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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:\nResponsibilities:\nSupport and provide attorney-level input on targeted legal technology adoption initiatives impacting the firm’s practice groups\nDesign and prepare meaningful playbooks to help practice groups understand and implement best practices around the use of innovation technologies and processes \nOrganize presentations, status reports, and executive briefings\nCollaborate 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\nCollaborative closely with other innovation teams to develop objectives, success metrics, and timelines related to legal technology adoption initiatives in the practice groups\nCollaborate 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\nWork with other innovation teams to drive legal technology pilots, deployments, proofs of concept, experiments, and continuous improvements within the firm’s practice groups\nWork closely with the change management team to help them develop effective communication campaigns for practice groups and develop meaningful change measurement processes\nDevelop and maintain practice group-specific resources, and work with Practice Engineering and other firm departments to automate and/or scale such efforts\nAdditional responsibilities based on evolving needs of the firm\nSkills and experience:\nRequired:\nAfter orientation at Cooley LLP, exhibit proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage and other firm applications\nAbility to work extended and/or weekend hours, as required\nAbility to travel, as required\n4+ years direct applicable experience (e.g., legal practice experience, hands-on experience with legal technology use and adoption efforts)\nActive 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\nJuris Doctor(ate) or non-US equivalent\nExperience in supporting and driving cross-functional projects involving legal technology teams, knowledge management teams, technology teams and practice group leadership\nUnderstanding of large law firm financial and work allocation processes\nPreferred:\nKnowledge and experience with distributed systems and organizations\nExperience with core large law technologies such as iManage or NetDocs, Elite 3E, Intapp products, Litera products, Thomson Reuters and Lexis products\nExperience with generative AI solutions used in legal practice\nStrong effective presentation experience and skills to varied audiences\nExperience with alternative legal service/managed service providers and models. (example: document review teams)\nExperience with technology usage data and metrics\nAbility to leverage data for insights and storytelling\nCompetencies:\nExcellent written and oral communication\nAbility to perform effective analysis to determine the root cause of legal service delivery problems and suggest solutions for the best outcomes for the firm \nAbility to process complex information with high levels of accuracy\nAbility to build, develop and grow business relationships in support of large-scale initiatives and programs\nExcellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts to legal professionals and senior executives\nAbility to influence and collaborate with multiple stakeholders across various departments (legal, IS, etc.)\nAbility to work effectively in a highly matrixed team environment\nAbility to focus on detail without losing sight of bigger picture\nCooley offers a competitive compensation and excellent benefits package and is committed to fair and equitable employment practices.\nEOE.\nThe expected annual pay range for this position with a full-time schedule is $225,000 - $285,000. Please note that final offer amount will be dependent on geographic location, applicable experience and skillset of the candidate.\nWe offer a full range of elective benefits including medical, health savings account (with applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and/or dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and/or adults and other parental support benefits. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short term medical benefits as well as four weeks of vacation, two weeks of sick and 10 paid holidays each year. We provide generous parental leave and fertility benefits. 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