Legal Project Management Co-op at Goodwin Procter, Boston

Legal Project Management Co-op at Goodwin Procter in Boston. Full-time. Est. up to $100k. Apply with swipeandhired.

Join Goodwin’s Global Operations Team, and make a real impact on a global scale. At Goodwin, we work with some of the world’s most successful and innovative investors, entrepreneurs and disruptors in the life sciences, private equity, real estate, technology and financial industries, and where they converge. As part of the Global Operations Team – all business professionals at the firm – you’ll collaborate with colleagues from varied backgrounds and experiences, fostering an environment where cross-functional learning, networking, and collaboration are at the core of what we do.

Here, we’re not just supporting a law firm; we’re partnering with attorneys and clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions in high-stakes litigation and dispute resolution, world-class regulatory compliance and advisory services, and complex transactions. Our commitment to integrity, ingenuity, agility, and ambition drives us, and we’re proud to have been recognised as the “Best Business Team” by The American Lawyer.

This is your opportunity to grow professionally in a dynamic, global environment, surrounded by forward-thinking peers.

Legal Project Management Co-op

As the Legal Project Management (LPM) Co-op, you will be an integral member of Goodwin’s LPM team, part of the firm’s Client Value function. Most law firms still manage matters on spreadsheets and instinct. Goodwin’s LPM team is changing that, and we are putting AI at the center of how we do it.

In this role you will take on real, live responsibility: running the budget tracking portfolio that tells partners how their matters are performing against budget, where the risks are, and what to do about it. You will use frontier AI tools every day – not as a side project, but as the way the work gets done – and help shape the processes the firm uses to manage its matters. You will report to the Director, Legal Project Management, and work with LPM colleagues in Boston and London alongside the Strategic Pricing, Finance and wider Client Value teams.

This role offers the opportunity to build core skills in AI-enabled working, financial analysis, process design and law firm economics. No prior legal experience is needed – we will teach you how a global law firm runs as a business.

What You Will Do:
Run the budget tracking portfolio
· Support the regular reporting cycle for a portfolio of live matters: pull time and billing data from the firm’s systems, update each matter’s budget workbook, and track spend against budget by phase and workstream.
· Spot what the numbers are telling you – budget overruns, scope creep, staffing that doesn’t match the plan – and flag it early to the LPM team and matter partners.
· Draft clear, concise partner-facing reports and update emails that turn financial data into practical next steps.
· Keep the portfolio register up to date: which matters are due for a report, what has changed, and what new matters are in the pipeline.

Use AI to do the work better
· Run and refine the AI-assisted workflows that power our budget tracking process, from reviewing source data through to drafting reports.
· Check AI outputs critically for accuracy and judgment, and learn when to trust the tool and when to dig deeper.
· Test new prompts, tools and approaches, and propose improvements – small automations, better templates, sharper instructions – that save time across the team.

Analyze matter economics and build insight
· Analyze matter data to identify trends in budget performance, staffing mix, realization and profitability across the portfolio.
· Help capture and quantify the value LPM adds – for example, interventions made, overruns avoided and write-offs reduced – building the evidence base for the function.
· Create charts, dashboards and summaries that make complex information easy to understand for partners and business leaders.

Build and improve processes
· Learn our budget tracking framework end to end, then help make it better: improve step-by-step guides, templates and checklists so the next person can pick them up easily.
· Bring a fresh perspective and contribute ideas to how LPM scales across the firm.

Ad hoc projects and team support
· Support wider LPM and Client Value projects, such as post-matter reviews, pricing support, and research on legal operations and AI trends.
· Present a project or key learnings to the team towards the end of your co-op.
· Handle confidential client, matter and financial information with discretion and in line with firm policies.

Who You Are:
Technical Skills
· Experience using frontier AI tools to improve the quality and efficiency of your work, and excitement to go further.
· Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (formulas, lookups, pivot tables) and a willingness to build more advanced skills.
· Comfortable working in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook) and Microsoft Teams.
· Experience with data visualization (e.g. Tableau, Power BI) or automation a plus but not required.

Professional Skills
· Analytical mindset: you ask “why?” when a number looks off, and you care about getting the detail right.
· Process instinct: you notice when something could be simpler, faster or more consistent – and you enjoy fixing it.
· Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain numbers in plain language.
· Strong organizational skills: you manage recurring deadlines across several pieces of work, take ownership and follow through.
· Curiosity about how professional services firms price, staff and make money.
· Ability to work independently while contributing to team-based projects, and confidence to ask questions when you need to.

Background
· Working toward a degree through Northeastern University’s co-op program. Business Administration, Finance, Economics, Data Science, Information Systems or a related field is preferred, but we welcome students from any degree or background who are excited by this kind of work.
· This can be your first co-op – no prior professional experience is required. Coursework, class projects or personal projects that show analytical, AI or process-improvement skills are a plus.

Why This Role Matters
This is a unique opportunity to join a small, innovative team that is changing how a global law firm manages its work, with AI at the heart of it. You will gain:
· Real responsibility from day one: you will run a live portfolio that partners rely on, not shadow someone else’s work.
· Hands-on AI experience: you will be part of how a global law firm is putting AI to work in its operations, building skills that carry into any career.
· A practical business education: pricing, budgeting, profitability and how a leading law firm runs as a business.
· International exposure: you will work with colleagues and matters across the US and UK.
· Close support: regular coaching and feedback from LPM leadership, with a clear plan for your first weeks.
· Something to show for it: a body of work, process improvements and results you can point to in future interviews.

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