Fenwick & West
Learning and Development Specialist
🇺🇸 Hybrid - NY
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $84K - $120K
💻 Learning & Development
🗓️ August 29th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
- Design and develop training materials including workshops, eLearning modules, and onboarding content.
- Manage multiple learning initiatives through project management and instructional design.
- Analyze feedback and learning data to improve training programs.
- Collaborate with subject matter experts and department leaders to align training with business goals.
- Support firmwide Continuing Legal Education (CLE) programs and maintain attorney records.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and learning technologies such as LMS platforms, Articulate, and Rise.
- 3-5 years of experience in learning and development within a law firm or professional services setting.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Salary range between $84,000 and $120,000, with potential discretionary bonuses.
- Comprehensive benefits including healthcare, life insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
Learning and Development Specialist Full Description
Fenwick is seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Learning and Development Specialist to support firmwide training initiatives for both legal and business professionals. This role will play a key part in advancing our professional development goals by creating engaging content, co-designing learning experiences, and supporting integration and onboarding initiatives. Reporting to both the Employee Talent Development Manager and Legal Training and Development Director, the Specialist will collaborate cross-functionally to address learning needs across a wide range of roles and departments.
This position can be based in any of our U.S. office locations and offers a hybrid work arrangement, allowing you to work both from home and at your designated Fenwick office. The frequency of in-office work will be determined by business needs and guided by your department's directives.
Job Description:
- Works with members of the Legal Training and Development and Employee Talent Development teams to build learning initiatives and create training materials to ensure the continued professional development of the firm’s business professionals and attorneys at all levels.
- Design and develop learning content and programs tailored to employee and/or attorney audiences, including live workshops, eLearning modules, toolkits, onboarding materials, and development guides.
- Support and contribute to the creation of training initiatives, including project management, instructional design, and pre- and post-program evaluation.
- Analyze feedback and learning data to assess effectiveness and drive continuous improvement.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with subject matter experts, department leaders, and other internal partners to align learning with business priorities.
- Stay current on best practices in learning design, adult learning theory, and legal/professional services development trends.
- Support for establishing and maintaining learning paths for all levels of leaders as well as individual contributors.
- Support firmwide CLE programs, including reviewing materials, attendance, evaluation and maintaining attorney records.
- Support internal communications related to learning opportunities and resources.
- Proven experience designing, developing, and evaluating training programs and learning materials.
- Strong project management skills and ability to manage multiple deadlines across concurrent initiatives.
- Excellent communication and writing skills.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and learning technologies (e.g., LMS platforms such as ViDesktop, Articulate, Rise, or other authoring tools).
- Knowledge of CLE program requirements is a plus.
The ideal candidate will have 3–5 years of experience in a learning and development role in a law firm or professional services environment. Bachelor’s degree required.
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Benefits and Compensation Details:
At Fenwick, we believe that our partners and employees are our most important asset. Helping you and your families achieve and maintain good health - physical, emotional, and financial - is the reason we offer a comprehensive benefit program. We provide benefits to eligible employees under plans such as Healthcare, Life Insurance, Health Savings Accounts, Flexible Spending Accounts, and Wellbeing.
The anticipated range for this position is:
$84,000 - $120,000
Depending on the role, the actual base salary offered may depend upon a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will be performing the job.
A discretionary bonus for eligible employees may also be available based on performance. Additional information about employee eligibility for benefits and discretionary bonus will be made available upon request.
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