JMC Legal Recruitment
Commercial Professional Support Lawyer
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Professional Support Lawyer - Commercial Contracts/Data Protection | Manchester
There is a quiet revolution happening in how large law firms manage knowledge, and this firm is at the front of it. The old model, a PSL tucked away updating precedents and sending round a weekly email, is being replaced by something sharper. Here, the Professional Support Lawyer sits at the intersection of legal expertise, technology, and client delivery.
The role
You will be the knowledge engine for the practice. Your work will fall into three broad areas:
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- Know-how and insight - identifying key cases and legal developments, answering queries from fee earners, preparing consultation responses, and advising on the use of AI tools. You will curate precedents, practice notes, and working practices that help lawyers deliver their best work.
- Research and development - carrying out legal research, developing new precedents and procedures, contributing to the firm's intranet and knowledge systems, and working with IT and marketing to embed innovation. You will help shape how the firm captures and shares what it knows.
- Training and client engagement - identifying training needs, delivering sessions to lawyers and support staff, mentoring fee earners on content production, and producing client-facing briefings, articles, and newsletters. You will also attend and speak at external events, contribute to bids and tenders, and help arrange client training.
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You are a solicitor with at least 5 years' experience, ideally in commercial contracts and data protection.
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