Legal Editor

2 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada Thomson Reuters Full time

**Description**:
Associate Lawyer Editor - Practical Law Canada
**Purpose**: To support the content creation and maintenance processes for Practical Law Canada.
**This position is responsible for**:

- Supporting authoring process for Practical Law Canada materials by researching changes in the law and authoring, reviewing or editing portions of resources as directed by PL Canada Lawyer Editors.
- Developing expertise with Practical Law products and editorial tools.
- Researching, writing, editing, updating and publishing legal updates for PL Canada resources created by in-house Lawyer Editors and third-party contributors as directed by PL Canada Lawyer Editors or Manager
- Tracking updates to websites, caselaw and legislation. Filtering and relaying this information to the appropriate parties to support the timely maintenance of Practical Law.
- Supporting Manager and Lawyer Editors with go-to-market tasks including preparing content for marketing materials.

**You will be a strong team player and will possess**:

- an LL.B or J.D. degree;
- experience working as a lawyer or student in a law firm or in-house environment.
- excellent drafting and writing skills, including very close attention to detail; an impressive command of grammar, punctuation and plain English, and the ability to write about complex legal issues clearly and simply.
- enthusiasm, with a desire to improve the efficiency of legal services.
- strong analytical, problem solving and issue-resolution skills.
- strong planning and organizational skills.
- Strong technical skills with software-as-a-service products and content management systems preferred.
- the ability to work with mínimal direct supervision.
- demonstrated research/writing skills.
- the ability to work under tight deadlines and to handle a variety of activities simultaneously.
- a positive attitude and a flexible approach.
- the ability to build strong relationships and collaborate with others across Thomson Reuters

**Salary**: $34.00 per hour

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

**Education**:

- Doctoral Degree (required)

**Experience**:

- Legal drafting: 4 years (required)
- Practical law: 3 years (required)
- Content management: 4 years (preferred)

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