Legal Support Specialist

Domino's Corporate•Ann Arbor, MI

About The Position

The Legal Support Specialist serves as a proactive operational partner to the General Counsel and Legal Team, supporting the effectiveness, efficiency, and execution of departmental priorities. The role combines executive support, legal operations, project management, technology enablement, knowledge management, communications, governance support, and departmental administration. The specialist takes ownership of how the Legal Team operates day to day by assessing processes, recommending practical improvements, and supporting stronger coordination, technology adoption, and continuous improvement. The role also helps the team strengthen workflows and deliver effective service to the business.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required.
5+ years of experience in legal operations, business operations, project coordination, executive support, legal administration, corporate governance, compliance, process improvement, or a related field.
Experience supporting senior executives and coordinating complex projects and initiatives.
Exceptional organizational and project-management skills.
Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
Ability to proactively manage multiple priorities simultaneously while maintaining strong attention to detail.
Ability to exercise sound judgment and maintain confidentiality when handling sensitive information.
Strong relationship-building and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to work independently, take ownership without significant prompting, assess current workflows, and proactively recommend practical improvements.
Experience driving execution and accountability across multiple workstreams.
Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, Teams, Forms, SharePoint, Copilot, Power Automate, and other workplace productivity tools, with curiosity and comfort learning emerging AI and legal technology platforms.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical-thinking skills.
Ability to influence and collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization without direct authority.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a legal department, professional services environment, or other highly regulated business environment.
Experience implementing operational improvements, technology solutions, or process-management initiatives.
Background in law firms, in-house legal teams, accounting firms, professional services, or process-heavy corporate functions undergoing technology or operational change.

Responsibilities

Manage and coordinate the General Counsel’s calendar, priorities, meetings, commitments, travel, and expenses.
Prepare agendas, presentations, briefing materials, reports, and other materials for Board, Committee, leadership, and business meetings.
Track action items, commitments, Legal Team priorities, special projects, deadlines, and follow-up activities.
Support Legal Team operations, including planning calendars, recurring processes, organizational resources, shared files, records, and administrative infrastructure.
Support budgeting, invoice administration, vendor relationships, reporting, operational metrics, industry partnerships, memberships, and external engagements.
Identify and recommend improvements to Legal Team workflows, consistency, efficiency, and operational effectiveness.
Administer collaboration and knowledge-sharing platforms, including file-management systems, repositories, resources, and reference materials.
Support adoption, training, and enablement for Microsoft 365, Copilot, Teams, SharePoint, Power Automate, and other approved technologies.
Draft and coordinate Legal Team communications, announcements, updates, meetings, Town Halls, planning sessions, and employee engagement activities.
Support onboarding, recognition, professional development, continuous improvement initiatives, governance calendars, compliance administration, certifications, training requirements, and reporting activities.