Knowledge Lawyer or Senior Knowledge Lawyer - London, United Kingdom - Clyde & Co

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    The Role

    Core Knowledge Duties:

  • Build greater cross practice area connections between other knowledge lawyers in the UK and other knowledge lawyers with the same role, or in the Group, globally
  • Work with the Head of Knowledge, Head of Insurance Sector Research & Development and Senior PFD Research & Development Lawyer to develop the Group's knowledge and innovation content plans and towards the achievement of the plans' objectives
  • Strategically manage knowledge work products to maximise their use, including ensuring appropriate use internally and externally, and maintaining key knowledge projects to ensure they are up to date
  • Manage the knowledge lawyers and paralegals within the Group to deliver the Group's knowledge strategy, including supervision, ongoing training and associated career development support
  • Monitor legal developments, legal trends and regulatory changes, analyse key impacts, and communicate this to the Group, incorporate these changes into other knowledge work products in the Group and more widely (including the creation of market facing content, and precedent/practice guidance amendments)
  • Promote the contribution of know-how, and instigate processes to maximise contributions (including attendance at Group meetings, regular Group reminders, end of matter de-briefs etc), and managing the administration of contributions to the Group's know-how collection
  • Deal and manage the approach to dealing with ad hoc queries from fee-earners in the Group as part of a wider team
  • Training:

  • Support the Group's training in the UK and globally by providing driving the curriculum content and learning plans for the fee-earners in the Group
  • Develop training and presentation materials (including e-learning modules) and deliver training
  • Liaise with the Head of Legal Development and others in connection with the Group's on-going training needs
  • Support the Group's external client training by developing training and presentation materials and delivering modules as required, in particular identifying opportunities to recycle internal training materials to offer clients "added value" services
  • Legal Delivery Deliverables:

  • Assess and develop best practice guidelines to support the different stages of the Group's work, in conjunction with the Group partners,
  • Identify innovative approaches to the improvement of service delivery in both technology and process
  • Contribute to and assist with the scoping and administration of pilots to test innovation within the Group
  • Essential Skills & Experience

  • Strong academic credentials
  • Admitted in England and Wales
  • Minimum 5 years post qualification experience as a practicing lawyer or knowledge lawyer, with direct involvement in insurance coverage advice.