Attorney Professional Development Lead

February 7

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Sterlington

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Sterlington is an international law firm providing expertise in complex corporate, litigation, and transactional matters. Located in One World Trade Center, New York City, the firm offers strategic legal advice with a focus on financial flexibility and innovation. Sterlington combines a customized approach with high-caliber, partner-driven service, drawing on attorneys from top global law firms, law schools, and senior roles in government and corporate settings. The firm emphasizes innovative methods to tackle sophisticated business and legal challenges for clients worldwide.

CORPORATE / M&A / VC • BANKRUPTCY / RESTRUCTURING • INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT / REGULATORY / COMPLIANCE • FINANCE / STRUCTURED PRODUCTS • LITIGATION / LITIGATION FINANCE

51 - 200 employees

💸 Finance

🏢 Enterprise

📋 Description

• The Professional Development Lead will collaborate with partners and senior professional stakeholders on the continued legal education (CLE) of all fee-earners across the business. • The Lead will also be responsible for acting as the relationship & development manager for the firm’s associate cohort. • You will ensure the associate cohort has a point of contact to discuss and escalate non-technical working matters and assist with associate work allocation and utilization. • You will work closely with colleagues across the firm in planning and monitoring the firm’s strategic workforce planning and performance review processes. • Tracks, analyzes, and reports on attorney productivity, availability, utilization, and professional development. • Provides partner team with regular data on attorney utilization and availability to maximize effectiveness of resourcing planning. • Logging and overseeing associates’ CLE to maximize the variety of work, exposure to different partners ensuring their development of new, core skills. • Implementing a performance evaluation process for associates. • Tracking and facilitating the realization of Professional Development Priorities identified during review processes. • Working with practice leaders to identify training needs and skill gaps across the fee-earner teams and organizing appropriate training programs to address those needs. • Collaborating with HR colleagues to design and roll-out a new associate onboarding and orientation program.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree. • Minimum 5 years of experience collaborating with partners and senior professional services stakeholders within a law firm environment; applicants may have previously worked within a campus recruitment & development role. • Coaching or L&D qualification and brings 8 years of experience working within a professional services environment (law firm preferred) • Can review, interpret, and preset datasets for management information packs (strong Excel; PowerPoint and Officer365 skills) • Ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities, and exercise good judgment. • Demonstrates the ability to work well under pressure and to meet deadlines. • Detail oriented with ability to multi-task. • Excellent interpersonal, oral/written communication skills • Handles confidential material with discretion.