Senior Specialist Legal Editor
Are you a UK qualified lawyer looking for a career change? We are seeking an experienced public sector lawyer (solicitor or barrister) to join the Practical Law Public Sector team in the UK.
Practical Law is a leading online know-how service providing rigorous, peer-reviewed resources, such as practice notes, current awareness and standard documents to help legal professionals work smarter and advise with confidence. Practical Law is part of Thomson Reuters, one of the world’s most trusted providers of answers across law, tax, compliance, government and media.
About the Role
In this opportunity as a Senior Specialist Legal Editor you will use your specialist knowledge of public and administrative law, local authority decision-making and governance, human rights, and education or adult social care law to provide and maintain a wide range of Practical Law content.
Working in a supportive team of highly experienced colleagues, you will deal with a breadth of interesting legal and editorial work including:
Analysing the latest legal, regulatory and policy developments affecting the public sector, deciding which items to cover and to what extent
Creating new and maintaining existing materials spanning a variety of formats
Commissioning, reviewing and editing content written internally and externally
Answering legal questions submitted by subscribers daily through the Ask service
Meeting with external customers and industry experts to maintain and build understanding of the latest trends and pressures in property law and practice
In addition to this, the Senior Specialist Legal Editor will assist:
With marketing the Practical Law Public Sector service and engaging with subscribers
The wider Thomson Reuters team (including Sweet & Maxwell, Lawtel and Westlaw), liaising with sales, marketing product management, technology and segment functions where necessary
About You
You’re a fit for the role of Senior Specialist Legal Editor if your background includes:
At least five years’ post qualification experience (England & Wales) in either a law firm, in-house including local or central government, or at the bar
A demonstrable interest and ability in writing
An in-depth understanding of public and administrative law (including judicial review), local authority governance and decision-making, human rights, and education or adult social care law
What’s in it For You?
You will join our inclusive culture of world-class talent, where we are committed to your personal and professional growth through:
Hybrid Work Model: We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.
Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.
Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: two company-wide Mental Health Days Off; work from another location for up to a total of 8 weeks in a year, 4 of those weeks can be out of the country and the remaining in the country, Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.
Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.
Social Impact: Eight employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.
Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet 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.