Senior Legal Industry Reporter - California at Reed Technology | US | Rezi

Senior Legal Industry Reporter - California at Reed Technology

Senior Legal Industry Reporter - California

Reed Technology · US

1 weeks ago

Senior Legal Industry Reporter - California

Reed Technology · US

11 days ago
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About the Role

Law360 is seeking a senior reporter to cover the legal industry in California and the wider adoption of legal technology and artificial intelligence across law firms, courts and regulators. The ideal candidate is an ambitious journalist who thrives on breaking news, spotting emerging trends, and delivering insightful coverage that explains how technology is reshaping the business and practice of law. This role will cover the rise of generative AI and the broader transformation of legal services through technology, requiring curiosity about AI adoption, its functionality, successes, failures, and implications for the legal profession.

Responsibilities

  • File quick-turn stories on major developments in the legal industry.
  • Produce deeply reported features and enterprise pieces.
  • Cultivate a network of sources across the legal tech ecosystem.
  • Generate scoops.
  • Chase exclusive reporting in a competitive environment.
  • Translate complex technical concepts into clear, compelling journalism.
  • Move seamlessly between breaking news, analysis, and longer-form feature stories.

Requirements

  • Possess at least five years of full-time, paid reporting experience.
  • Demonstrated reporting and writing skills.
  • Comprehensive understanding of the tech landscape, AI, SaaS and related topics.
  • Ability to generate own story ideas that are relevant and timely.
  • Experience working a beat.
  • Collaborative approach and desire to follow the news.
  • Ability to juggle daily news and longer-term features and enterprise reporting.
  • Experience covering the legal industry, including in-house legal departments, law firms, legal associations and regulators, legal technology and artificial intelligence.
  • Experience reporting for a professional audience.
  • Ability to generate scoops, write breaking news stories and deeper analytic pieces.
  • Ability and openness to regularly meeting with tech, law firm and other sources.

Skills

  • Journalism
  • Breaking news
  • Trend analysis
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Legal technology
  • Technology reporting
  • Writing
  • Source cultivation
  • Scoop generation
  • Exclusive reporting
  • Technical concept translation
  • Feature writing
  • Enterprise reporting

Location

  • San Francisco
  • Los Angeles

Work Type

  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • Senior
  • Five years of reporting experience

Salary/Compensations

  • $85,000/annually
  • U.S. National Base Pay Range: $17,100 - $28,700

Benefits

  • Health Benefits: Comprehensive program for medical, dental and vision benefits
  • Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match
  • Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
  • Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
  • Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves
  • Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
  • Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice

About the Company

  • Law360, a LexisNexis company, is an online newswire for business lawyers that covers major litigation, transactions, and regulatory issues.
  • Founded in 2004 and acquired by LexisNexis in 2012, Law360 is a cutting-edge organization and one of the fastest-growing subscription news services in the U.S.
  • Subscribers include the largest law firms in the U.S. and around the world, in-house counsel at major corporations, and key decision-makers in the government sector.
  • Law360 provides breaking legal news and analysis on the most important topics legal professionals, business leaders and regulators need to stay on top of issues, safeguard clients and sharpen their competitive edge.
  • The award-winning journalism of Law360 keeps readers connected to the latest, most essential news and insights across 70+ practice areas, industries and jurisdictions, including federal litigation, business deals, mergers & acquisitions, security and more.
  • Law360 serves more than 2.7 million readers every day.
  • Law360 is owned by LexisNexis Legal & Professional® and part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.
  • LexisNexis Legal & Professional® provides legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics that help customers increase their productivity, improve decision-making, achieve better outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world.
  • As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services.

Equal Opportunity

  • We are committed to providing a fair and accessible hiring process. If you have a disability or other need that requires accommodation or adjustment, please let us know by completing our Applicant Request Support Form or please contact 1-855-833-5120.
  • We are an equal opportunity employer: qualified applicants are considered for and treated during employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, disability status, protected veteran status, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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