Professional Development Specialist

Outten & Golden LLP is seeking a Professional Development Specialist in our New York office. The successful candidate will exhibit a positive, proactive attitude, along with the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with a range of people. The Professional Development Specialist will play a significant role in enhancing the Firm’s PD functions—with a specific focus on coordinating, facilitating and maintaining activities of professional development programs for attorneys, paralegals and staff as well as CLE compliance and accreditation—as a member of the Firm’s People team reporting directly to the Professional Development Manager.

The Firm enjoys a strong national reputation for representing employees, executives, and partners in all areas of employment law—from representing senior executives in contract negotiations, to protecting individuals’ civil rights in the workplace, to combating worker exploitation and systemic discrimination in class action and impact litigation. We take pride in our decision to represent employees as advocates for workplace fairness. More recently, the Firm has branched out into new cutting-edge consumer digital-discrimination litigation involving major social media platforms.

We also place considerable focus on our own workplace, keeping our eye on employee morale and engagement as we grow and evolve. Our goal is to foster a workplace that embraces diversity in all of its complex and rich forms and incorporates the multi-layered factors that drive equity. We are committed to building relationships rooted in respect and trust to promote a sense of belonging for all of our employees.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with the Professional Development Manager on CLE initiatives and training coordination.
• Provide general assistance with the mid-year and annual attorney review processes.
• Monitor and maintain records necessary for firm CLE accreditation as well as individual Attorney CLE compliance and the attorney registration process across multiple jurisdictions, with detailed knowledge of New York and California CLE Rules and requirements.
• Respond to requests regarding CLE compliance status as well as extension and modification requests.
• Provide support and guidance to attorneys seeking external courses to help satisfy CLE requirements.
• Track and update Attorney Admissions.
• Assist with approval and expense tracking for attorney conference attendance as well as bar association and other professional organization dues; track and facilitate approval of PD department–related expenses (e.g., PLI, City Bar, external consultant invoices).
• Track paralegal completion of Litigation Operations training curriculum courses as well as compliance with California’s paralegal CLE requirements.
• Assist with curriculum planning and scheduling and logistics for internal training and provide day-of support.
• Attend PD department meetings as well as other administrative planning meetings and provide related notes to facilitate appropriate coordination.
• Update the Professional Development Intranet page with training resources.
• Respond actively, thoroughly, and courteously to internal and external requests.
• Coordinate and schedule staff new hire check-ins.
• Assist with new attorney onboarding and departing attorneys as related to bar licensure, CLE records, and compliance.
• Assist with organizing Associate Staffing reports and other relevant data.
• Provide support for additional projects as needed.