Legal Engineer

Jameson Legal Tech; Greater London; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jameson Legal Tech is seeking a proactive legal engineer on a permanent, full-time basis. The role targets a qualified lawyer with 4+ years PQE to bridge the innovation and practice teams and maximise value from new legal tech and AI tools.

You will design AI-enabled workflows, support firm-wide technology adoption, and govern responsible AI while collaborating with partners, knowledge lawyers and litigations/transactions experts to deliver practical legal tech solutions.

Qualifications

• 4+ years PQE as a lawyer.
• Strong experience in disputes or transactions.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and management skills.
• Proven ability to identify and implement improvements into practice.
• Passion for innovation and driving engagement and adoption.

Responsibilities

• Designing and building AI-enabled workflows.
• Work closely with the wider innovation team, contributing to firm-wide technology adoptions.
• Acting as SME on using AI to solve legal problems, including matter management, knowledge retrieval and contract review.
• Supporting lawyers in adopting the right tools for the right tasks.
• Organising and leading regular sessions to keep staff updated on emerging legal technology and AI tools.
• Working closely with partners and knowledge lawyers to gain an understanding of how matters are run.
• Identifying areas where legal AI and technology could add value.
• Managing the innovation and AI roadmap and responsible AI governance
• Representing the firm at events.
• Diagnosing pain points in legal workflows and identify practical solutions.
• Leading the delivery of AI and innovation initiatives.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Collaboration

Innovation mindset

Legal expertise

Education

Qualified lawyer (PQE 4+ years)

Job description

A leading law firm is looking to hire a proactive and driven legal engineer for a permanent, full-time position. This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified lawyer (PQE 4 years +) to work between the innovation and practice teams, helping lawyers to get the best out of new legal technology and innovation tools.

Main Responsibilities

• Designing and building AI-enabled workflows.
• Working closely with the wider innovation team, contributing to firm-wide technology adoptions.
• Acting as SME on using AI to solve legal problems, including matter management, knowledge retrieval and contract review.
• Supporting lawyers in adopting the right tools for the right tasks.
• Organising and leading regular sessions to keep staff updated on emerging legal technology and AI tools.
• Working closely with partners and knowledge lawyers to gain an understanding of how matters are run.
• Identifying areas where legal AI and technology could add value.
• Managing the innovation and AI roadmap and responsible AI governance
• Representing the firm at events.
• Diagnosing pain points in legal workflows and identify practical solutions.
• Leading the delivery of AI and innovation initiatives.

Main experience and skills required:

• 4 Years PQE.
• Strong experience in Disputes or Transactions.
• Strong stakeholder engagement and management skills.
• Experience of identifying and effectively implementing improvements into practice
• A passion for innovation and experience of driving engagement and adoption.

To be successful in this role it is essential that you are highly collaborative with strong interpersonal skills.