Knowledge Transformation Attorney

Careers; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 220,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare and disability insurance

Generous 401k plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Well-being programs

Professional development programs

Job summary

Latham & Watkins is seeking a Knowledge Transformation Attorney to enhance the firm's legal knowledge for AI applications. This role focuses on structuring precedents and optimizing knowledge resources for improved productivity.

Located in Boston or other offices, the position offers a hybrid schedule, generous benefits, and a competitive salary of $220,000 to $250,000 per year.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in legal practice, knowledge management, or legal technology.
• Experience with legal precedents, templates, or playbooks preferred.
• Familiarity with concepts such as semantic search and knowledge graphs.

Responsibilities

• Execute knowledge transformation strategy by optimizing legal knowledge resources.
• Integrate knowledge assets into AI-powered workflows for legal documentation.
• Stay current with advances in legal AI applications and knowledge capture.

Skills

Knowledge management

Transactional legal practice

AI systems familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree in law, library science, information science, or related field

Juris Doctor (JD)

Job description

About the Role

The Knowledge Transformation Attorney is an integral part of Latham’s Technology & Information Services team. This role will be responsible for identifying, curating, structuring, and optimizing the firm’s transactional precedents, playbooks, and accumulated practice expertise for use in AI‑powered systems, while curating and transforming the firm’s institutional legal knowledge into AI‑ready assets, working under the direction of the Associate Director of Artificial Intelligence – Knowledge Transformation and applying AI tools to enhance productivity and quality of output. This role will be located in either our New York, Boston, Washington D.C., Los Angeles, or Bay Area offices. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in‑office presence.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Other key responsibilities include:

• Executing the firm’s knowledge transformation strategy by converting transactional precedents, contract templates, and practice playbooks into structured, AI‑optimised knowledge resources in accordance with established roadmaps and priorities
• Building and maintaining structured knowledge repositories, including clause libraries, negotiation playbooks, market terms databases, brief banks, motion templates, litigation strategy guides, and practice‑specific guidance materials optimised for utilisation as AI context
• Working closely with Innovation Attorneys, Knowledge Management Lawyers, Legal Engineering teams, AI Services Attorneys, and technology colleagues to integrate knowledge assets into AI‑powered workflows for document drafting, due diligence, contract analysis, deal execution, legal research, brief drafting, and case strategy development
• Engaging with Innovation Attorneys, practice group lawyers, and stakeholders to identify high‑value precedents, capture evolving market practice, and ensure knowledge assets are aligned with real‑world practice needs and attorney expectations
• Staying current with advances in knowledge graphs, semantic search, retrieval‑augmented generation, agentic AI, and legal AI applications, identifying opportunities for enhanced knowledge capture and optimisation
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Possess working knowledge of knowledge management, taxonomy development, and information architecture, with the ability to structure complex legal content for effective AI consumption and retrieval
• Demonstrate a strong understanding of transactional legal practice, including M&A, finance, and capital markets workflows, with the ability to identify and curate high‑value precedents and practice knowledge
• Exhibit technical aptitude with AI systems and familiarity with concepts such as retrieval‑augmented generation, semantic search, knowledge graphs, vector databases, agentic AI systems, and context window optimisation

And have:

• A bachelor’s degree in a related field, preferably in law, library science, information science, computer science, or a related field
• A Juris Doctor (JD)
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in legal practice, knowledge management, or legal technology
• Experience with legal precedents, templates, or playbooks, preferably
• Experience in transactional legal practice, preferably, with litigation experience also valued

Benefits & Additional Information

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well‑being programs (e.g., mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well‑being events, and more)
• Professional development programs
• Employee discounts
• Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff

Pay Range

USD $220,000.00 - USD $250,000.00 /Yr.

Equal Opportunity

Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era), gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute.

It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability. An employer that violates this law may be subject to fines and/or a private right of action for $500 in statutory damages “for each such violation,” among other things.