Legal Editorial Associate - Indexing - LLB / LLM

Analyse, create, and deliver content that enhances the research value to customers of Thomson Reuters legal information, within parameters established by management and/or editors. Act as a resource for junior staff in handling both substantive content and production issues related to responsibilities

Commentary Law: As a member of the Global Commentary editorial team, you will work closely with other teams and individuals to collaborate on your work. Relationship management, meeting deadlines, and strong editorial skills are necessary to maintain our indexes as part of our world-class commentary collection.

About the Role:

In this role, you will provide legal interpretation to create or update existing indexes for Thomson Reuters Legal in all media. Members of this team are also tasked with ensuring that published indexes contain and deliver appropriate legal concepts and terms to create a quality finding aid for our customers.

There are several key responsibilities of the Attorney Editor role:

• Create back-of-the-book indexes: Our Attorney Editors generate back-of-the-book indexes by creating original content or by updating an existing index. When applicable they incorporate their index into an existing general index. They follow the required style guidelines and deliver within extremely strict and tight time deadlines.

• Editorial Responsibility: Members of this team adhere to editorial publishing schedules and quality standards. They also verify their own work for accuracy and completeness and ensure that the information is properly presented and organized. In this role, attention to detail, knowledge of legal concepts and terms of art of how legal concepts fit together, and the ability to synthesize complex material are required.
• Individual and Leadership Development: As a part of a larger team, you will attend and participate in meetings and take part in the employee evaluation process (both wider feedback and self-evaluation). To be most effective at your job, you will develop knowledge of Thomson Reuters Legal publications and products related to your responsibilities, and those of competitors.

Members of our team prioritize their own work and understand the roles and responsibilities of each collaborator/team member and how each role impacts production. You will also be required to demonstrate competence on company-specific systems necessary to perform your job functions.

About you:

• Education: Legal degree from an accredited law school.
• Self-starter with an aptitude for legal concepts and terms of art of how legal concepts fit together
• Analytical thinker who uses logic and collaborates to solve difficult problems
• Decisive with a focus on making quality decisions quickly
• Driven by deadlines and can deliver results
• 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.