Attorney Professional Development Lead - Law firm (Remote) 

Position Title:  Attorney Professional Development Lead - Law firm (Remote)  

Contract: Full-time, Independent Contractor

Location:  Remote

Working hours: 40 hours per week – partly US EST time zone aligned

Compensation:  As a remote-first, international firm, compensation is based on candidate experience and location

Our Firm:

Sterlington is an international law firm that combines legal and commercial excellence with modern ways of practicing. Our high-caliber partners work on complex business matters with a tailored approach to client service and a focus on financial flexibility and innovation.

We are the ultimate law firm for private clients, private capital, senior executives, founders, HNWIs and family offices, as well as related businesses, in both corporate and litigation matters. We take a commercial and wholistic approach to the legal and business needs of our clients.

The Role:

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.

Responsibilities: 

• 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.

Sterlington is a full-service law firm that combines legal and commercial excellence with modern ways of practicing.

This position is not currently open to recruiting agency submissions.