Legal Content Specialist (Criminal Law)

LEAP Legal Software; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading LegalTech company seeks a Legal Content Specialist in Manchester to enhance their Criminal Law software solutions. This role involves researching and creating legal forms, working with modern automation tools, and engaging with clients extensively. The ideal candidate will have a passion for technology and strong communication skills. A competitive salary and excellent benefits, including private health insurance and a generous professional development fund, are offered, with a flexible hybrid work model.

Benefits

8% pension contribution

Private health insurance

Gym contribution

Life insurance cover

Generous professional development fund

Enhanced parental leave

PerkBox membership

Cycle to work scheme

25 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays

Dog friendly office

Qualifications

• 1-2 years' experience working within Criminal Law.
• Comfortable using Microsoft Word.
• Experience with case management and document automation systems is advantageous.
• A passion for technology.
• Ability to work independently.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Research forms and legislation relevant to Criminal Law.
• Create and update high-quality automated legal forms.
• Ensure compliance with organisational standards.
• Utilise JavaScript to enhance functionality of forms.
• Conduct testing to ensure forms work correctly.

Skills

Microsoft Word

Legal research

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Tools

Document automation systems

Case management systems

Job description

Overview

Legal Content Specialist, Manchester office

You will be instrumental in shaping our offering and ensuring LEAP’s position as the best Criminal Law software solution in the UK market.

Alongside the Head of Criminal Law, you will identify opportunities for future development and content projects to enhance the end consumer experience, developing and delivering new forms and precedents to improve usage, engaging with customers and other stakeholders to source feedback, and reporting KPI’s to the team.

Permanent, Full-time, hybrid working model: 3 days in the office and 2 days remote.

About LEAP

LEAP is the leading provider of Legal Practice Productivity Solutions in the world and is part of ATI, one of the largest international LegalTech companies. For more than 30 years, our curiosity and commitment to continual improvement have kept us reimagining productivity tools for lawyers and their staff to support our guiding purpose, to ‘Help lawyers who help people’. The market-leading software we develop and support is used by more than 100,000 lawyers and their staff in small and medium-sized law firms.

Working alongside our international team of passionate high achievers, you’ll join a fast-growing technology business where things seldom stay the same for long. With more than 1000 smart, caring, and ambitious ‘LEAPsters’ working together across Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Poland, and New Zealand, you’ll find yourself in good company here.

Meet the team

Working within Criminal Law, you know how important it is to be at the top of your game; be the best you can be and stay ahead of your competition.

This is an opportunity for someone who feels passionately that these goals are possible through custom technology and AI. You will be an important member of a new "Criminal Law" vertical, which LEAP has recently established, and contribute significantly to building and delivering custom products and services to help practitioners working in criminal law. As a collaborator with a passion for all things tech, or someone who constantly enjoys improvement and making things better, you\'ll join a team that includes Product Owners, Developers, and Specialists to create criminal law specific products.

Meet the Content team
Our Content team is the local, regional, and global professionals reassuring clients that our software isn’t just cutting edge – it’s world class too. Responsible for maintaining LEAP’s global standards of care and expertise, the team harnesses a deep and complex understanding of the intricacies of law across jurisdictions and over time – ensuring LEAP’s output is always current, compliant, and appropriate.

From database design to document management and legal research, we will create a streamlined and automated Criminal Law experience. As a result, LEAP helps law firms help people and make

What you'll do

• Research forms, legislation, and legal processes relevant to Criminal Law.
• Create, update, and deliver high quality automated legal forms and precedents for use by law firms.
• Use of dedicated automaton tools using the latest Microsoft technology to ensure accuracy, consistency, and compliance with organisational standards.
• Utilise JavaScript to enhance the functionality and interactivity of our forms and precedents, enabling dynamic content and customised user experiences (full training provided).
• Conduct thorough testing to ensure forms function correctly with the software, validating data entry fields, JavaScript elements, and fixing any issues that arise.
• Develop and maintain an outstanding knowledge of LEAP & its companion products.
• Promote use of LEAP products & drive adoption in Criminal Law.
• Ensure LEAP’s processes comply with up-to-date legislation within Criminal Law.
• Attend industry events to speak with existing customers and build strong relationships.

What you'll bring

• 1-2 years’ experience working within Criminal Law.
• Very comfortable using Microsoft Word.
• Experience with case management systems and document automation systems would be advantageous.
• A passion for technology.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal); skilled in dealing sensitively with clients.
• A strong attention to detail.

LEAP is an inclusive, people-first company committed to breaking down institutional barriers that keep people from reaching their potential. If you meet some, but not all the requirements above, we encourage you to still submit your application.

What you'll get

A friendly, supportive, and driven company culture, where innovation and collaboration are at the heart of what we do.

You will receive a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package:

• LEAP pays 8% of your salary into your pension.
• Private health insurance, including optical and dental.
• £80 a month gym contribution.
• Life insurance cover.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Generous Professional Development Fund.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• PerkBox membership.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• 25 days holiday (plus 8 bank holidays).
• Work anniversary rewards.
• Paid time off to give blood.
• Volunteer day – We offer 1 day per year for a charity of your choice.
• Free healthy breakfast, light lunch, and snacks.
• A dog friendly office.

Life at LEAP

LEAP is all about impact, growth, and ownership. We’re united by a genuine passion for what we do, enriched by the care we show to our customers and each other, and driven by the difference we can make together.

LEAPster culture is about prioritising and celebrating the incredible humans behind our market-leading technology. Think performance-driven remuneration incentives, flexible hybrid work, enhanced parenting policy, regular social events, free gym membership, and so much more.

We strongly believe that personal development and career progression are at the heart of a healthy, high-performing culture, and we’re committed to empowering LEAPsters with resources and career pathways to explore. With us, your career will grow as you do, with opportunities to step into new roles, explore new departments, and even work abroad.

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Closing Date: Friday 5th September

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