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Job Title
Knowledge Solutions Paralegal (no agencies)
Location
London
Description
The Department
The Knowledge Services department consists of a research team and a
knowledge solutions team and, together with the Firm's 24 Knowledge
Lawyers (KLs), is responsible, for driving knowledge strategy across
the Firm. The role is in the Knowledge Solutions team which is
currently a team of four led by our Knowledge Solutions Senior Manager
and provides knowledge management and legal technology services to the
lawyers. As well as working with the KLs, the team works with the
Firm's Risk and Compliance, Technology and other operational teams.
The Role
The main purpose of this role is to assist with the provision of
knowledge management and legal tech services to the Firm and to
deliver against our knowledge initiatives. It would suit a tech savvy
candidate with a law degree or legal professional exam. This is an
exciting role in which you would develop your ability with legal
technology solutions in addition to legal and knowledge management
skills, a highly prized skill set in an industry being transformed by
legal technology. You would work on the organisation and updating of
knowledge resources across the Firm, including on the Firm's intranet
(Mishcon Knowledge), document automation and KM systems. As a member
of the Knowledge Solutions team, you would also work particularly
closely with our Knowledge Lawyers.
Duties and Responsibilities
Knowledge Management
Maintain intranet pages and liaise with the relevant content
managers over intranet content.
Create new pages for content managers, maintain navigational
links and security settings, and delete old pages.
Organise and tag content made available through the intranet,
particularly the Firm's precedents, checklists and other legal
resources used by the lawyers.
Help maintain, review and work with the Firm's taxonomies of
work types, legal topic and document types.
Assist KLs with maintaining, classifying and redacting know-how documents.
Help with the Firm's house style initiatives.
Legal Tech
Automate legal precedents and internal non-legal documents using
ContractExpress software.
Assist precedent owners with the regular maintenance of
automated documents.
Troubleshoot ContractExpress and document automation problems
for KLs and users.
Help test automations, once coded.
Assist with administration and governance across our portfolio
of systems, including but not limited to Cloud Forms, DocuSign,
Thirdfort, and Bundledocs.
Help organise, participate in and take feedback on pilots of
other legal technology.
General
Capture webpages and social media using PageVault.
Work with lawyers to obtain feedback on the provision of the
solutions provided by the team.
Maintain and create supporting documentation for our portfolio
of systems and procedures.
Assist with KM and legal tech related projects.
Work closely with Tech Academy on eLearning and training across
our portfolio of systems.
Skills/Experience
Excellent attention to detail.
Legal qualifications e.g. a law degree or legal professional exams.
Experience of knowledge management in a law firm or KM
systems/legal tech would be useful.
A keen interest in technology.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Proven organisational skills - ability to work accurately to tight
deadlines, and to prioritise between conflicting demands.
Ability to discuss technical concepts with KLs and other
(fee-earning) lawyers.
Excellent problem-solving skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Resilient and calm under pressure.
Proactive and takes initiative.
Please note that this job
profile is not an exhaustive list of duties but merely an outline
of the key components of the role. You may be required by your
line manager to take on additional responsibilities when requested.
About The Mishcon de Reya Group
The Mishcon
de Reya Group is an independent, international
professional services business with law at its heart, employing over
1450 people with over 650 lawyers. It includes the law firm Mishcon de
Reya LLP and a collection of leading consultancy businesses that
complement the firm's legal services.
Mishcon de Reya LLP is based in London, Oxford, Cambridge, Singapore
and Hong Kong (through its association with Karas So LLP).
The firm services an international community of clients and provides
advice in situations where the constraints of geography often do not
apply. Its work is cross-border, multi-jurisdictional and complex,
spanning six core practice areas: Corporate;
Dispute
Resolution; Employment;
Innovation;
Private;
and Real Estate.
The Mishcon
de Reya Group includes consultancy businesses MDR
Cyber, MDR
Discover, MDR
Mayfair (in London, Singapore and Dubai), MDR
One, MDRi and MDRx.
The Group also includes MDR Lab , which invests
in the most promising early stage legaltech companies as well as the
Mishcon Academy, its in-house place of learning and platform for
thought leadership.
Earlier this year, the Group announced its first strategic
acquisition in the alternative legal services market, flexible legal
resourcing business Flex Legal. It also acquired a majority stake in
Somos, a global group actions management business.
We strive to create a fully
diverse and inclusive workplace where all our people are empowered
to fulfil their potential. We are proud of our agile working culture
and are always happy to talk flexible working.