Hybrid OGC Counsel – Conflicts & Ethics

at Latham & Watkins

• Job title: OGC Counsel – Conflicts & Ethics
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: $170,000 - $200,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Professional Certificate
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Boston, United States

About the role

• OGC Counsel managing ethics conflicts and compliance issues in a global law firm. Reviewing guidelines and providing advisory support while ensuring adherence to legal ethics and professional responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing situation ‑ specific conflicts checks as needed
• Reviewing outside counsel guidelines, non ‑ standard engagement letters, and requests for proposal (RFPs) received from clients, and working with partners to prepare client responses that align with firm policies
• Advising attorneys and others regarding engagement letters, conflicts waivers, ethics walls, and firm policies
• Performing legal research and analysis on professional responsibility issues, as requested by the Deputy General Counsel, Senior Assistant General Counsel – Conflicts & Ethics, any of the Managing Counsel – Conflicts & Ethics, or Ethics Committee members
• Preparing and delivering training for attorneys and staff on topics relevant to conflicts, ethics, and professional responsibility
• Conducting audits of partners for compliance with laws, regulations, and firm policies while collaborating with other members of the OGC
• Providing administrative support and legal guidance for Ethics Committee and OGC projects and various types of data management, including maintenance of engagement letter and waiver templates, intranet websites and informational materials
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

Requirements

• A Juris Doctor (JD) or equivalent
• Admission to the relevant state bar with active status
• A minimum of three (3) years of relevant experience practicing law and/or working on an ethics conflicts team in a global law firm setting, preferably

Benefits

• 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