Knowledge Strategy Lawyer

2 days ago

New York, New York, United States Skadden Full time
About the Role

Skadden is seeking a Knowledge Strategy Lawyer to join our team. As a Knowledge Strategy Lawyer, you will play a key role in supporting the development of strategic knowledge management initiatives for assigned transactional practice groups, including Banking and Corporate.

Key Responsibilities
  • Assess the knowledge needs of assigned practice groups and develop plans to meet those needs aligned with business goals.
  • Partner with the Knowledge Management group, Innovation & Emerging Technologies group, Research & Knowledge Services, and other relevant parties to gather attorney feedback, assess attorney workflow, identify knowledge management and practice solutions needs, and implement appropriate solutions and best practices.
  • Draft, maintain, update, and organize model forms, practice notes, checklists, best practices, and how-to guides, market data points, and other substantive content for the practice group as needed and facilitate approval and continuously keep them up to date.
  • Work independently and with the practice group attorneys to select, collect, and organize valuable reference materials on the practices' internal sites and databases.
  • Verify data accuracy within KM systems and ensure consistent application and compliance of KM taxonomies. Monitor compliance of data collection workflows, including regular evaluation of effectiveness of data collection processes.
  • Develop and maintain designated practice sites and other know-how repositories, curating content and ensuring they are aligned with the needs of the practices and continuously kept up to date.
  • Meet regularly with attorneys who have expertise relevant to the practices, and facilitate sharing of quality know-how and expertise.
  • Research, monitor, and inform the practice groups of legal and market developments and trends in practice.
  • Assist with client and Firmwide mailings.
  • Prepare regular current awareness newsletters for the practice groups.
  • Work with attorneys to look for opportunities to leverage existing and emerging technologies to address identified attorney needs; develop workflows leveraging practice group resources and technologies to promote efficiency in practice.
  • Work with the KM group, the Innovation and Emerging Technology group, and other technology groups to coordinate pilots and proof of concept programs, including evaluating new and innovative products and services based on practice group's needs.
  • Alongside the KM group and other technology groups, manage and implement legal technology, including AI-driven contract analysis tools, collaboration tools, automation tools, and transaction management tools.
  • Assist internal and external developers with the development of new practice tools and reengineering processes for greater efficiencies.
  • Advises the Knowledge Management Partner(s) and other attorneys in practice groups on improved processes and new technologies.
  • Institute workflows and processes to improve the utilization of practice content and innovation tools.
  • Work with practice members, Business Development and Marketing groups to identify opportunities to develop business.
  • Participate in client pitches and business development activities as required.
  • Work with practice group attorneys and Firm's training groups to create and deliver regular training programs that meet training needs of practices, including developing and delivering training, materials, workshop sessions, seminars, and various CLE programs targeted towards associates.
  • Train attorneys and promote use of department's KM resources.
  • Mentors associates by providing them best practices and responds to queries from attorneys to identify know-how and how to access and use KM resources.
  • Establish relationships with attorneys to promote awareness of, and solicits participation in KM initiatives.
  • Solicit feedback from KM partners and attorneys to prioritize knowledge management and practice innovation needs. Collaborate with attorneys to create and maintain appropriate knowledge management and practice resources.
  • Participate in regular KM group meetings and practice group meetings and works with other KSL to share best practices and ideas and identify projects that would benefit from a multi-group collaboration, and ensuring consistent messaging about Firmwide KM efforts and projects.
  • Work with the KM group and practice group to identify key metrics that will be used to measure the group's engagement with, and adoption of, core KM resources. Provide regular reporting to practice group leadership and KM group.
  • Liaises with users of KM resources to gather feedback on KM resources.
  • Provides other knowledge or related support to the practice groups, and completes special projects as needed to meet Firm goals or objectives.

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