Director, Legal Industry Programs

Overview

This role involves leading and expanding institutional partnerships and programs within the professional legal community to establish an AI platform as a trusted, recommended, and taught resource. The focus is on building relationships with bar associations, access to justice organizations, specialty legal groups, and the legal innovation ecosystem to support responsible AI adoption in the legal profession.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage partnerships with state, local, and specialty bar associations, including co-branded CLE programs on AI competency and ethics.
• Support bar AI task forces and ethics committees with content and expertise.
• Establish the AI platform as the preferred tool in bar-endorsed AI training.
• Collaborate with legal aid organizations, pro bono programs, and public interest law groups to extend AI-assisted legal services to underserved communities.
• Build programs and evidence demonstrating the use of AI to expand access to legal help.
• Cultivate relationships and programming with specialty and affinity bar associations, including those representing diverse attorney populations.
• Engage with practice-area focused legal organizations where AI adoption decisions are made.
• Develop presence in the legal innovation community, including chief innovation officers and legal tech leads at major firms.
• Create programming, forums, and content partnerships to position the AI platform as the recommended choice among legal innovators.
• Coordinate the integration of program outcomes such as bar endorsements, ethics frameworks, and case studies into marketing, communications, and sales efforts to enhance institutional credibility.

Requirements

• Minimum 8 years of experience in legal industry programs, bar association work, legal aid, access to justice, professional services, or related fields.
• Proven experience building programs and institutional partnerships beyond event management.
• Existing relationships or a clear strategy to rapidly develop connections within bar associations, legal aid organizations, specialty legal communities, or the legal innovation ecosystem.
• Strong understanding of the bar association landscape, including state bar operations, CLE accreditation, ethics committees, and partnership decision-making processes.
• Ability to balance institutional relationship-building with commercial accountability, recognizing that program credibility drives business pipeline.
• Excellent written communication skills, capable of producing CLE co-sponsorship proposals and community program pitches.
• Genuine commitment to access to justice as a core program priority.
• JD degree or deep legal industry fluency is strongly preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with AI adoption in the legal profession.
• Familiarity with legal innovation communities and technology adoption trends.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range (U.S.): $137,200 - $254,800 USD, positioned based on knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity.
• Base salary range (Ontario, Canada): $155,000 - $205,000 CAD.
• Eligibility for annual bonus based on enterprise and individual performance.
• Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, and retirement savings with company match.
• Flexible vacation, paid holidays including two company mental health days, parental leave, sabbatical leave.
• Additional benefits such as tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, fitness reimbursement, adoption and surrogacy assistance, commuter benefits, and employee stock purchase plan.
• Supportive workplace policies promoting work-life balance, including flexible work arrangements and work-from-anywhere options.
• Access to mental health resources and employee assistance programs.

Location

This position supports evolving business needs and offers flexible work arrangements, including work-from-anywhere options for up to 8 weeks per year. Specific location details are not provided.

Additional Information

• The recruitment process utilizes AI tools to assist in candidate assessment, with final decisions made by human recruiters.
• The role is open due to an existing vacancy.
• The job posting will close on 08/01/2026.
• The employer is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.