Legal Editor

We are seeking a dispute resolution/litigation lawyer to join the Practical Law Dispute Resolution team in the UK.

Practical Law is a leading online know-how service providing rigorous, peer-reviewed resources, including practice notes, current awareness and standard documents to help legal professionals work more efficiently 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 Legal Editor in Practical Law Dispute Resolution, you will use your specialist legal knowledge of dispute resolution/civil litigation to provide and maintain a wide range of content. Working in a supportive team of highly experienced colleagues, you will deal with a breadth of interesting legal and editorial work including:

Researching, drafting and editing legal know-how resources for Practical Law's online products and services
Developing new content ideas for the Dispute Resolution practice area, including practice notes, standard documents and clauses, checklists, comparative charts, and other dispute resolution-focused resources
Commissioning, reviewing, and editing content written internally and externally
Writing, editing, and publishing current awareness resources
Completing regular maintenance on core legal know-how resources
Monitoring legal practice and market developments in litigation
Establishing and maintaining relationships with external law firm contributors, customers and industry experts, to maintain and build understanding of the latest developments and trends in law and practice
Responding to customer inquiries.

In addition to this, a Legal Editor will assist:

With marketing the Practical Law Dispute Resolution practice area.
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 Legal Editor if your background includes:

At least two years’ post qualification experience of litigation
An understanding of current market issues and proposals affecting litigation and civil procedure
Analytical and research skills and the ability to identify key issues
A demonstrable interest and ability in writing
Excellent time management and organisational skills