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Today's world requires a new approach to the delivery of legal services. As legal departments and law firms face increasing complexity, volume and regulatory demands, there is a growing need for technology-driven solutions that can transform how legal work is performed. Legal engineering, the discipline of designing, building and deploying AI-enabled technology solutions tailored to legal processes is at the forefront of this transformation.
Unlike previous waves of legal technology, which slotted into existing processes or sat with specialist support teams, Generative AI has the potential to reshape every lawyer's workflow. That demands a more holistic shift in ways of working to bridge the worlds of law, technology and change management. Deloitte's Legal Engineering team works with legal departments and law firms to transform legal service delivery. Deloitte Legal in the UK is also part of the global Deloitte Legal network, which has over 2,500 lawyers in more than 85 jurisdictions. This makes Deloitte Legal one of the largest legal businesses in the world with a global footprint that exceeds that of any traditional global law firm.
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Deloitte drives progress. Using our vast range of expertise, we help our clients' become leaders wherever they choose to compete. To do this, we invest in outstanding people. We build teams of future thinkers, with diverse talents and backgrounds, and empower them all to reach for and achieve more.
What brings us all together at Deloitte? It’s how we approach the thousands of decisions we make every day. How we behave, our beliefs and our attitudes. In other words: our values. Whatever we do, wherever we are in the world, we lead the way, serve with integrity, take care of each other, foster inclusion, and collaborate for measurable impact. These five shared values lead every decision we make and action we take, guiding us to deliver impact how and where it matters most.
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Legal engineering does not sit neatly inside a single professional category. It sits at the intersection of legal operations, technology build and human adoption, and the people drawn to it tend to be genuinely curious about how legal work gets done and quietly restless about how it could be done better. As a Consultant you will use your understanding of how legal teams work to help clients get the most out of technology.
What you will be working on:
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Assignments across law firms and in-house legal departments, contributing to the design and build of AI-enabled solutions across legal workflows, developing your technical knowledge and client skills in parallel
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Beginning to act as a thought partner to clients on specific aspects of their AI adoption journey identifying where technology can add the most value, working through pain points, and helping lawyers see tangible results
- Contributing to AI impact assessments, helping clients understand how AI is affecting specific workflows and developing the ability to frame value clearly for legal stakeholders
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Playing an active part in growing the team and contributing to practice documentation and playbook development, adding to a growing body of knowledge that allows the practice to scale across different client contexts
What you can expect in your day-to-day role:
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Successfully planning and managing your own workstream activities, solving problems proactively using standard methodologies and AI tools
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Taking ownership of sections of client deliverables including process maps, AI use case assessments, solution design documents and testing outputs demonstrating strong critical thinking and structuring
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Contributing to the build and configuration of AI-enabled solutions, including developing prompts, configuring workflows and testing outputs within GenAI
- Clearly communicating and presenting your work to team leaders and clients, contributing insights and challenges to broader discussions
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Leading or co-leading playback of smaller deliverables, managing client expectations and preparation and facilitation of appropriate meetings
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Driving and owning parts of proposal and pitch materials, and building strong peer relationships across the firm
Connect to your skills and professional experience
- Experience in management consulting, legal technology, legal engineering or a related field
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Degree or equivalent qualification in law, computer science, engineering, data science or a related discipline
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A genuine understanding of how legal teams think, work and approach their challenges, ideally grounded in prior experience in a legal environment
- Tech-curious and developing genuine product-savviness: you are comfortable in technical conversations about GenAI, workflow automation and digital implementation
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You are developing cross-discipline translation as a deliberate skill making complex technical ideas clear to lawyers and the practical realities of legal work
- You understand how to evaluate existing processes and identify where new technologies can meaningfully improve them,
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You bring structure to ambiguity, energy to complexity and are comfortable managing your own workstreams or juggling multiple priorities at once
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adjust your style for different audiences; high proficiency in MS Office; developing proficiency in PairD and Legora
Connect to your business - Deloitte Legal
By connecting legal expertise and technological innovation, we’re creating a new future for law. We blend great advisory capabilities with the technology, process and change management skills to move from advice to implementation and managing legal operations. We are delivering to legal buyers the Deloitte promise of practical solutions to real business problems. Join us and experience the future of law, today.
Personal independence
Regulation and controls are standard practice in our industry and Deloitte is no exception. These controls provide important legal protection for both you and the firm. We are subject to a number of audit regulations, one of which requires that certain colleagues abide by specific personal independence constraints (e.g., in relation to any financial interests and employment relationships). This can mean that you and your "Immediate Family Members" are not permitted to hold certain financial interests (shares, funds, bonds etc.) with audit clients of the firm, and also prohibitions on certain employment relationships (e.g., you are not permitted to hold a secondary employment role with SEC audit clients of the firm whilst being employed by the firm). The recruitment team will provide further details as you progress through the recruitment process, or you can contact the Independence team upon request.
Connect with your colleagues
“At Deloitte I am encouraged to work from home whenever it’s convenient. My hours are flexible – if I want to start earlier or later I can, provided I work my weekly hours overall. There are loads of non-work-related initiatives going on that you can become involved in.” - Becky, Deloitte Legal
“Our ability to seamlessly integrate legal services into broader solutions offered by Deloitte is a differentiator as compared to traditional law firms. Deloitte also has some impressive proprietary technology which we can use to streamline/improve the delivery of legal services. We are ahead of the competition in this regard, including the other Big Four.” - Benjamin, Deloitte Legal
Our hybrid working policy
You’ll be based in one of our UK offices with hybrid working.
At Deloitte we understand the importance of balancing your career alongside your home life. That’s why we’ll support you to work flexibly through our hybrid working policy. Depending on the requirements of your role, you’ll have the opportunity to work in your local office, virtual collaboration spaces, client sites and remotely. You’ll get the chance to meet face to face when needed, while you collaborate and learn from colleagues, share your experiences, and build the relationships that will fuel your career and prioritise your wellbeing. Please check with your recruiter about the specific working requirements that may apply for your role.
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Are you looking to return to the workplace after an extended career break?
For this role we can offer coaching and support designed for returners to refresh your knowledge and skills, and help your transition back into the workplace after a career break of two years or more. If this is relevant for you, just let your recruiter know when you make your application.
Our commitment to you
Making an impact is more than just what we do: it’s why we’re here. So we work hard to create an environment where you can experience a purpose you believe in, the freedom to be you, and the capacity to go further than ever before.
We want you. The true you. Your own strengths, perspective and personality. So we’re nurturing a culture where everyone belongs, feels supported and heard, and is empowered to make a valuable, personal contribution. You can be sure we’ll take your wellbeing seriously, too. Because it’s only when you’re comfortable and at your best that you can make the kind of impact you, and we, live for.
Your expertise is our capability, so we’ll make sure it never stops growing. Whether it’s from the complex work you do, or the people you collaborate with, you’ll learn every day. Through world-class development, you’ll gain invaluable technical and personal skills. Whatever your level, you’ll learn how to lead.
Connect to your next step
A career at Deloitte is an opportunity to develop in any direction you choose. Join us and you’ll experience a purpose you can believe in and an impact you can see. You’ll be free to bring your true self to work every day. And you’ll never stop growing, whatever your level.
Discover more reasons to connect with us, our people and purpose-driven culture at deloitte.co.uk/careers
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