Senior Associate Editor, Litigation
Role Summary:
Practical Law is looking for a Senior Associate Editor, Litigation to work in conjunction with more experienced colleagues to interpret and explain legal, practice, and market developments to our customers through online content.
Practical Law is a leading online know-how service providing rigorous, peer-reviewed resources, such as practice notes, current awareness and standard documents to help legal professionals work smarter and advise with confidence. Practical Law is part of Thomson Reuters, one of the world's most trusted providers of answers across law, tax, compliance, government and media.
About the Role
As a Senior Associate Editor, you will report into a Litigation Managing Editor and will be responsible for supporting the Litigation Practice Area by:
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- Monitoring and identifying relevant legal developments to cover in the Practical Law product offering.
- Maintaining content to ensure that content is up-to-date and reflects current legal and market practice, and is of the quality and scope that meets business objectives and customer needs.
- Working with Senior Specialist Legal Editors to research, draft and edit new litigation content for online publication.
- Writing, editing, and publishing legal updates on litigation topics.
- Liaising with external law firm contributors.
- Training AI for use in products and validating model performance to identify necessary steps to improve performance, as needed.
- Providing additional support, as needed.
About You
You're a fit for the role of Senior Associate Editor if your background includes:
- A J.D. and current license to practice law in at least one US jurisdiction.
- At least three (3) years' experience working as a litigation attorney in a law firm or as in-house counsel.
- General expertise in litigation procedure and a good understanding of the needs and priorities of law firm attorneys, in-house counsel, and the legal market in general.
- Enthusiasm and ambition, with a desire to learn and to improve the efficiency of legal services.
- Excellent legal research, writing, and editing skills, including the ability to improve clarity, structure, and readability of complex content.
- Skill and passion for writing, including:
- close attention to detail;
- impressive command of grammar, punctuation, and plain English;
- strong technical drafting skills; and
- the ability to write about complex legal issues clearly and simply.
- Comfort with technology, including proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, and able to adapt to new technology quickly.
- Ability to organize and present information in a clear and structured manner.
- Ability to work efficiently and within deadlines and communicate effectively across teams.
- Ability to work flexibility in an agile work environment.
- Ability to collaborate with diverse teams of people who bring different perspectives and lived experiences to the business.
- Ability to continuously collaborate with and support team members in a hybrid and/or remote environment and operate efficiently in a remote environment without on-site technical support.
Candidates selected for a second interview will be required to undertake a writing and editing sample.
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What's in it For You?
Join us to inform the way forward with the latest AI solutions and address real-world challenges in legal, tax, compliance, and news. Backed by our commitment to continuous learning and market-leading benefits, you'll be prepared to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future. This includes:
- Industry-Leading Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
- Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, and hybrid model, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
- Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow's challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
- Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for inclusion, innovation, and customer-focus. Our eleven business resource groups nurture our culture of belonging across the diverse backgrounds and experiences represented across our global footprint.
- Hybrid Work Model: We've adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
- Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The base compensation range varies across locations.
Eligible office location(s) for this role include one or more of the following: New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and/or Irvine, CA; McLean, VA; Washington, DC. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $80,640 - $149,760.
For any eligible US locations, unless otherwise noted, the base compensation range for this role is $70,000 - $130,000.
This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.
Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual's knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs.
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We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.
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We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
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