Overview
Attorney Editor
In this role you will provide legal interpretation in the form of research, analysis, and writing to support the development and maintenance of Thomson Reuters Legal information in all media. Members of this team are also tasked with ensuring that published legal information contains and delivers premium legal content.
About the Role: In this role as Attorney Editor you will:
- Legal Research, Analysis and Writing: Create and classify legal information in the form of headnotes, highlights, and other features and enhancements. Identify key legal issues in editorial materials while demonstrating competence in Westlaw navigation and online research tools.
- Editorial Responsibility: Adhere to editorial publishing schedules and quality standards. Verify your own work and that of other staff as required for accuracy and completeness and ensure that the information is properly presented and organized. Maintain and develop legal knowledge and skills training as needed to stay current on legal trends and developments related to editorial responsibilities.
- Individual and Leadership Development: Attend and participate in meetings and participate in the employee evaluation process (both wider feedback and self-evaluation). Develop knowledge of Thomson Reuters Legal publications and products related to your responsibilities, and those of competitors.
- Team collaboration: Prioritize your own work and understand the roles and responsibilities of each collaborator/team member and how each role impacts production. Demonstrate competence on company specific systems necessary to perform your job functions.
- Cases Editorial: Read and analyze court decisions and create and classify short summaries of each point of law in the decision for Westlaw and print. Strong analytical and writing skills, productivity, and quality are necessary to maintain world-class judicial content.
About You:
You're a fit for the role of Attorney Editor if you have/are:
- J.D. degree from an American Bar Association accredited law school
- Self-starter with aptitude for legal research and writing
- Analytical thinker who uses logic and collaborates to solve difficult problems
- Decisive with a focus on making quality decisions quickly
- Ability to interpret, analyze, organize, and communicate complex legal material
- Comfortable with personal computers and familiar with word processing and online applications
- Can prioritize tasks and projects and pursue them with energy and drive
- Great teammate who will work successfully in a shared environment
- Strong communicator who can speak and write clearly and effectively with all contacts, both in and outside Thomson Reuters
Location: We are hiring for these positions in our Minneapolis/St. Paul (Eagan), MN office only.
What’s in it For You?
- 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.
- Flexibility & Work-Life Balance: Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
- Career Development and Growth: Fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development with Grow My Way programming and a skills-first approach to prepare you to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
- Industry Competitive Benefits: Comprehensive benefit plans including 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.
- Culture: Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. Values: Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.
- Social Impact: Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. Two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to engage with pro-bono consulting projects and ESG initiatives.
- Making a Real-World Impact: We help customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency by upholding the rule of law, supporting commerce, catching bad actors, reporting facts, and providing trusted, unbiased information worldwide.
In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package including market-competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, plus a competitive 401k plan with company match. Benefits also include paid time off, holidays (including two company mental health days), parental leave, sabbatical leave, and a range of optional coverage and savings options. Base pay range for eligible US locations is $56,000 - $104,000, with eligibility for an annual bonus. This pay range is intended to reflect typical market conditions and may vary by location, knowledge, skills, and experience. This description does not guarantee a job offer or compensation.
About Us
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