Knowledge Management Attorney — Litigation & Labor Innovator

Vedder Price; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Bonus Program

Retirement Planning

Health and Wellness

Paid Time Off

Professional Development

Employee Recognition

Work-Life Balance

Additional Perks

Job summary

Vedder Price P.C. in Chicago seeks a Knowledge Management Attorney to identify, create, and implement data-driven KM solutions across Litigation and Labor & Employment.

The role partners with IT, BI, and training to drive adoption of KM tools and to curate precedent and templates for high-value matters. The successful candidate will have a JD with at least five years in Lit/Labor practice, strong drafting and project management skills, and a passion for knowledge sharing and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor required.
• Minimum of five years' experience practicing law in the Litigation Practice Area, preferably in a law firm setting.
• Excellent organizational, planning, project management, and technical skills.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet strict deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain content for Firm and client use, including checklists, model documents, forms, drafting guidance, practice area resource material, templates, precedent, etc.
• Optimize document management system organization and encourage use with standardized naming conventions, using metadata fields, defining best practices, and enhancing precedent collections to improve attorney access to high-value work product.
• Partner with IT, Business Intelligence, Information Governance, and Training to promote the use of knowledge management resources and legal AI tools.
• Evaluate whether particular technologies will improve the Firm and Practice Area's efficiency and effectiveness of legal services. Support validation of legal tech solutions for quality assurance purposes.
• Keep abreast of emerging technologies including AI developments, potential benefits and restrictions, and adoption trends in both legal and non-legal industries.
• Facilitate knowledge-sharing initiatives and solutions within the Litigation and Labor & Employment Practice Areas.
• Develop workflows leveraging Practice Area resources and technologies to promote efficiency in common matter types.
• Provide guidance to building ongoing training on knowledge management tools, resources, and best practices.
• Evaluate new and innovative knowledge management and research tools and resources based on Practice Area needs; participate in technology pilots and assessments.
• Curate knowledge management reports to facilitate insights and inquiries into Practice Area and deal metrics.

Skills

Legal drafting

Attention to detail

Knowledge management

Data-driven

Project management

Team collaboration

Legal market trends

Education

Juris Doctor

Tools

iManage

Copilot

Legal AI tools

Job description

Vedder Price P.C. in Chicago seeks a Knowledge Management Attorney to identify, create, and implement data-driven KM solutions across Litigation and Labor & Employment.

The role partners with IT, BI, and training to drive adoption of KM tools and to curate precedent and templates for high-value matters. The successful candidate will have a JD with at least five years in Lit/Labor practice, strong drafting and project management skills, and a passion for knowledge sharing and efficiency.