Legal Content Editor

New Position: This position is open due to an existing vacancy to support our evolving business needs.

Legal Content Editor

Role Summary:
In this role you will provide legal interpretation in the form of identification and analysis of the interrelationship between decisions of different courts andagencies to support the development and maintenance of Thomson Reuters Legal information in particular its KeyCite citator. Members of this team arealso tasked with ensuring that published legal information contains and delivers premium legal content.

About the Role:
In this opportunity as a Legal Content Editor your responsibilities will include

• Identify key issues in editorial materials and the relationships among and between editorial materials as required.
• Direct the integration of legal content into repository; creates captions historical notes and other contextual materials as required.
• May create information that provides additional context to editorial materials such as assigning judges parties and roles within and between trial documents or identifying and adding research references.
• Summarize basic content types as required.
• Allocate information in the form of headnotes historical notes headings analysis indexes highlights and other text to an existing scheme or taxonomy as required.
• Identify determine and resolve direct and indirect case history relationships as required.
• Adhere to editorial publishing schedules and quality standards.
• Verify own work for accuracy and completeness and ensure that the information is properly presented and organized.
• Attend and participate in meetings as requested/required.
• Develop understanding of the roles and responsibilities of each collaborator/team member and how each role impacts production.

About You:

Youre a fit for the role of Legal Content Editor if you have/are:

• A bachelors degree or have completed an approved paralegal certificate

• A self-starter with aptitude for legal research

• Capable of balancing solitary day-to-day work with team needs and guidelines

• An analytical thinker who uses logic and collaborates to solve difficult problems

• Decisive with a focus on making quality decisions quickly

• The ability to interpret analyze and organize complex legal material

• Comfortable with personal computers and familiar with word processing and online applications

• The ability to prioritize tasks and projects and pursue them with energy and drive

• A great teammate who will work successfully in a shared environment

• Fluency in Spanish preferred

• Strong communication skills and can speak and write clearly and effectively with all contacts both in and outside Thomson Reuters

• Demonstrate strong technical skills and the ability to effectively utilize various tools including generative AI technologies to enhance productivity and accuracy

• Adapt to diverse projects and tasks within the generative AI space as well as new and emerging technologies

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Whats in it For You

• 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 commitment of 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 paid leave 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.

Our use of AI within the recruitment process Thomson Reuters utilizes Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our global recruitment process. Unless you opt-out our AI system will assess the information provided by you and compare it to the requirements listed for the role and present the result to our recruitment personnel for further review. The AI system acts as a supporting tool but there is always a human making the decision if you will be considered for the role.

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 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: New York City San Francisco Los Angeles and/or Irvine CA; McLean VA; Washington DC. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $54800 USD - $101800 USD. For any eligible US locations unless otherwise noted the base compensation range for this role is $47600 USD - $88400 USD. For Ontario Canada the base compensation range for this role is $46200 CAD - $85800 CAD. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individuals 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. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal tax accounting compliance government and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data intelligence and solutions needed to make informed decisions and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice truth and transparency. Reuters part of Thomson Reuters is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26000 employees across more than 70 countries where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. 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.

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