Attorney Editor French Bilingual

Taguig - Philippines

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 20-10-2025

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Attorney Editor - Primary Law Editorial:

Primary Law Attorney Editors are responsible for legal research analysis and writing to support the development and maintenance of Thomson Reuters legal information in all media. Members of this team are tasked with ensuring that published legal information contains and delivers premium legal content.

Primary Law Attorney Editors work collaboratively with colleagues in the United States Canada and across the globe to ensure Thomson Reuters customers have access to the most accurate current and appropriately annotated versions of US and Canadian law including Judicial Legislative Regulatory and Court Rules materials in all media. Attorney Editors must have sound editorial judgment as they play a key role in ensuring the quality of our Editorial content.

About the Role

Key Attorney Editor responsibilities include:

Legal Research Analysis Validation and Writing: Our Attorney Editors create and classify legal information in the form of headnotes highlights notes of decision and other features and enhancements. Attorney Editors must be able to identify key legal issues in editorial materials while demonstrating competence in Westlaw navigation and on-line research tools.

Editorial Responsibility: Members of this team must adhere to editorial publishing schedules and quality standards. They will verify their own work and that of other staff as required for accuracy and completeness and they will ensure that the information is properly presented and organized. Attorney Editors must maintain and develop legal knowledge and skills training as needed to complete their work and stay current on legal trends and developments related to editorial responsibilities.

Individual and Leadership Development: As a part of a larger team Attorney Editors must participate in meetings and take part in the employee evaluation process (including self-evaluation and giving and receiving feedback). To be effective Attorney Editors much must develop knowledge of Thomson Reuters Legal publications and products and those of competitors.

Self-direction: Attorney Editors must prioritize their own work and understand the roles and responsibilities of each team member and how each role impacts production. Attorney Editors are required to demonstrate competence on company-specific systems necessary to perform job functions.

Multiple teams are hiring to fill multiple Attorney Editor roles in our Manila office:

Codes Editorial: Codes Attorney Editors are responsible for maintaining and enhancing our legislative regulatory and court rules materials. Outstanding analytical skills to determine legislative and regulatory intent and to enhance content to help attorneys with their research along with an eye for detail to maintain our high level of quality are also important.

Cases Editorial: As a member of the Cases Editorial team you may read and analyze court decisions and classify the decision or short summaries of each point of law in the decision for Westlaw and print. Alternatively you may be responsible for analyzing and assigning value to cases or legislation references cited by a judge in their reasons for judgment. All roles on the Cases Editorial team require strong analytical and writing skills productivity and quality to maintain our world class judicial content. Strong analytical and writing skills productivity and quality are necessary to maintain our world class judicial content.

About You

Youre a fit for the role of Attorney Editor if you:

Have a Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school or other equivalent relevant legal training.
Are a self-starter with aptitude for legal research writing and analysis.
Have a keen eye for detail and established proof-reading skills in addition to being able to pivot your attention to address high priority updates with little notice.
Are an analytical thinker who uses logic and discretion to collaborate with global teammates to solve difficult problems where proof-reading alone cannot establish accuracy.
Are decisive with a focus on making quality decisions quickly.
Have the ability to interpret analyze organize and communicate complex legal material.
Are comfortable with personal computers and familiar with word processing and online applications.
Can prioritize tasks and projects and pursue them with energy and drive.
Are a great teammate who will work successfully in a global and collaborative environment.
Are a strong proactive and assertive communicator who can speak and write clearly and effectively with all contacts both in and outside Thomson Reuters across the globe.
Proficient in English and French.

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Whats in it For You

Hybrid Work Model: Weve 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 whether caring for family giving back to the community or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.
Career Development and Growth: By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrows challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow lead and thrive in an AI-enabled future.
Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include 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. We live by our 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. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives.
Making a Real-World Impact:We are one of the few companies globally 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.

About Us

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