quality, and integration across practice groups and platforms
      • Furthering the progress of the TACE Committee, including preparing meeting agendas and retreats, tracking and implementing action items and new initiatives; drafting a wide variety of training related communications for both internal and external audiences, including a variety of Latham news articles
      • Conducting research and staying abreast of the latest developments in training,

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