Director, Legal Industry Programs

Overview

This role involves leading and building institutional partnerships and programs within the legal industry to establish an AI platform as a trusted and recommended tool among legal professionals. The focus is on developing relationships with bar associations, access to justice organizations, specialty legal communities, and the legal innovation ecosystem to promote responsible AI adoption in the legal profession.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage partnerships with state, local, and specialty bar associations to co-create 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, through programming, forums, and content partnerships.
• Create mechanisms to integrate program outcomes such as 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 quickly build relationships 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.
• Ability to balance institutional relationship-building with commercial accountability, focusing on credibility that 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 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 and technology communities.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range for eligible U.S. locations: $137,200 - $254,800 USD.
• Base salary range for Ontario, Canada: $155,000 - $205,000 CAD.
• Potential eligibility for an annual bonus based on enterprise and individual performance.
• Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, and a competitive 401(k) plan with company match.
• Flexible vacation, two company-wide mental health days, paid holidays, parental leave, and sabbatical leave.
• Additional benefits such as hospital, accident, sickness insurance (employee-paid), Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts, fitness reimbursement, Employee Assistance Program, legal identity theft protection, 529 Plan, commuter benefits, adoption and surrogacy assistance, tuition reimbursement, and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Flexible work arrangements including work-from-anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year.
• Supportive workplace policies to promote work-life balance and career development.

Location

This position supports evolving business needs and may be based in various locations. Specific location details and eligibility requirements apply.

Additional Information

• The recruitment process utilizes AI tools to assist in candidate assessment, with final decisions made by human recruiters.
• The employer is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer committed to diversity and inclusion.
• Reasonable accommodations are provided for qualified individuals with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
• The role is newly open due to an existing vacancy.