Attorney Editor, US Legal Commentary
Role Summary:
Do you enjoy delivering high-quality content? Join our Global Legal Commentary team to source, create, edit, and maintain high-quality legal content for platforms like Westlaw, print, and Proview. This entry-level role requires strong editorial skills and effective relationship management to maintain our world-class Commentary collection. The position is entry-level and hybrid, requiring in-office work 2 days per week. It is available in Minneapolis-St. Paul.
About the Role:
In this opportunity as Attorney Editor you will:Â
Editorial Tasks:
Source, review, and maintain legal commentary content.
Manage third-party and internal relationships to ensure timely content delivery.
Adhere to publishing schedules and quality standards.
Verify accuracy and completeness of legal content.
Stay current with legal trends and market developments.
Support workflows and projects for online, print, and e-book products.
Legal Research and Writing:
Create, edit, and update secondary legal content, including practice tips, highlights, and other features. Identify and organize key legal issues.
Demonstrate expertise, efficiency, and curiosity in using Westlaw and other legal research technology.
Collaboration and Development:
Understand team roles and production impact.
Prioritize tasks and communicate effectively with stakeholders.
Participate in team meetings and contribute to problem-solving.
Develop knowledge of Thomson Reuters Legal content and products, as well as those of competitors.
About You:Â
You are a fit for the role of Attorney Editor if your background includes
J.D. from an accredited institution (Required).
Demonstrated legal research and writing expertise.
Law review or journal experience (Preferred).
Exceptional written and verbal English communication skills.
Capability to interpret, analyze, organize, and communicate complex legal material effectively.
Analytical thinker with problem-solving skills.
Self-starter with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
Proficient in computers and online applications.
Excellent attention to detail and time management skills.
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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:
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
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.
Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
Social Impact: Ten employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
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.
In the United States, Thomson Reuters offers a comprehensive benefits package to our employees. Our benefit package includes market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs, as well as a competitive 401k plan with company match. In addition, Thomson Reuters offers market leading work life benefits with competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays (including two company mental health days off), parental leave, sabbatical leave. These benefits meet or exceeds the requirements of paid time off in accordance with any applicable state or municipal laws. Finally, Thomson Reuters offers the following additional benefits: optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee; optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee; Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts; fitness reimbursement; access to Employee Assistance Program; Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee; access to 529 Plan; commuter benefits; Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance; Tuition Reimbursement; and access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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: Eagan, MN; Ann Arbor, MI; Richmond, VA; Rochester, NY. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $54,500 - $101,300. 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.
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.Â
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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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