Innovation Lawyer / Legal Technologist (Smarter Working)

We’re looking for a qualified lawyer to join our Smarter Working (innovation and legal technology) team.  This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our award-winning team, improving the service we deliver to our clients and driving the adoption of legal technology.

You will be able to demonstrate a keen interest in technology and innovation within legal practice and will have had previous experience in this area, either while working as a lawyer or as part of an innovation team.

You will be passionate about improving how legal work is carried out through understanding and improving processes and through smart, thoughtful use of technology.

The role is ideal for someone who enjoys problem-solving, takes a structured and organised approach to planning and delivering work, has a keen eye for detail and is comfortable working in a collaborative and fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• General
  • Work to promote Smarter Working across the firm, support the roll out and uptake of Smarter Working products and services and to generate ideas and project requests.
  • Undertake process reviews and lead on process improvement projects.
  • Encourage colleagues across the firm to adopt a mindset of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Applications and tools
  • Act as a subject matter expert on key legal tech tools to support operational use, advise on the use cases for those tools, and keep up to date with functionality updates.
  • Review and track usage data and feedback for legal tech tools.
  • Support the identification, piloting and roll out of AI and other legal tech tools and products, including coordinating pilot programmes, testing, project management, and change management
• Management of legal innovation projects
  • Act as a liaison between internal contacts and Smarter Working on the team’s portfolio of projects.
  • Assist with scoping, defining, managing, and testing projects through to completion.
• Training and Resources
  • Develop and deliver training on AI literacy, legal technology and related skills.
  • Develop and maintain resources to support digital literacy and effective use of legal tech tools.

Qualifications

Qualified solicitor

HR Contact 

If you would like further information on the role or require accommodations to make your application please contact Kaylee.Hunter@shepwedd.com.

Equal Opportunities 

At Shepherd and Wedderburn we strive to provide a supportive, inclusive and high performance working environment, where everyone feels they belong. Diversity and inclusion is at the heart of our business and we therefore welcome applicants from different backgrounds to all levels of the organisation. To foster inclusivity we particularly encourage applications from those who may be from underrepresented groups, including candidates from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBT+ people, people with disabilities or who are neurodivergent and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.

Data Protection

Shepherd and Wedderburn is committed to protecting the privacy and security of your personal information that we collect as a “controller”. The information provided by you will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Notice for Applicants. If you are successful in obtaining paid employment with us we will hold your information in accordance with our Privacy Notice and Data Retention Policy for Personnel, which will be provided to you at the relevant time.

Relevant information will be disclosed to the interview panel and Human Resources staff members. We may contact any referees provided for the purposes of discussing your application and will ask your permission before doing so.

If you provide any information deemed to be “special category” information under the General Data Protection Regulation, we may use this as follows:

• We will use any information provided in relation to reasonable adjustments to make appropriate arrangements for interview or other selection processes.
• We will use any information provided in our diversity monitoring form to ensure meaningful monitoring and reporting. Any analysis of this data will be done on an anonymous basis.

Should your application be unsuccessful, the information provided will be deleted on the basis of the timescales set out in our Privacy Notice for Applicants.

If you have any further questions about how we process and store your information, or your rights in relation to this, please refer to our Privacy Notice for Applicants.