About the Role
As a Senior Specialist Legal Editor, you will leverage your expertise in public procurement and public sector law to create and maintain legal content and support the development of AI-powered legal solutions.
Responsibilities
- Research, write, and maintain clear, current, and practical legal content aligned with market practice and customer needs.
- Review and edit content written by colleagues or external contributors.
- Stay updated on legal, practice, and market developments to ensure content accuracy and relevance.
- Utilize legal expertise to support the development of customer-focused AI-powered legal solutions.
- Apply legal expertise and editorial skills to support the development and application of internal AI editorial tools.
- Develop and maintain relationships with lawyers and industry groups to ensure content reflects current market practice.
- Assist the wider Thomson Reuters team, collaborating with product management, sales, marketing, and technology functions.
Requirements
- UK qualified solicitor, barrister, or legal executive.
- Substantial post-qualification experience as a public sector lawyer in the UK.
- Extensive experience in public procurement law and practice.
- Good knowledge of administrative and constitutional law.
- Strong writing skills with the ability to write accurately, concisely, and in plain English.
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to work independently and in teams.
- Strong technical skills and ability to effectively utilize various tools, including generative AI technologies.
- Adaptability and flexibility to work on diverse projects within the generative AI space and with new technologies.
- Curious mindset regarding the intersection of AI and legal practice.
- Experience using AI tools in legal work.
Skills
- Public procurement law
- Public sector law
- Legal content creation
- Legal content maintenance
- Legal research
- Legal writing
- Editing
- AI technologies
- Generative AI
Location
- UK
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
- Substantial post-qualification experience
Education Level
- UK qualified solicitor, barrister or legal executive
Benefits
- Flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office)
- Flexibility & Work-Life Balance policies
- Work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year
- Career Development and Growth opportunities
- Grow My Way programming
- Skills-first approach
- Flexible vacation
- Two company-wide Mental Health Days off
- Access to the Headspace app
- Retirement savings
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee incentive programs
- Resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
- Two paid volunteer days off annually
- Opportunities for pro-bono consulting projects
- Opportunities for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives
About the Company
- Practical Law is a leading online know-how service providing expert created, practical maintained content 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.
- Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions.
- Thomson Reuters serves professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media.
- Thomson Reuters products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions.
- Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.
- Thomson Reuters is powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries.
- Thomson Reuters helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency.
- Thomson Reuters helps uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information.
Equal Opportunity
- As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals.
- We seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law.
- Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.
- We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.
