Legal Editor - Toronto, Canada - Thomson Reuters
Description
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 inhouse Lawyer Editors and thirdparty 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 gotomarket tasks including preparing content for marketing materials.
You will be a strong team player and will possess:
- an LL.B or J.D. degree;
- 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 softwareasaservice products and content management systems preferred.
- 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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