Departmental Assistant providing administrative and clerical support to legal counsel in Labour and Employment Law. Coordinating office activities and maintaining documents in a hybrid workspace.
About the role
- Senior Manager managing legal solutions and projects focused on legal AI tools at McCarthy Tétrault. Leading legal technology implementations and enhancing workflows in legal practice.
Responsibilities
- Managing legal solutions, priorities and projects in accordance with the Firm’s strategic direction.
- Executing the Firm’s strategy with respect to legal AI tools, including Generative AI tools.
- Identifying existing and emerging client and lawyer pain points and working with lawyers, clients, other functional groups at the Firm, MT>3, MT>Align, MT>Wren and other MT>Divisions to implement (or improve) legal processes and technology to solve these pain points.
- Participating in the evaluation, implementation and adoption of new tools.
- Providing post-implementation support and continuing change management advice for legal solutions.
- Working with the Firm’s Professional Journey Office to develop training materials such as enhanced legal workflows to promote knowledge and accelerate training for legal professionals at the Firm on legal technology and other legal optimization approaches.
- Expanding on the Firm’s use of its current legal technology platforms, including CoCounsel and other broad Generative AI platforms.
- Staying up-to-date on new legal technology and maintaining awareness of new developments and market trends.
- Building and maintaining relationships with key and emerging technology vendors.
- Collaborating with other teams (e.g., pricing, MT divisions) to develop holistic client solutions, focusing on the technology component and integrating other workflow or pricing changes as needed.
Requirements
- LL. B or J.D. required.
- Minimum 8 years of legal/business experience.
- At least 3 years of experience in legal practice.
- Relevant experience in a professional services or large corporate environment required.
- Experience managing others preferred.
- Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment and manage others.
- Excellent written and oral communication and presentation skills.
- Bilingualism (English and French) preferred.
- Strong legal industry acumen.
- Technologically savvy.
- Client service focused.
- Ability to demonstrate sound judgment.
- Ability to think strategically and perform well in dealing with ambiguity.
- Ability to identify and analyze complex issues and recommend and implement solutions.
- Proven critical thinker with strong problem-solving skills.
Benefits
- Outstanding benefits from day one, including insurance premiums paid by the Firm and wellness and technology reimbursements.
- Competitive compensation and generous time off, including a day off to volunteer and a day off for your birthday.
- A commitment to professional development and growth opportunities for our people at all levels, supported by a culture that fully embraces and encourages two-way feedback.
- Strong community involvement and a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.
- A collaborative, cohesive culture that connects lawyers and business teams through collective purpose.
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