Junior Associate, Legal Knowledge Engineering

Litera•Chicago, IL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Join the Legal Tech Revolution at Litera! Litera is on a mission to Raise The Bar™️ for the legal profession by delivering transformational and globally-trusted solutions to law firms and corporate legal teams worldwide. With 30 years of leadership in legal tech innovation, Litera is at the forefront of the legal AI revolution, serving most of the world's largest law firms. This role offers an opportunity to build AI-forward solutions that scale globally, impacting millions of legal professionals. As part of a strategic growth initiative and a transition to a hybrid working model, this position requires on-site presence at least three days per week and can be based in Austin, Boston, Chicago, Denver, New Jersey, New York City, Philadelphia, Raleigh, or Toronto. The hybrid approach fosters collaboration and innovation while supporting productivity and work-life balance. Litera is seeking talented individuals to join its team during this exciting growth phase. As an Associate, Legal Engineering, you will join a dynamic team passionate about driving innovation in legal technology. You will work with cutting-edge tools and collaborate with industry experts to deliver impactful solutions for the legal profession. This role is ideal for a talented, experienced lawyer looking to leverage their knowledge in a new way, seeking intellectual challenges, more control over their time, and a desire to contribute meaningfully to improving lawyers' lives through AI and generative AI. Litera is looking for a lawyer to help build its legal products, influencing their direction and experimenting with generative AI technology. You will also advise engineering teams on legal workflows, contributing to a cutting-edge industry and a company making a significant impact.

Requirements

Two or more years practicing in transactional law, ideally gained at a law firm, in house, or at a legal service provider.
A JD and have been called to the bar in at least one state/province.
Strong interest in legal technology and artificial intelligence.
Strong client service skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to learn new technologies quickly and not intimidated by trying something new.
Extraordinary attention to detail and highly organized.
Relentless and a creative problem solver with exceptional analytical skills.
Strong time management skills and ability to successfully juggle multiple priorities.
Highly responsible, self-motivated and able to work with minimal supervision.
Empathy for people and a positive, helpful attitude.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in debt financing is an asset.
Experience with legal operations, legal program management, and/or contract management systems is an asset.

Responsibilities

Working on one or more of Litera's legal software products.
Finding information clients seek in their documents using legal tech products.
Experimenting with prompting an LLM from within the product.
Teaching the product, Kira, by highlighting information in diverse sets of documents.
Working with product/engineering/design teams to ensure new features are defined and brought to completion with proper legal workflows in mind.
Helping to set the vision for new legal tech products and features within Kira and the rest of Litera.
Experimenting and testing Generative AI to ensure products are built optimally.
Developing new “smart fields” (machine learning algorithms that can find information) and data points for documents relating to securities and/or financing transactions.
Maintaining a thorough understanding of developments in the legal domain and continuously identifying new opportunities to build smart fields.
Identifying opportunities to improve processes, gain efficiencies, and share best practices.