Junior Consultant - Legal GenAI

Support the Legal GenAI practice by working on client engagements involving AI readiness, tool selection, prompt design, and process redesign within a legal context. The role involves hands-on work with real client problems and international travel.

Location: South Africa

Responsibilities

• Support engagement teams on Legal GenAI projects, including current-state assessments, tool evaluations, and implementation planning.
• Help map legal processes and identify where GenAI can be applied.
• Test and document GenAI tools (e.g., Legora, CoCounsel, Harvey, Wordsmith) and build prompt libraries for clients.
• Draft sections of client deliverables, proposals, and internal whitepapers.
• Take notes in client workshops and turn them into clear, useful outputs.
• Contribute to the team’s internal knowledge base and training material.

Requirements

• 1–3 years of work experience in a legal, finance, technology, or consulting environment.
• A degree in law, finance, information technology, data science, or a related field.
• Clear written and spoken English.
• Comfortable with Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint).
• Familiarity with Power Platform and any GenAI tooling is a plus.
• Genuine interest in how AI is changing legal work, and a willingness to test, break, and learn quickly.
• Organised, reliable, and able to manage multiple workstreams.

Benefits

• Exposure to senior in-house legal leaders at large global organizations.
• Structured mentoring from experienced legal management consultants.
• Support for relevant certifications and training.
• A clear path into more senior consulting roles.