Litigation Technology Support Specialist

The firm

We are a leading dispute resolution law firm with offices in Adelaide and London, focused on delivering innovative solutions. We are seeking a full-time or contract Litigation Technology Support Specialist to join our dynamic and highly experienced team of litigation support professionals. 

Technology is at the heart of our practice and we are continually developing new and more effective ways of working. Our team includes recognised leaders in legal technology. With a focus on innovation, LK is committed to the professional growth of our team.

The Role

You will be a key part of our team of outstanding legal and technology professionals bringing and defending complex legal claims in courts and tribunals across Australia and around the world.

Part of multi-disciplinary case teams, you will provide technical services, advice and support in relation to data processing, document management and e-discovery software, including Nuix Workstation and Discover software programs. 

Key tasks include:

• Harnessing data from a variety of sources, including PST files, e-mail, voicemail,  social media, the cloud, shared server files and databases
• Bulk OCRing documents, password decryption, recovering deleted items
• Culling, de-duplicating and clustering data and generating detailed reports 
• Exporting data to a variety of e-discovery platforms including (but not limited to): Discover and Relativity
• Advising on the structure of and building databases and managing evidence including analysis, document comparison, reports, data manipulation 
• Providing access and permissions to key document collections
• Experience with CAL, analytics and predictive coding functions 
• Developing scripts and automation
• Assisting and training internal staff in the use of key software 
• Providing support on legal technology projects as required
• Preparation for hearings and trials including court room set up, document preparation including hard copy and electronic briefs, disclosure preparation, co-ordinating the imaging of documents in Discover

About You

• You will be passionate about technology, have outstanding communication skills, a strong work ethic, an abundance of initiative and a desire to continue learning and building on your knowledge base  
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in eDiscovery and/or IT at a law firm, in-house legal department and/or eDiscovery vendor
• Degree qualified in Law, Information Technology, Computer Science OR a combination of relevant skills, qualifications and experience
• Advanced knowledge of legal document management databases and analytics tools such as Nuix, Discover and/or Workstation, Relativity or other like products
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Office suite of applications, particularly Excel
• Electronic Trial experience and familiarity with electronic trial platforms
• Experience and understanding of scripting and coding an advantage
• Adelaide based but remote working will be considered