Innovation Attorney – Client Team Enablement
About The Position
Latham & Watkins is seeking an Innovation Attorney – Client Team Enablement to join their AI & Legal Innovation team. This senior individual contributor role is responsible for supporting the delivery of client-specific AI and legal technology solutions. The role works in alignment with the Manager, AI & Innovation – Client Solutions, to assist partners and clients in identifying opportunities to apply artificial intelligence and legal technology to specific legal workflows. The Innovation Attorney will contribute to the development and delivery of practical solutions, partnering closely with practicing lawyers, Technology Client Services, Business Development, and technology teams to ensure effective execution of client engagements. As part of the broader AI & Legal Innovation function, this role supports the firm’s mission of identifying, adopting, and promoting leading technologies to enhance lawyer performance and deliver client value. This role is located in New York, Washington D.C., or Los Angeles (Century City) and may be eligible for a hybrid working schedule.
Requirements
- Strong practical knowledge of artificial intelligence, generative AI, legal technology, and their application to legal service delivery
- Strong understanding of legal workflows, law firm operations, and the needs of sophisticated legal clients
- Ability to support complex client engagements from discovery through delivery
- Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills to complex issues and make well-reasoned recommendations
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent
- A J.D. or equivalent
- A minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience within a law firm or legal environment
- Established interest in and knowledge of legal technology and AI tools, including Generative AI
- Some prior experience as a practicing attorney, preferably
Responsibilities
- Supporting the scoping, design, and delivery of client-specific AI engagements, including workflow development, pilots, workshops, and other collaborative innovation initiatives
- Working with partners, client teams, and clients to identify and assess opportunities to apply AI and legal technology to legal workflows and service delivery
- Advising partners and clients on the practical application of AI to legal work, including capabilities, limitations, appropriate use, and required human oversight
- Supporting moving client opportunities from initial discovery through solution design, testing, implementation, and ongoing support
- Working across AI & Legal Innovation and technology teams to connect client needs with the firm’s approved AI, legal technology, automation, and related capabilities
- Ensuring client-specific AI work is delivered with appropriate quality, documentation, confidentiality, information security, and compliance with firm and client requirements
- Identifying recurring client needs, successful approaches, and capability gaps, and shares those insights with the Manager and broader team to inform reusable solutions and the AI & Legal Innovation agenda
- Collaborating with Business Development teams to prepare technology-related content for panels, pitches, RFPs, and client discussions as needed
- Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains
Benefits
- Healthcare, life and disability insurance
- A generous 401k plan
- At least 11 paid holidays per year
- 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
- Generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
