AI-Driven Legal Engineer & Attorney

Latham & Watkins; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare, life and disability insurance

Generous 401k plan

23 days PTO and 11 paid holidays

Professional development programs

Job summary

Latham & Watkins in Chicago seeks a Legal Engineering Attorney to design AI-native systems translating legal expertise into machine-executable outputs. This role involves re-engineering workflows for AI execution, authoring machine-readable schemas, and ensuring quality in legal outputs.

Ideal candidates have a J.D., three years of legal practice, and two years in roles focused on operationalizing legal expertise into AI systems. A strong salary package with comprehensive benefits is offered.

Qualifications

• Minimum three years of substantive legal practice experience.
• Minimum two years of experience as a Legal Engineer or comparable role.
• Hands-on experience with AI platforms and law-related workflows.

Responsibilities

• Re-engineering existing manual workflows for AI execution.
• Translating practice group materials into structured artifacts.
• Authoring schema specifications and JSON Schemas.

Skills

Fluency in prompts for large language models

Reading and writing structured data formats

Designing evaluation rubrics and conducting quality measurement

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Bachelor's degree in law, computer science, or related field

Tools

JSON

JSON Schema

YAML

Markdown

Job description

Latham & Watkins in Chicago seeks a Legal Engineering Attorney to design AI-native systems translating legal expertise into machine-executable outputs. This role involves re-engineering workflows for AI execution, authoring machine-readable schemas, and ensuring quality in legal outputs.

Ideal candidates have a J.D., three years of legal practice, and two years in roles focused on operationalizing legal expertise into AI systems. A strong salary package with comprehensive benefits is offered.