Knowledge & Innovation Lawyer (UK Litigation)

Join Goodwin’s Global Operations Team, and make a real impact on a global scale. At Goodwin, we work with some of the world’s most successful and innovative investors, entrepreneurs and disruptors in the life sciences, private equity, real estate, technology and financial industries, and where they converge. As part of the Global Operations Team – all business professionals at the firm – you’ll collaborate with colleagues from varied backgrounds and experiences, fostering an environment where cross-functional learning, networking, and collaboration are at the core of what we do.

Here, we’re not just supporting a law firm; we’re partnering with attorneys and clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions in high-stakes litigation and dispute resolution, world-class regulatory compliance and advisory services, and complex transactions. Our commitment to integrity, ingenuity, agility, and ambition drives us, and we’re proud to have been recognised as the “Best Business Team” by The American Lawyer. This is your opportunity to grow professionally in a dynamic, global environment, surrounded by forward-thinking peers.

The Knowledge & Innovation Lawyer (K&I Lawyer) is a subject matter legal expert within their designated legal practice area(s), primarily responsible for creating and maintaining substantive legal know-how for such practice area(s); this includes model forms and precedents, AI prompts and best practices, checklists, and other substantive knowledge resources. This role may also include evaluating and supporting the use of litigation‐focused Generative AI tools, including assessing use cases, gathering lawyer feedback, developing workflows and prompts, and contributing to pilot programs, particularly in support of UK and Europe‐based litigation teams.

The K&I Lawyer will also be responsible for monitoring developments in the law, preparing internal and external alerts, updating relevant knowledge sharing platforms, participating in and developing curriculum for attorney training programs, coordinating litigation experience information, responding to internal requests for information in relevant legal subject areas, and promoting firm best practices and technologies to increase efficiency and improve the delivery of legal services. The K&I Lawyer is an integral member of the Knowledge & Innovation team, who works closely with designated practice area leadership to advance knowledge management, litigation GenAI tool adoption, and client service driven initiatives.

• Drafting, updating and managing forms, models, precedents, checklists, and other substantive content in designated subject areas to ensure such content is up-to-date and reflects market practice.
• Supporting the evaluation, pilot testing, and responsible use of litigation‐focused Generative AI tools by working with attorneys to identify use cases, gather and synthesize user feedback, contribute to tool assessments, develop workflows and prompts, and develop associated guidance and training materials, including in support of UK and Europe‐based litigation teams.
• Monitoring and proactively alerting legal practice area(s) on developments in legal subject areas and supporting the preparation of external client alerts on such developments.
• Updating internal knowledge sharing platforms in designated legal subject areas, such as the firm’s Knowledge Tree and the applicable legal practice area folders, to ensure know-how is readily accessible.
• Responding to internal requests for information relating to relevant legal subject areas.
• Supporting the development of practice-specific solutions to increase efficiency, enable legal project management and improve legal service delivery; such as, developing document assembly packages, workflows, or other solutions, expert systems or client-facing applications, and serving as a legal workflow expert to support such development.
• Monitoring, recommending and assisting with the evaluation of new technologies that promote efficiency, legal project management and legal service delivery within relevant legal subject area(s); and participating in the implementation, roll-out and adoption phases of such new technology offerings.
• Promoting firm best practices and procedures; including advising and training attorneys and legal staff on effective use of knowledge management platforms, litigation analytics, and technology within relevant legal subject area(s).
• Collaborating with Business Unit leadership and Professional Development & Training to develop curriculum for, and participate in, training initiatives, including legal practice area meetings, client workshops, and other firm educational training programs.
• Supporting Marketing and Business Development in responding to client RFPs and other client-related pitch activities. Serving as legal subject matter expert for the firm’s experience management processes for designated legal practice area(s); including interpreting case information, consulting on matter coding and promoting litigation data collection efforts.

• Other duties as assigned.

• Juris Doctor from an ABA-accredited law school (U.S.); or Masters in Law (in relevant legal practice area) (France); or legal practice degree and admission to practice as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales (England); or equivalent law degree for applicable jurisdiction.
• 7+ years of practice in a large law firm or in-house legal department within the designated legal practice area(s).
• Prior experience as a knowledge management lawyer or professional support lawyer preferred.
• Ability to develop subject area know-how, including forms, precedents, client alerts and the like.
• Ability to track legislative, regulatory and case law developments in area of subject matter expertise and to translate those developments into client alerts, internal notices and other work product. Knowledge of technologies, research tools and other practice-related products in subject matter area.
• Technical aptitude for learning new applications, systems and procedures to enhance the delivery of legal services.
• Demonstrated familiarity with Generative AI tools used in legal practice, particularly litigation‐focused applications, including the ability to evaluate use cases, understand limitations and risks, and contribute to ethical and responsible GenAI use in the practice of law.
• Ability to work quickly, prioritise work product and meet deadlines and manage a complex workload in a fast-paced environment. Ability to take initiative and work independently as well as to work in a team.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and oral communication skills. Strong presentation skills.