Justice Innovation Lead, Stanford Law School

Minimum Requirements:            

Bachelor’s degree and three years of relevant experience, or combination of education and relevant experience.  Open to remote candidates.

Preferred:

• Strong candidates will also have experience in one or more of the following: program administration, project management, building of technology tools, and policy or design work. Relevant backgrounds may include technology firms or start-ups, government (particularly in a program management role), and management consulting.  An understanding of court administration, which could include work as a lawyer, is also useful, but a JD is not required. 
• Experience in project management with multiple stakeholders.
• Creativity in solving problems presented in complex systems or organizations, particularly through the use of design thinking.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Demonstrated ability to prioritize own work and multi-task.
• Demonstrated excellent organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative and ownership of projects.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Ability to routinely and independently exercise sound judgment in making decisions.
• Demonstrated experience working independently and as part of a team.
• Relevant subject matter knowledge.
• Ability to direct the work of others.

The Center on the Legal Profession

Founded in 2008, the Stanford Center on the Legal Profession advances the profession through research, policy and advocacy, teaching, and public programs. It focuses on issues critical to the future of the profession including access to justice, diversity and inclusion, regulation of the bar, modernization of legal services, and lawyer leadership and well-being. The Center’s current work focuses on reforming legal-services regulation to increase innovation and access to justice; understanding and shaping the role of technology in law and lawyering; and protecting consumers and clients in civil litigation.

The Legal Design Lab

The Legal Design Lab is an interdisciplinary project in law and design, working at the intersection of human-centered design, technology, and law to build a new generation of legal products and services. The Lab’s mission is to train a new generation of leaders & innovators in law, research innovation in practice & delivery of legal services, and build new models of legal services. The Lab is headed by Director and Lecturer Margaret Hagan. The bulk of the Lab’s work is project-based and involves partnerships across the Stanford campus and beyond. For further information on the work of the Lab, please see http://www.legaltechdesign.com/.

How to Apply

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