Legal Technologist

Location/s Birmingham, Exeter, London, Manchester Term Permanent Working Hours Full Time Practice Area / Department Business Support - Innovation and Legal Technology Trowers & Hamlins is a City-led, international and national law firm with over 160 partners and 950 staff. With offices across the UK, Middle East and Asia, we provide a full-service integrated offering. Our clients operate in diverse industry sectors such as construction, transport and infrastructure, banking and financial services, distribution and logistics, education and health, hotels and leisure, defence, engineering and surveying, charities, retail and energy and natural resources. We also act for many high net worth individuals. We are different and we believe it is our people that make us unique. We expect and respect that you and your talents are too. The truth is we don't prescribe who you are or how you ought to be. It's what you can do that interests us most. While the work on offer is rewarding and often complex, the qualities we look for are simple. The ability to get on with people from all walks of life, for example. To talk and to listen. To develop the sorts of relationships that mean you win the friendship and loyalty of clients and colleagues alike. In short, to connect. These are the characteristics our people all have in common. They are vital, as is the drive and imagination to use your unique talents to the full. We will help you in this. In fact, we will support you in every way we can. Job Advert Description **Role** We are looking for a Legal Technologist to support our Litigation practice within our growing Innovation and Technology Team. This is an exciting opportunity to be at the heart of Innovation at Trowers, assisting our Head of Innovation and Technology in developing client solutions and driving the adoption of legal technology within Litigation, to improve our delivery of services to clients. As a Legal Technologist within the team, you will be responsible for supporting the delivery of client solutions and projects to clients across our business, with a focus on Litigation. **Key responsibilities and challenges** - Leading and coordinating innovation projects including assistance in the end to end planning, development, delivery and continuous improvement of value adding creative client solutions. - Evaluation of Litigation specific technology and liaising with our Innovation forum and departmental PSLs on suggestions for use cases and adoption. - Ability to identify the most effective combinations of people, process and technology. Where required, the role will include the coordination and management of third party or other internal technology development experts. - Record keeping of product development - Configuration of Client Portals, including working on effective user experience and tailoring sites to clients’ needs for example with data visualisation. - Researching and providing insights on legal technology tools and trends, together with advising on opportunities to leverage developments for the benefit of the firm and our clients - Driving a culture of innovation and continuous improvement through the championing of existing solutions, to help drive behavioural change and maximise the transformative impact of new products and services. - Building strong relationships with our lawyers and supporting them with coaching on legal technology and new ways of working. - Collaboration with our lawyers and other key stakeholders to identify opportunities to improve existing processes and to ensure that solutions are developed in line with client expectations, practice group objectives, the firm’s strategic goals; taking into account developments in the legal tech market. - Delivering presentations, demonstrations and training on existing products and market intelligence on technology tools to our lawyers and clients. - Drafting and designing marketing materials - Promoting the firm by participating in external legal events such as hackathons and attendance at conferences and events. The list of duties and responsibilities above is not exhaustive. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required. **Characteristics, skills & experience required** - Self-motivated with strong organisational, effective time management and project management skills - A positive, enthusiastic, conscientious and proactive approach - Comfortable working under pressure and ability to work to tight timescales with a sense of urgency, consistently demonstrating a flexible, proactive "can-do" attitude - Ability to effectively prioritise conflicting demands and deliver simultaneous projects. - Strong communication skills both written and oral, including experience of stakeholder engagement at all levels. - Demonstrate confidence and knowledgeability when dealing with different si