Job Description

What is Practice Innovation?
The Practice Innovation Pillar sits within the Innovation & Legal Technology team, part of AG's Innovation Group. The Practice Innovation Pillar supports the AG2030 strategy of delivering the Right Innovation to the lawyers within our Practice Groups, helping them adopt innovative tools and solutions that enhance legal service delivery.This includes ensuring that our lawyers:

• understand what legal technology tools are available and how to use them effectively on matters
• feel confident embracing new ways of working that improve productivity, reduce inefficiencies, and enhance client outcomes.

Our approach combines engagement, education, and hands-on implementation. We collaborate with lawyers to identify pain points, scope opportunities for improvement, and embed technology and process innovations into their everyday work.Our work includes:

• Running training sessions to boost legal tech adoption.
• Providing hands-on support in embedding innovation into legal processes.
• Managing and delivering on process improvement initiatives that eliminate inefficiencies.
• Tracking and reporting on adoption, impact, and ROI of legal tech tool use and innovation initiatives.

Disputes Group
The Disputes Group is an established litigation practice, including both practitioners with a broad commercial litigation background and highly specialised experts in key practice areas. It advises in relation to domestic, international and cross-border litigation, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution, regulatory investigations and risk management. It represents clients in public law matters, including proceedings for judicial review. The key areas of strength include Fraud, Commercial Disputes, Global Investigations, Finance Disputes, Employment, Competition Disputes, International Arbitration, Litigation Finance and Tech Disputes.The Role:
We are seeking a dynamic and creative professional to drive innovation and engagement initiatives for the Disputes Group (Group). The successful candidate will possess a strong understanding of the types of work carried out by the teams within the Group, allowing them to identify key opportunities for improvements through innovative solutions and legal technology tools. This role is integral to bridging the gap between practicing lawyers and the Innovation & Legal Technology team (ILT Team) and wider Innovation Group.The Practice Innovation Lead will join the Practice Innovation Pillar, a sub-team within our ILT Team. The role is based in Leeds or Manchester, with travel to the other UK offices as required.Key Responsibilities:
1. Engagement & Relationship Building

• Serve as one of the key contacts for the Group within the ILT Team, actively engaging with lawyers to understand their needs, pain points, and opportunities for improving legal work delivery.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with lawyers across the Group to foster open communication and facilitate the effective implementation of legal technology solutions or new ways of working.
• Develop and deliver an engagement plan tailored to the Group, including briefings, working groups and regular touchpoints with key stakeholders.
• Represent the ILT Team in Group meetings and provide updates on innovation and legal technology initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with Group leaders to align ILT initiatives with the strategic goals of the Group, anticipating future ways of working.

2. Innovation & Legal Technology Implementation

• Act as a subject matter expert on existing and emerging legal technology tools, identifying relevant tools that enhance productivity and provide measurable value for the Group.
• Support the onboarding and roll-out of new legal technology tools in the Group, ensuring alignment with the needs of the Group.
• Support the integration of new legal technology solutions in the Group to ensure seamless adoption and effective use.

3. Training, Adoption & Change Management

• Develop and deliver impactful training sessions tailored to the needs of lawyers in the Group, ensuring comprehensive understanding and usage of available legal technology tools.
• Implement change management strategies to encourage and sustain the adoption of new tools and workflows, addressing potential barriers and providing support as needed.
• Monitor and report on adoption rates, usage patterns, and overall effectiveness of implemented solutions, providing feedback and ROI analysis to the ILT Team and relevant practice group stakeholders.

4. Data & Reporting

• Monitor the usage, adoption, and impact of legal technology tools within the Group, using data and feedback to measure success.
• Provide regular updates and ROI analysis to the ILT Team and Group on tool usage and efficiency improvements, generating insights to guide future decisions on legal technology investments and engagement.

5. Cross-pillar Collaboration

• Work collaboratively with other members of the ILT team and wider Innovation Group, sharing insights and best practices.
• Contribute to the team's overall objectives and strategic priorities, identifying opportunities for cross-pillar collaboration.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Ideally 5+ years' experience in the type of work carried out by the Group or a related practice area.
• Strong understanding of legal processes and workflows within the specific practice area.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships, influence stakeholders, and convey complex information in an accessible way.
• Problem-solving ability with a proactive approach to identifying and implementing solutions or new ways of working.

Preferred Experience:

• Proficiency in legal technology tools and a passion for innovation in the legal sector.
• Change or project management expertise with experience driving engagement, adoption, and effective utilisation of technology solutions within a professional environment.
• Previous experience in legal innovation or working with technology in law.

Addleshaw Goddard