AI-Driven Knowledge Transformation Attorney

Latham & Watkins; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k plan

11 holidays + PTO 23 days first year

Well-being programs

Professional development

Employee discounts

Affinity groups

Job summary

Latham & Watkins seeks a Knowledge Transformation Attorney to curate and optimize the firm's transactional precedents, playbooks, and practice knowledge for AI-powered systems. You will transform institutional legal knowledge into AI-ready assets under the Associate Director of Artificial Intelligence – Knowledge Transformation.

Location options include New York, Boston, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, or the Bay Area, with a hybrid to in-office presence.

Qualifications

• Knowledge management, taxonomy development, and information architecture to structure complex legal content for AI consumption.
• Strong understanding of transactional legal practice, including M&A, finance, and capital markets workflows.
• Familiarity with AI systems concepts: retrieval-augmented generation, semantic search, knowledge graphs, vector databases, and agentic AI.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field; JD required; 5+ years in legal practice, knowledge management, or legal tech.

Responsibilities

• Transform precedents, templates, and playbooks into AI-ready knowledge resources following roadmaps and priorities.
• Build and maintain structured knowledge repositories (clause libraries, negotiation playbooks, market terms databases, brief banks).
• Collaborate with Innovation Attorneys, Knowledge Management Lawyers, and AI teams to integrate knowledge into AI-driven workflows for drafting, due diligence, contract analysis, and research.
• Identify high-value precedents and evolving market practice; align assets with real-world attorney needs.
• Stay current with knowledge graphs, semantic search, retrieval-augmented generation, and agentic AI for knowledge capture and optimization.
• Protect and maintain highly sensitive, confidential information.

Skills

Knowledge management

Information architecture

Transactional law

AI systems familiarity

Retrieval-augmented generation

Knowledge graphs

Vector databases

Context window optimization

M&A workflows

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

Latham & Watkins seeks a Knowledge Transformation Attorney to curate and optimize the firm's transactional precedents, playbooks, and practice knowledge for AI-powered systems. You will transform institutional legal knowledge into AI-ready assets under the Associate Director of Artificial Intelligence – Knowledge Transformation.

Location options include New York, Boston, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, or the Bay Area, with a hybrid to in-office presence.