Attorney Training & Professional Development Lead

Latham & Watkins LLP; New York; Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k

Holidays and PTO

Well-being programs

Professional development

Employee discounts

Affinity groups

Job summary

Latham & Watkins LLP seeks a Professional Development Manager – Attorney Training to design and lead comprehensive lawyer training programs across the firm, partnering with senior leaders to align curricula with practice goals. Located in New York, Washington DC, Chicago, or Los Angeles with a hybrid in-office schedule.

The role provides strategic advisory support to senior leadership including GDCs, PGCs, and PGMTs, and oversees litigation-related training such as deposition, e-Discovery, and

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• A J.D. from an accredited law school.
• Experience as an associate in a relevant department in a large law firm, preferably.
• A minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience in a legal or professional services environment.
• A minimum of seven (7) years of cumulative experience.

Responsibilities

• Driving the design, development, and implementation of training curricula in collaboration with the Training and Career Enhancement (TACE) Committee, ensuring consistency, quality, and integration across practice groups and platforms.
• Furthering the progress of the TACE Committee, including preparing meeting agendas and retreats, tracking and implementing action items and new initiatives; drafting a wide variety of training related communications for both internal and external audiences, including a variety of Latham news articles.
• Conducting research and staying abreast of the latest developments in training, ensuring continuing enhancements through benchmarking with law firm peers and evaluating ways in which existing programs can be improved; overseeing the firm’s relevant accreditation and compliance processes for the training programs of the relevant lawyer departments or practice groups.
• Acting as a strategic project and program manager for major training initiatives and special projects, working closely with other key stakeholders and colleagues across the firm to ensure training effectiveness; developing relationships with external subject matter experts, consultants, and speakers.
• Contributing to performance evaluations, working with Human Capital & Talent to recruit, hire, train, coach, and manage the performance of employees.
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Initiative

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

J.D. from an accredited law school

Job description

Latham & Watkins LLP seeks a Professional Development Manager – Attorney Training to design and lead comprehensive lawyer training programs across the firm, partnering with senior leaders to align curricula with practice goals. Located in New York, Washington DC, Chicago, or Los Angeles with a hybrid in-office schedule.

The role provides strategic advisory support to senior leadership including GDCs, PGCs, and PGMTs, and oversees litigation-related training such as deposition, e-Discovery, and