Do you love reading case law? We are looking for a diligent Legal Editor to join our team of experienced editors working on Westlaw and the Australian Digest.
We are a close, collaborative team with a strong work ethic and a passion for case law. We work hard and offer reasonable work hours and work-life balance in return.
To be successful in the role you will love reading case law. You’ll enjoy learning, be receptive to instruction and feedback and be comfortable asking for help. You will be a self-starter who can manage your own workload, while working collaboratively within a team environment. You will be able to work within our publishing conventions and priorities.
About the role
As a Legal Editor, you will have the opportunity to work with the latest AI tools to enhance your research and editing capabilities. This is a unique chance to combine your legal expertise with innovative technology to produce high-quality legal information.
- Creates and classifies legal information in the form of headnotes, historical notes, abstracts/synopses, headings, analysis, indexes, highlights, and other text.
- Reviews and edits legal information created by other employees, authors, freelancers and others.
- Identifies key legal issues in editorial materials.
- Adheres to editorial publishing schedules and quality standards.
- Consults with multiple departments regarding the business aspects of publications as required.
- Verifies own work and that of colleagues and external contributors as required for accuracy, completeness, and quality and ensures that the information is properly presented and organised.
- Maintains and develops legal knowledge and skills training as required to complete work and stay current on legal trends and developments related to the employee’s editorial responsibilities.
- Participates in the employee evaluation process (both wider feedback and self-evaluation).
About You:
- Hold an Australian Law degree
- Have post-qualification legal experience (desirable) – or similar experience
- Possess strong legal research skills and familiarity with Australian legal resources
- Ability to interpret, analyse, organise, and communicate complex legal material
- Strong attention to detail and understanding of its importance from a customer perspective
- Ability to adapt quickly and respond positively to change
- A commitment to both team and personal goals
- Excellent time management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks and work efficiently
- Editorial experience an advantage
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What's in it For You?
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:
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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
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Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
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Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
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Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
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Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
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Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.
Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.
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.
Accessibility
As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
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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