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Central Knowledge Management Lawyer, Transactions — Chicago

  • LocationChicago, Illinois
  • Work typeOn-site
  • Experience4 PQE
  • Compensation$250k–$275k
  • PracticeCorporate

An Am Law 20 firm

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A central knowledge-management lawyer role supporting the firm’s transactional global practice groups and practice-area teams. You will lead KM strategy for multiple transactional groups, create and maintain precedent libraries and templates, improve collaboration-site design and searchability, and drive firm-wide KM best practices to increase efficiency and consistency across transactional work.

The role combines strategy, process design and hands-on content work: coordinating with KM partners and practice leaders to track KM goals, automating standard documents, developing workflow and legal project-management improvements, producing training and thought leadership, and evaluating KM technologies to streamline research and document creation.

  • Juris Doctor (ABA-accredited law school)
  • Approximately 4 years’ transactional experience in a large law firm environment
  • Admission to practice in Illinois, in good standing
  • Experience with KM systems and collaboration platforms; prior experience with Foundation or similar tools preferred
  • Strong organizational, communication, analytical and project-management skills; ability to manage multiple priorities and preserve confidentiality

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