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.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range for eligible U.S. locations: $137,200 USD - $254,800 USD.
• Base salary range for Ontario, Canada: $155,000 CAD - $205,000 CAD.
• Eligibility for an annual bonus based on enterprise and individual performance.
• Comprehensive benefits package including health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance.
• Competitive 401(k) plan with company match.
• Flexible vacation, paid holidays including two company mental health days.
• Parental leave and sabbatical leave.
• Optional insurance plans (hospital, accident, sickness, life, AD&D).
• Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts.
• Fitness reimbursement and Employee Assistance Program.
• Group Legal Identity Theft Protection.
• Access to 529 Plan and commuter benefits.
• Adoption and surrogacy assistance.
• Tuition reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

Location

This position supports flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year.

Additional Information

• This is a new position open due to an existing vacancy.
• The recruitment process utilizes AI tools to support 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.
• The job posting will close on 08/01/2026.