Knowledge & Innovation Paralegal

Knowledge & Innovation Paralegal (Corporate & Finance)

At BCLP, we've built our firm on the foundations of thinking differently. Curious, inquisitive and unbound by tradition, we're building change within our sector and beyond.

This role offers a unique opportunity to work closely with experienced Knowledge Lawyers, whilst supporting the implementation and development of legal technology solutions and enhancing the firm's knowledge capabilities.

Position overview
• The Global Knowledge Group captures, organizes, disseminates and leverages BCLP's knowledge.
• It comprises a Central Knowledge & AI Enablement team, a Knowledge & Innovation Lawyer team embedded in practice groups, and a Research, Information and Intelligence team.
• This role operates across the CFT Department, supporting a wide range of legal areas such as M&A, corporate finance, commercial lending, and more.

Responsibilities

• Embed the use of AI and technology within CFT work.
• Maintain and create templates, practice notes, intranet pages and other guidance, updating knowledge content to reflect legal, procedural and market changes.
• Prepare and manage the approval process for internal and external newsletters, blogs and guides, including summarizing legal developments.
• Run and organize internal CFT technical and trainee training programmes and know how sessions.
• Undertake legal research and assist with a range of other ongoing knowledge projects in the CFT Department.
• Assist with the implementation and evaluation of new technology and tools.
• Audit knowledge content on BCLP's Knowledge systems, including BCLP Discover.
• Monitor lawyer engagement with systems/processes by collecting usage data and creating visualized data reports.
• Test new Knowledge systems and provide feedback on functionality.
• Help maintain Knowledge intranet pages and training resources, and provide other support to colleagues across the Knowledge Solutions team.

Essential Experience and Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree, ideally in Law.
• Strong interest in legal technology and innovation.
• AI literacy, ideally with experience of prompt engineering.
• Excellent IT skills including Excel and Word.
• Attention to detail and good organizational skills.
• Team player and proactive self starter who takes initiative.
• Can do attitude and willingness to learn.
• Ability to manage and prioritize numerous workstreams simultaneously.
• Good drafting skills, along with strong written and oral communication skills.

Travel

This position requires hybrid working with a minimum of four days working in the London office per week.

Equal Employment Opportunity

BCLP is an equal employment opportunity employer and strictly prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, military status, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental or physical disability, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. BCLP also strictly prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any protected class or status.