Innovation Counsel

Cooley LLP • $225K — $285K *

Washington, DC 20011In-Person

Legal & Accounting

Less than 5 years of experience

Reposted 1 month ago

Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

4+ years of legal practice experience or hands-on experience with legal technology
Juris Doctor or equivalent non-US degree
Active bar membership in relevant jurisdictions
Experience supporting cross-functional legal technology projects
Familiarity with large law firm financial and operational processes
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, iManage, and other firm applications

Responsibilities

Support legal technology adoption initiatives across practice groups
Design playbooks for best practices in innovation technology usage
Organize presentations and executive briefings
Collaborate with leadership on initiative prioritization
Work with practice management to improve operational workflows
Facilitate legal technology pilots and continuous improvements
Assist change management team in creating effective communication strategies

Benefits

Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
Health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts
Life and long-term care insurance
Four weeks of vacation and two weeks of sick leave
Ten paid holidays annually
Generous parental leave and fertility assistance
Detailed benefit orientation for new employees

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Full Job Description

Innovation Counsel
Cooley is seeking an Innovation Counsel to join our Practice Innovation team.

Position summary: Working under the guidance of the Lead Innovation Counsel, the Innovation Counsel will advance Cooley's efforts to deliver practice-specific initiatives designed to maximize the value of our innovation technologies and practices. This role will be performed in collaboration with practice group leadership, resource attorneys, practice support lawyers, the legal education and professional development teams, and others to drive best practices for leveraging legal technology such that Cooley's approach to these technologies is a key differentiator among law firms. This role will introduce new tools and processes developed and implemented by the innovation department, leveraging the Innovation Counsel's legal understanding and experience. The Innovation Counsel will also support practice group-specific resource initiatives. Specific duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:

Responsibilities:

Support and provide attorney-level input on targeted legal technology adoption initiatives impacting the firm's practice groups
Design and prepare meaningful playbooks to help practice groups understand and implement best practices around the use of innovation technologies and processes
Organize presentations, status reports, and executive briefings
Collaborate closely with leadership in the innovation, firm operations, technology and practice groups in the request/initiative prioritization process, both in sharing insight gleaned from work with the practice groups and in evangelizing the existence and value of the prioritization process to the practice groups
Collaborative closely with other innovation teams to develop objectives, success metrics, and timelines related to legal technology adoption initiatives in the practice groups
Collaborate closely with practice management teams, legal project management and pricing teams to understand and analyze current practice group operational workflows, identify areas for improvement, and develop strategies to increase effectiveness and efficiency leveraging legal technologies
Work with other innovation teams to drive legal technology pilots, deployments, proofs of concept, experiments, and continuous improvements within the firm's practice groups
Work closely with the change management team to help them develop effective communication campaigns for practice groups and develop meaningful change measurement processes
Develop and maintain practice group-specific resources, and work with Practice Engineering and other firm departments to automate and/or scale such efforts
Additional responsibilities based on evolving needs of the firm

Skills and experience:

Required:

After orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage and other firm applications
Ability to work extended and/or weekend hours, as required
Ability to travel, as required
4+ years direct applicable experience (e.g., legal practice experience, hands-on experience with legal technology use and adoption efforts)
Active member in good standing or registered in-house counsel of the bar(s) in all jurisdictions from which you regularly work, as well as the jurisdiction in which your assigned office is located, if applicable
Juris Doctor(ate) or non-US equivalent
Experience in supporting and driving cross-functional projects involving legal technology teams, knowledge management teams, technology teams and practice group leadership
Understanding of large law firm financial and work allocation processes

Preferred:

Knowledge and experience with distributed systems and organizations
Experience with core large law technologies such as iManage or NetDocs, Elite 3E, Intapp products, Litera products, Thomson Reuters and Lexis products
Experience with generative AI solutions used in legal practice
Strong effective presentation experience and skills to varied audiences
Experience with alternative legal service/managed service providers and models. (example: document review teams)
Experience with technology usage data and metrics
Ability to leverage data for insights and storytelling

Competencies:

Excellent written and oral communication
Ability to perform effective analysis to determine the root cause of legal service delivery problems and suggest solutions for the best outcomes for the firm
Ability to process complex information with high levels of accuracy
Ability to build, develop and grow business relationships in support of large-scale initiatives and programs
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts to legal professionals and senior executives
Ability to influence and collaborate with multiple stakeholders across various departments (legal, IS, etc.)
Ability to work effectively in a highly matrixed team environment
Ability to focus on detail without losing sight of bigger picture

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About Cooley LLP

Cooley LLP is an American international law firm, headquartered in Palo Alto, California with offices worldwide. The firm's practice areas include corporate, litigation, intellectual property, fund formation, public markets, employment, life sciences, clean tech, real estate, and tax. Cooley's clients include private and public companies, financial institutions, venture capital firms, and nonprofit organizations. Cooley has been recognized as one of the top law firms for technology and life sciences companies. The firm has also been recognized for its diversity and inclusion initiatives.

Learn more about Cooley LLP

Size

1,200 employees

Industry

Legal & Accounting

Founded

1920

* Ladders Estimates

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