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Thomson Reuters · 8 hours ago

Attorney Editor

Thomson Reuters is a leading provider of trusted content and technology for professionals across various sectors. The Attorney Editor role involves providing legal interpretation through research, analysis, and writing, while ensuring the quality and accuracy of legal information published by the company.

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Responsibilities

Legal Research, Analysis and Writing: Attorney Editors create legal information in the form of headnotes, highlights, and other features and enhancements. They also identify key legal issues in editorial materials while demonstrating competence in Westlaw navigation and online research tools
Legal Classification: Attorney Editors classify key attributes of a case to a proprietary hierarchy. They also manage and maintain the hierarchies
Editorial Responsibility: Attorney Editors adhere to editorial publishing schedules and quality standards. They also verify their own work and that of other staff as required for accuracy and completeness and ensure that the information is properly presented and organized. In this role you will be required to maintain and develop legal knowledge and skills training as needed to complete your work and to stay current on legal trends and developments that are related to your editorial responsibilities
Individual and Leadership Development: As a part of a larger team, you will attend and participate in meetings and take part in the employee evaluation process (both wider feedback and self-evaluation). To be most effective at your job, you will develop knowledge of Thomson Reuters Legal publications and products related to your responsibilities, and those of competitors

Qualification

J.D. degreeLegal ResearchLegal WritingWestlaw navigationAnalytical thinkingTask prioritizationCommunicationProblem-solving

Required

J.D. degree from an American Bar Association accredited law school
Aptitude for legal research and writing utilizing personal computers and accompanying word processing and online applications
Analytical thinker who uses logic and collaborates to solve difficult problems
Decisive with a focus on making quality decisions quickly
Ability to interpret, analyze, organize, and communicate complex legal material
Can prioritize tasks and projects and pursue them with energy and drive
Strong communicator who can speak and write clearly and effectively with all contacts, both in and outside Thomson Reuters

Benefits

Hybrid Work Model
Flexibility & Work-Life Balance
Career Development and Growth
Industry Competitive Benefits
Culture
Social Impact
Making a Real-World Impact
Market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs
Competitive 401k plan with company match
Competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off, paid holidays
Parental leave
Sabbatical leave
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
Access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Company

Thomson Reuters

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Thomson Reuters delivers critical information from the financial, legal, accounting, intellectual property, science, and media markets.

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
1995-11-20IPO

Leadership Team

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Steve Hasker
President and CEO
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Michael Eastwood
Chief Financial Officer
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