Attorney Editor: Current Legal News & Analysis (Hybrid)

Reuters; Manila; Hybrid; PHP 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Career development

Mental health days

Tuition reimbursement

Volunteer days

Job summary

Reuters is seeking an Attorney Editor to write and edit current awareness content for Westlaw Today, covering energy, environment, corporate finance, and securities. You will research, write, and publish timely legal analysis for practitioners and develop sources across practice areas while meeting tight deadlines in a hybrid Manila-based role.

The ideal candidate holds a Juris Doctor, has strong editing and AP style skills, and can explain complex legal issues clearly.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor degree and experience writing/analyzing legal content.
• Superior writing and editing skills with attention to detail.
• Experience in legal journalism, news, or similar writing environment.
• Familiarity with Associated Press style.
• Ability to write about complex legal issues clearly and simply.

Responsibilities

• Research, write, and edit high-quality articles daily.
• Prioritize concurrent projects to meet deadlines.
• Analyze and anticipate interests of a targeted professional audience.
• Identify key court, regulatory and transactional documents.
• Develop and maintain contacts with members of the legal community in assigned focus areas.
• Assist with online publishing tasks, including assigning topics, linking, and reviewing published content.
• Use multiple applications and content management systems to perform assigned tasks.
• Work with colleagues and other departments globally to foster company goals.
• Contribute to product development as needed.
• Regularly use AI solutions in your day-to-day work and contribute to development and refinement of AI tools.
• Perform legal research using Westlaw, CoCounsel, and systems.

Skills

Writing

Editing

AP style

Analytical thinking

Legal journalism

Education

Juris Doctor

Tools

Westlaw

CoCounsel

Job description

Reuters is seeking an Attorney Editor to write and edit current awareness content for Westlaw Today, covering energy, environment, corporate finance, and securities. You will research, write, and publish timely legal analysis for practitioners and develop sources across practice areas while meeting tight deadlines in a hybrid Manila-based role.

The ideal candidate holds a Juris Doctor, has strong editing and AP style skills, and can explain complex legal issues clearly.